Wikipedia entry for Hold the Future
ByHold the Future has set up it’s own Wikipedia page. Here’s the link to it. New content and participation is welcome. It’s easy to set up an account on Wikipedia so please do if you would like to help the Centre build a great page.
This Wikipedia page is important to the Centre at the moment. Until the blog receives a PageRank rating from Google it is a matter of luck and recent posting of an article that will bring us up on the first page for a Google search. And we do so want to be found!
A web presence is important in this modern world even for a Centre operating in Vietnam. It is the easiest and cheapest way to tell the world about yourself. And the world includes not only ordinary people but also philanthropic organisations who are looking for relevant Centres to give their funds to.
There is not one organisation serving disabled people who does not need funding of some sort. Whether it is to improve living standards or provide training, offer employment opportunities or the means for a disabled person to start their own small business Centre’s working with disabled people need help. More so in Vietnam than other countries as in most cases government does not provide assistance.
How do you get funding? Well the first step would probably be to get noticed! Hold the Future’s Wikipedia page is going to help with that. Check it out and let us know what you think.
5 Comments
August 21st, 2010 at 7:05 am
That’s great! It would be very helpful for people on the Internet to learn more more about HtF.
It’s necessary for the other non-English translations such as French, Spanish, isn’t it?
August 21st, 2010 at 5:52 pm
I’ve written about your Wikipedia entry on my blog. Hopefully a few more people will see it.
August 22nd, 2010 at 8:24 am
@Anji
Thank you so much for mentioning our Wikipedia entry. Awesome. We’ve already had some visitors from the page. And the Wikipedia page comes up number 1 on page 1 on Google search now for us. Hooray.
August 31st, 2010 at 4:40 pm
Dear Hold the Future,
Having worked as a teacher’s aide in severely handicapped centers near Little Saigon, Westminster, California, I’m glad to see outreach getting to where it needs to go, and take great interest in your operation.
I studied Vietnamese for a few months, incidentally, but couldn’t ever get past those three ‘o’ sounds in the alphabet. Indistinguishable to my failing hearing, I’m afraid, and not plausibly lip-read.
I’m a cinch at xiang-chi, now, though!
Thanks for all your crew is accomplishing.
Yours Truly,
-BothEyes
September 5th, 2010 at 8:42 am
@BothEyesShut
Thanks for your comment and words of encouragement. And talking about the language of Vietnamese, I understand your sense of failure. I have it every day when I try and make myself understood thinking I’m saying the word correctly and encountering blank looks. I really think it’s a funky language and would so love to get better at it. But sometimes one has to understand and cope with ones limitations. Xiang-chi you say? Maybe I should try that.
Anja