Rural Development Foundation, Poland
Also, the foundation worked to organize trainings for locals starting small businesses, agrotourism, environmental protection, and learning about democracy.
Throughout Poland's rural areas, like most of Eastern Europe, the financial literacy rate is extremely low and has often been found to contribute to stagnant low-income levels among families.
By providing more people access to the Internet villages are able to communicate faster, find better solutions to common problems, and broaden their understanding of the world.
Furthermore, villages have taken their own initiatives to use the Internet to promote municipal information, cultural heritage festivals, and along with many other weekly events.
These debates bring together experts in technology, local government officials, NGO leaders, and business representatives to host discussions on relevant community topics for the public to attend.
Through e-VITA's success a nationwide web portal has recently been launched to provide a one-stop source for up-to-date information for Polish villagers to use.
The website,Witryna Wiejska has become an essential meeting place for thousands of people from all over Poland to find useful information.
The interest of local authorities and their understanding of these issues is an essential to gain success in these rural area residents.
RDF will continue to work with other NGO's, business and government leaders to speed the growth of access to networks for more communities throughout Poland in the future.
This program includes developing agro-tourism, planning projects to benefit local communities, and internet instruction for senior citizens.
This website is meant to give practical advice, information, and direct help to its users, but also to display current topics on education, advising, financing and life in local communities.
The website developed from Atlas Initiative through an agreement between the Foundation and organizations that funding would be supplied for their projects in exchange for sharing their success stories online.
The winners of the contest are awarded a three-day stay in Warsaw, with their parents and also receive diplomas or certificates for their achievements.
The Rural Development Foundation administers the program and Collegium Civitas provides a lecture on the United States.
Protection of Biodiversity This program works to make villagers want to preserve old species of flowers and plant life through grants for local projects.
The program further encourages care for native livestock and wild animals in Poland that include, but are not limited to, the preservation of cows, pigs, sheep and horses.
