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<span id="result_box" class="" lang="en">Hello everyone,<br>
<br>
I am the leader of the SOHA research-action project whose main
objective is to introduce open science and open access to Haiti
and Francophone Africa. SOHA is part of OCSDnet :
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://ocsdnet.org/projects/universite-laval/">http://ocsdnet.org/projects/universite-laval/</a>. <br>
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<p><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en">For nearly 18 months, a
huge work has been done. One great outcome is the emergence of
young open access leaders in these countries. You can read their
blog posts (in French) at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.projetsoha.org/?page_id=60">http://www.projetsoha.org/?page_id=60</a>.<br>
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In Haiti in particular, as a result of our March symposium on
"open science and open access as a tool for sustainable
development", a group of undergraduate students enrolled in the
State University of Haiti have decided to establish an
association promoting open access and cognitive justice. During
the last three months, they made radio broadcasts, published
blog posts and organized two training workshops, especially in
northern Haiti where they gathered a hundred students!<br>
<br>
I organized with and for them two sessions on Open science and
cognitive justice at the next World Social Forum to be held in
Montreal (August). They will present their work, their strategy
and their arguments. Our hope is that they will thus affect
students and researchers of the Global South who will also be
there. The Association Science and Common Good that I chair will
fund in solidarity their accommodation and meals, but we decided
to do a fundraiser to pay for their air tickets and visa fees.<br>
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I therefore appeal to your generosity to make that trip real. It
will both reward these students for their so effective
engagement for open science, it will boost their energy and it
may radiate into the network of the World Social Forum.<br>
<br>
Please read the page that tells their story in more details. <br>
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<li><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en">On our website,
you'll find the paypal button that allows you to make your
donation at limited administrative costs for us.</span><span
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.scienceetbiencommun.org/?q=node/116">http://www.scienceetbiencommun.org/?q=node/116</a> </span></li>
<li><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en">But if you prefer, we
have also created a crowdfunding project on
Generosity/Indiegogo :
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.generosity.com/education-fundraising/help-young-oa-advocates-from-haiti">https://www.generosity.com/education-fundraising/help-young-oa-advocates-from-haiti</a>
-go-to-the-wsf on Indiegogo.</span></li>
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<p><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><br>
Counting on your commitment and generosity!<br>
<br>
Florence Piron<br>
<br>
responsible for project SOHA <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://projetsoha.org">http://projetsoha.org</a><br>
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Laval University</span></p>
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