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You may say that I'm a dreamer...but I'm not the only one.
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- Hometown:
- Denver, CO USA
- Age:
- 26
- Organisation:
- XayanIT
- About Me:
- I am a racially confused (German-Indian) who grew up in Colorado (the US state with the highest, lowest point) and went college in the heart of the 'Silicon Valley'.
I try to travel the world fighting crime like the Incredible Hulk and have had some great adventures insodoing.
I am an altruist who has seen and learned enough to know how little I know. I have become an accomplished 'couch surfer' and can camp just about anywhere.
My personal mantra (from the Upanishads):
You are your deep driving desire
As your desire is, so is your will
As your will is, so is your deed
As your deed is, so is your destiny.
- Favorite Social Entrepreneur:
- Vandana Shiva
- Favorite Music:
- Radiohead, Neil Young, Arcade Fire, The Shins, Gotan Project, Calexico, Jurassic Five, Blackalicious, Bob Marley, Gorillaz, Jarabe de Palo, Elefante, Creedence, Mana, Manu Chao, Jonny Cash, John Coltraine, Mars Volta, Matisyahu, Merle Haggard, Dwight Yoakam, Lucero, Modest Mouse, Mos Def, My Morning Jacket, Neil Young, NoFx, Philip Glass, Portishead, Seu Jorge, Shakira, Flaming Lips, Decemberists, Fela Kuti, Feni Kuti, Youssou N'dour, Ween, Tuku Music, Talib Kwali, Talking Heads, St. Germaine Tourist, Smashing Pumpkins, Tom Waits, anything and everything...
Jon Who?
The GK3 conference was my first international convention and FutureShifters is my first online community. I was graced to meet many beautiful people in Kuala Lumpur. I am only sorry that I was unable too many YSEF participants.
I hope that the GK3 is only the beginning of a community that will prove that the human network is alive and well and that our paths may cross again in the many far off places from which we came. Thank you for welcoming me into this community I will do my part to keep it alive and well!
Together I know that WE can eradicate poverty and be the change we wish to see in our world. We can do this in our lifetime.
In the meantime, I want to try to give some insight into: Who is Jon? and How did he end up at the GK3?
My parents inculcated a sense of Wanderlust, taking our family to 'rediscover our roots' in Kenya (where my dad was born), India (where his parents were born) and Germany (where my mom's parents were born). In between, I seized opportunities to volunteer/intern abroad with Mercy Corps in Uzbekistan while in high school and the Grameen Bank while in college.
Throughout, I worked variety of jobs. Mowing lawns, fixing sprinkler systems, providing customer services in the VIP tent for the Cirque du Soleil, picking up the trash and recycling at my university, managing and marketing a business based in the most corrupt country in the world, designing and project managing software development in the midst of floods and states of emergency.
I pay the bills (and college loans) as a financial analyst providing oversight for business and consulting units across the US for a company called Policy-Studies Inc.
In my short career, I have worked everywhere from a bungalow in Byron Bay, Australia to a dorm room in Dhaka University.
I try to take advantage of the benefits afforded by my blue passport, but have been distressed to see my country projecting itself in such negative ways. All this whilst we have such a positive social experiment.
I am committed to finding ways to become a change-agent, to work together and find ways for young social entrepreneurs to sustain ourselves and harness our collective energy toward tangible, innovative, social action. I want us to stop talking about the problems we face and start incorporating and combining our efforts into a movement of change.
As future shifters, we have much work to do, but together, impossible is nothing...
Peace.
I hope that the GK3 is only the beginning of a community that will prove that the human network is alive and well and that our paths may cross again in the many far off places from which we came. Thank you for welcoming me into this community I will do my part to keep it alive and well!
Together I know that WE can eradicate poverty and be the change we wish to see in our world. We can do this in our lifetime.
In the meantime, I want to try to give some insight into: Who is Jon? and How did he end up at the GK3?
