[Health] Introductions

[Beth Santos]

Ian, I'm wondering if it would be possible to look at some of the resources
SPC uses in public health education and then work to translate them to a
digital platform?

Beth

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*Beth Santos*
Outreach Coordinator
Waveplace Foundation

Tel: +1 610 797 3100 x 44
Fax: +1 610 797 3199
Cell: +1 603 661 1273
http://www.waveplace.org
On Sun, Aug 1, 2010 at 6:25 PM, Ian Thomson <IanT at spc.int> wrote:

>  Hi All,
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> I work for an intergovernmental agency in the Pacific Islands, providing
> Technical Assistance to 22 Islands. It is called the Secretariat of the
> Pacific Community (SPC)
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> I work in the ICT Outreach program and have responsibility for OLPC and the
> Rural Internet Connectivity System (affordable VSAT Internet)
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> So far, we have started 9 country OLPC projects.
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> SPC has a major Health program in the region and runs many projects on Non
> Communicable Diseases and things like elimination of malaria, TB etc. Some
> of our health projects are funded by the Global Foundation. We do quite a
> lot of education and capacity building in the program and have developed
> many paper based education resources
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> In the Pacific, we are looking at developing culturally appropriate digital
> resources that help islanders address their major issues such as Health and
> Climate Change.
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> Ian Thomson
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> PacRICS and OLPC Coordinator
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> SPC
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> Phone +687 26 01 44
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> *From:* health-bounces at lists.laptop.org [mailto:
> health-bounces at lists.laptop.org] *On Behalf Of *Beth Santos
> *Sent:* Sunday, August 01, 2010 7:46 AM
> *To:* OLPC Health list; etoys-education-team at googlegroups.com
> *Subject:* [Health] Introductions
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> Hi all,
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> Now that I'm back in the USA, let's get people introduced to one another. I
> think a good idea might be to first introduce ourselves and describe our
> interests, then pair people up together (Etoys people with public health
> people and such) to take on different units (I'm assuming at least the
> majority of them will be based in Etoys so that teachers can edit them to
> make them culturally relevant in various locations). Then we can get a
> timeline going to see some of this stuff out.
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> So if you can just take a quick five minutes to *introduce yourself *and
> to indicate what *particular interests *you have in terms of public health
> projects, that'd be great!
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> I'm Beth and I'm the Outreach Coordinator for Waveplace Foundation<http://www.waveplace.org>.
> After doing a few laptop pilots using Etoys and OLPC's XO laptop, what I
> realized was really missing was some public health curricula that kids could
> use in our (and other) laptop programs around the world. I have my own
> computer program running in São Tomé that has benefitted from the Waveplace
> courseware but has also done a lot of development on its own. I've also
> worked in Haiti and St. John with Waveplace.
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> Lots of interest in terms of public health, nothing in particular comes to
> mind, though I do have experience with malaria and AIDS prevention
> initiatives.
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> Excited to be working with all of you and hoping that we can get some great
> work together!
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> Take care,
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> Beth
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> PS Etoys Education Team-- I cc'ed you on this email in case any of you are
> interested in joining us on the OLPC listserv, which is our home even though
> it's technically a Waveplace project that we're doing. Let me know and I'd
> be happy to add you, or sign up yourself to the OLPC list at least!
>
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