
Just a reminder that the deadline to submit proposals for the NetSquared Innovation Fund Awards is this Friday, April 6th at noon, U.S. PDT. We are looking for 20 projects that utilize the technologies, tools and communities of the social web to create societal impact in a sustainable fashion. Check out the guidelines
here. The 20 Featured Projects will recieve an all-expense paid trip to the
NetSquared Conference in San Jose, CA May 29-30, 2007, and have a chance to win cash and other resources from the
NetSquared Innovation Fund.
You can see the 63 projects that have been nominated so far here. If you have questions, you can join the NetSquared Innovation Fund Award Gabbly Chat with Billy Bicket, Director of Strategic Development, Knowledge Services at TechSoup and Marnie Webb, Vice-President of Knowledge Services, of CompuMentor, today, Monday, April 2nd at Noon PST at http://www.netsquared.org/projects/project-guidelines/live-chat
or you can also email your questions to Billy at bbicket@compumentor.org.
Click here to nominate a project that is using the social web for social change.
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Rehabilitation for People with Disabilities
http://www.netsquared.org/projects/vote from Rehabilitation is the most basic necessity of our everyday lives, yet it is the most under valued service product. The burst of insight comes when one's own loved one is hospitalized with broken neck (for example), and then we are reminded of how tormenting the physical suffering can be, and we silently wait and pray. We hear whispers of words from the medical team, words, such as "spinal cord damage", or "delicate surgery" or "paralysis" and waves of anxiety, and crippling fear, overpower us. Therefore, I cannot stress enough the Power of Rehabilitation, which is life line, a second chance to gain New Independence New Abilities. Rehabilitation empowers the Person with Disabilities to plan and develop ways that they can participate as full citizens.
Therefore, our Primary Focus is providing State of Art Technologically based One-Stop-Rehab-Facility-offering a variety of products and services customized for The People with Disabilities regardless of Age-Color-Caste-Class. DISABILITY COMES UNANNOUNCED, MAKES NO APPOINTMENTS, DOES NOT CARE WHETHER YOU ARE RICH OR POOR, OR WHAT YOUR AGE OR COLOR IS NOR DOES IT WAIT FOR THE RIGHT TIME. To combat Disabilities, a Medical Rehab Facility equipped with the latest technological products, programs, and services has become the most basic need for People with Disabilities
TeleMedicine is a technology that transfers information instead of patients. Since India has over ONE BILLION people in ANY GIVEN CITY, and over 750,000 REMOTE VILLAGES, which have poor roads, and the only transfortation available is the Bullock Carts, travelling to the city hospital or a doctor can take up to days, week, or even months. Therefore, I would like to have Mobile Units equipped with TeleMedicine technologies for these Remote Villages. This will not only save lives, it will save the spread of diseases as well. India will greatly benefit from these Mobile TeleMedicine Units.
By providing the right tools, products, programs, barrier free environment and Access to Rehab-Facility, we can raise Awareness and Change the Public-perception by utilizing a variety of Mass-Media tools, websites,-TV, Radio, newspapers spots, and educational brochures. Let us together join hands to Change the course of HUMANITY enable the Disabled to become more confident with-IT technologies, because the IT jobs demand less physically, the People with Disabilities and the Seniors can work from home by utilizing the various types of adaptive technolgies that can assist people with disabilities to overcome certain barriers by specific disabilities; the remote employment technology can be used to perform duties at any location other than the office, either on a contract or an employee basis. This provides flexibility for employees and tailors the individual's job.
UNLESS REHABILITATION DOES NOT TAKE PLACE, THE CYCLE OF DISABILITY = POVERTY = SUFFERING = ABUSE = RAPE = DEATH WILL CONTINUE. PLEEASE TAKE REHABILITATION SERIOUSLY. THANK YOU.
PLEASE VOTE AND DONATE GENEROUSLY, SO WE CAN CHANGE LIVES AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD. WHEN ONE DISABLED IS REHABILITATED, THE FAMILY, THE SOCIETY, THE WORLD IS REHABILITATED AND PEACE AND PROSPERITY REIGNS.