My parents inculcated a sense of Wanderlust, taking our family to 'rediscover our roots' in Kenya (where my dad was born), India (where his parents were born) and Germany (where my mom's parents were born). In between, I seized opportunities to volunteer/intern abroad with Mercy Corps in Uzbekistan while in high school and the Grameen Bank while in college.
Throughout, I worked variety of jobs. Mowing lawns, fixing sprinkler systems, providing customer services in the VIP tent for the Cirque du Soleil, picking up the trash and recycling at my university, managing and marketing a business based in the most corrupt country in the world, designing and project managing software development in the midst of floods and states of emergency.
I pay the bills (and college loans) as a financial analyst providing oversight for business and consulting units across the US for a company called Policy-Studies Inc.
In my short career, I have worked everywhere from a bungalow in Byron Bay, Australia to a dorm room in Dhaka University.
I try to take advantage of the benefits afforded by my blue passport, but have been distressed to see my country projecting itself in such negative ways. All this whilst we have such a positive social experiment.
I am committed to finding ways to become a change-agent, to work together and find ways for young social entrepreneurs to sustain ourselves and harness our collective energy toward tangible, innovative, social action. I want us to stop talking about the problems we face and start incorporating and combining our efforts into a movement of change.
As future shifters, we have much work to do, but together, impossible is nothing...
Peace.
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GK3 Hangover
How can you sum up:
3 days, '1,766 registered participants from 135 countries, 19% from public sector, 21% from private sector, 29% from civil society, 20% from international organisations, 5% media and 6% from academia...'
I would rather conclude that I am now part of a community galvanized by GK3 to walk the walk. Come GK4 I want to say that our network has grown exponentially. That we meet and dialogue amongst ourselves continuing a lively debate. That we are harnessing and… Continue
3 days, '1,766 registered participants from 135 countries, 19% from public sector, 21% from private sector, 29% from civil society, 20% from international organisations, 5% media and 6% from academia...'
I would rather conclude that I am now part of a community galvanized by GK3 to walk the walk. Come GK4 I want to say that our network has grown exponentially. That we meet and dialogue amongst ourselves continuing a lively debate. That we are harnessing and… Continue
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Year of English & Information Technology 2009 - Sri Lanka
Lunama Village is situated near the coastal plain 150 miles far to the down south from Colombo, The capital of Sri Lanka. The main carrier of this villagers are agriculture and fishing industry. DFOLRL [ District Foundation of Literacy at Rural Level ] organization had started and also that organization started an ICT center of that village in year 2005. Specially rural people can develop their IT knowledge and they can achieve communication facilities from this center as well as they can use Internet and E mail facilities from this. Not only that but also this center helped to develop agriculture and fishing industry. And also information services. Specially build up computer knowledge of this rural children. And also helped from IT technology for the people that doing some different different self employments.
Already rural children had represented to international examinations like e citizen ICDL. Now a days they are following their education with successfully by using computers.
Our organization had got some steps to develop the different government officers and many other parties through out the ICT subject in our district. This year has named as ICT and English language year, by the government. But now these children have a problem. That is they can’t get global knowledge directly because they haven’t good English knowledge.
All Children and youngers who connect with us is studying the English language as subject of their Schools. But they have less chances to use English. Because of that this children weren’t able to be clever in English.
But we try to use the English through the Village. Then we can develop the English knowledge of the people in our Village. and also we try to help them through information technology.
So we kindly ask upon from you please give your ideas and proposals to us, to develop this conditions.
01 The people who can spend their vacation in Sri Lanka and should have a ability to develop the English knowledge of our village children.
02 If you cant do like that you can discuss deferrent idea with our members in Virtual society and can improve their English knowelege by writing to a social Network.
03 If you are a manger of a Tele center you can connect your Tele center holders to our ICT Mini Campus virtual society and can exchange global knowledge.
04 About the online courses you know and that can introduce to our children
05 About the BPO Online jobs that can do by join in with you are center.
If you can help us from one above suggestions please write us. Your ideas will be very valuable for us to bright our children’s Future.
W.M.C.R.K Disanayaka,
D F O L R L Organization,
I C T Mini Campus Virtual Society