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Village Partnership Action Forum Partners with Villages on Sustainable Development
Taking advantage of YPO’s and WPO’s reputation and its vast network of contacts and resources, the Village Partnership Action Forum works in cooperation with the world’s most professional NGO’s and top experts to create scaleable frameworks for sustainable community development in the developing world.
We are “hands-on,” proving and optimizing our concepts and ideas in pilot villages all over the world. If you want to experience the feeling of moving a community from despair to hope, of reigniting the sparkle of life in the eyes of children and grown-ups alike and if you would like to share this experience with your spouse and your family, consider joining our action forum!
The group has had three highly successful conference calls (click here) on Bosnia, India and Pakistan, and a Forum visit to Bosnia (click here). To see a slideshow on the Village Partnership Action Forum click here,
Village Partnership Action Forum Plans India/Pakistan Trip for August 16-24
Frieder Krups and the Village Partnership Action Forum have arranged a trip to India and Pakistan from 16 - 24 August 2006 to see Percy Barnevik’s Hand-in-Hand organization in action in the Tamil Nadu province of India, and to visit the earthquake hit region in Pakistan.
India - Learning from Percy Barnevik’s Hand-in-Hand organization
The goal of the Indian leg of the trip will be to get a
first-hand impression of Hand-in-Hand, an organization
which has created a large number of jobs there (100,000)
in a very short time (2 years). Our goal is to find out
why Hand-in-Hand has been so extraordinarily effective
and what it might take for groups of inspired YPO/WPOers
to duplicate this program in another part of the world.
Bangalore YPOers Apparao and Latha Mallavarapu, active
supporters of the Village Partnership Forum, will be our
hosts in India. Pakistan - Visit to the Earthquake Hit Region
The goal of the visit to the earthquake hit area of Pakistan, is to learn about the challenges involved in creating earthquake-proof housing for local communities, rebuilding the infrastructure (water, electricity, communication, schools, medical centers), and reigniting the local economy. TCF, a leading Pakistani NGO led by WPOer Ahsan Saleem, will guide us through some of the villages where they are active, relate their experience and challenges to us, and connect us to a couple of villages to potentially partner with. YPOer Amin Hashwani, co-founder of PAN, and his cousin Abid Shaban, will act as our hosts in Pakistan.
Wish To Participate?
If you would like to participate in the India/Pakistan trip, or if you just would like to hear more, please contact Frieder Krups at f.krups@jnet.dk.
Village Partnership Action Forum Visits Bosnia to Plan Collaboration on Rebuilding Villages
The group visited Srebrenica and saw
several villages in different stages of development, as
well as some candidate areas for rebuilding. They
met with government officials and had a forum
meeting in Sarajevo. The agenda of the forum
meeting included discussing what the group wants to do
in Bosnia or elsewhere and defining how it will operate,
agreeing on level of commitment, agreeing/defining
individual roles and planning the next Action Forum
meeting. Wish To Learn More about Village Partnership Action Forum?
If you are intrigued and would consider participating in the forum, please contact Frieder Krups at f.krups@jnet.dk.
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American Arab Action Forum Focuses on Bridging the Gap in US Arab Relations
American Arab Action (AAA) Forum members include YPO and WPO members from the US, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, the UAE and Saudi Arabia. AAA Forum, which is striving to make a real contribution to bridging the gap between the US and the Arab world, is sponsoring several projects including convening action-oriented forums of religious leaders and media leaders from the US and Arab countries.
AAA Forum Presents Panel Discussions on US Arab Relations for YPO and WPO Chapters in New York on September 8
“Bridging the Gap in US Arab Relations:
Panel Discussions on Religion, Education, Media and Government”
Date: Friday, 8 September 2006;
9:00am to 5:00pm
AAA Forum Meets with Religious Leaders, Develops Action Plan
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Village
Partnership Action Forum had its first meeting in Bosnia
May 24-28. The group teamed up with Doraja Eberle
from Bauern Helfen Bauern (Farmers Helping Formers) to
get a first-hand impression of the challenges of
“holistic village development”. Doraja’s organization
has been successfully rebuilding villages in Bosnia for
the past five years. 
Please join the members of American-Arab Action Forum for a series
of panel discussions for YPO and WPO business leaders in New York
that will focus on bridging the gap between the US and Arab
countries. Resources include YPO and WPO members of the
American-Arab Action Forum, who will share insights and
understandings that the American-Arab Action Forum has gained since
2004. The panels will also include resources on US-Arab affairs from
following invited institutions: National Defense University (NDU),
the Pentagon's JCS Office for the War on Terror (DDGWOT), the
Cordoba Initiative, the Council on Foreign Relations (pending).
Jehane Noujaim, producer of the award-winning documentary "Control
Room", and Dr. Abdullah Schleifer, Washington Bureau Chief for Al
Arabiya News Channel, will also participate. 
In January 2006 in London, AAA Forum hosted a
small, influential group of mainstream, open-minded religious leaders
from the US and Arab countries to discuss key areas of mutual
misunderstandings and common ground. Eight prominent religious
leaders and 14 YPO and WPO members attended this very productive
event. It was a unique opportunity for the participants to increase
insight into the region and better inform individual actions. The
gathering also catalyzed several strong and measurable actions. By
bringing together thoughtful and influential religious and business
leaders, participants strengthened their own personal mutual
understandings. In addition, insights and understandings gained
have been shared with the participants' various spheres of
influence, including the thousands of members of various mosques,
churches and synagogues represented in the forum. By facilitating
meaningful personal connections, the meeting fostered future
partnerships among congregations. Children's Health Forum in Developing Countries Kicks Off with Successful May Meeting in Dallas; Plans Second Meeting in November
The group's objectives include:
The next meeting of Children's Health Forum in Developing Countries will take place November 1 - 3. The meeting location will be announced. If you are interested in participating in this forum, please contact Linda Benge at ltbenge@yahoo.com.
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Education for the Disadvantaged (ED) Forum Meets in Washington DC, Plans Next Meeting for October in Boston
ED Forum’s mission is to create better philanthropists for disadvantaged children’s education through learning and idea exchange. Or as Room to Read puts is, “World Change Starts with Educated Children.” This forum meets two times a year for two days each time in a confidential YPO/WPO Forum-style environment. ED Forum’s first meeting took place in Washington DC, 6-8 March 2006. Its next meeting is scheduled for 4-6 October 2006 in Boston. Goals included learning about each member’s own education-related initiatives and interests, building a strong Forum-style environment, and creating an action plan for ED Forum moving forward. The group is collaborating with top White House advisors on education policy . For more information about ED Forum or to register for the October meeting, please contact Mohnish Pabrai at mpabrai@pabraifunds.com.
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In May 2006, PAN launched an Action Forum focused
on children’s health issues in the
developing world. The Forum is
comprised of YPO/WPOers who are actively involved in hands-on
philanthropic efforts on children’s health issues ranging from:
preventing the transmission of the AIDS virus from pregnant woman to
her unborn child in Africa to distribution of folic acid to prevent
birth defects in South America. 
