Visions Efforts

Featured Project: Kalagam Visions Learning Centre (Colombo)

Working in partnership with Saiva Mangaiyar Kalagam, a Sri Lanka-based nonprofit, construction and development of the KVLC will begin in early 2008. This multistoried learning center will house a Visions office, ample space for student groups and activities (including aesthetics) from the adjacent school (Saiva Mangaiyar Vidyalayam), halls for special trainings and English, a computer lab, a multimedia room, and a Montessori nursery. Over 400 refugee children from the Northeast will benefit from this project, as well as countless other disadvantaged and deserving youth and teachers!
           
Financial Estimates for the KVLC

Land: US $400,000
Building: US $320,000
Total Estimated Cost: US $720,000

Donations Received to-date: US $570,000

Amount Still Needed: US $150,000

Please make your tax-exempt donation by sending a check payable to 'Operation USA'[ Tax ID#953504080 ],
clearly specifing 'Visions' on the front of the check,
and mail to:

Visions
1621 Barry Ave. #PH1
Los Angeles, CA 90025

 

 

 

 

 

Visions Global Empowerment, inc.

PRIVACY POLICY

Visions Global Empowerment, Inc., a California nonprofit public benefit corporation ("we" or "Visions"), protects the privacy of its visitors ("you") to its websites, http://www.visionseducation.blogspot.com (the "Blog") and www.visionsforthefuture.org (together with the "Blog", the "Website"). This privacy policy (the "Policy") is in place to protect your Personal Information (as defined below), and describes Visions' practices regarding the Personal Information collected through the Website. By accessing any part of the Website, you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Policy, and agree that Visions may collect, use and disclose certain Personal Information in accordance with this Policy and as permitted or required by law. If you do not agree with the terms of this Policy do not visit the Website and do not provide us with any Personal Information.

Information Collected by Visions

Personally Identifiable Information

Visions only collects Personal Information to the extent necessary to provide you with the Website's information and other services. "Personal Information" means any information, recorded in any form, about an identified individual, or an individual whose identity may be inferred from the information. In order to submit a comment on the Blog, you will be directed to www.blogger.com (the "Blog Website") and required to sign up for an account by submitting certain Personal Information. By providing such Personal Information you will be able to post your comment on the Blog. When you make an online donation to Visions you will be re-directed to www.paypal.com ("Paypal Website") which will require you to submit certain Personal Information to complete your donation. Please carefully review the privacy policy for the Blog Website and the Paypal Website for information on the Blog Website's and the Paypal Website's policy concerning your Personal Information collected in connection with the donation webpage as this Policy does not control the Blog Website or the Paypal Website. When you mail a donation to Visions via the procedure posted on the Website, certain Personal Information will be collected from you in connection with your donation, including but not limited to, your name, address, and any Personal Information included on your bank checks or other form of payment.

Non-Personally Identifiable Information

When you visit and access the Website, Visions collects the following non-personally identifiable information from you:

Cookies

When you visit the Website we send one or more "cookies" to your computer that uniquely identifies your browser. A cookie is a small file containing a string of characters that is sent to your browser from our web server and is stored on the hard drive of your computer. We may use cookies to improve the services provided on the Website by storing user preferences and tracking user trends. Cookies do not contain any Personal Information, but rather the collected information is useful to customize the Website for you. Almost all modern websites use cookies to improve the quality of the website and to provide a more efficient experience. Your browser can be set to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. If you choose not to accept cookies, however, the Website may not function properly or may diminish your experience of the Website.

Aggregated Informations

Aggregated information is information, recorded in any form, about more than one individual, where the identity of the individual is not known, and cannot be inferred from the information. We may use aggregated information to: (i) describe our user base to current or potential partners, investors, and advertisers; (ii) after a survey, to understand and respond to market needs and preferences; or (iii) to make recommendations to other users of our Website.

User Communications

When you send a comment on the Blog, e-mail or other communication to us, we may retain those communications in order to answer inquiries, and respond to your requests and improve the Website and our products and services.

You agree that you shall not upload, post, transmit, distribute or otherwise submit to the Website, any communications which (i) are fraudulent, unlawful, threatening, abusive, harassing, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, offensive, pornographic, profane, sexually explicit or indecent; (ii) constitute or encourage conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any local, state, national or international law; (iii) violate, plagiarize or infringe the rights of third parties including, without limitation, copyright, trademark, trade secret, confidentiality, contract, patent, rights of privacy or publicity or any other proprietary right; (iv) contain a virus, spyware, or other harmful component; or (v) constitute or contain false or misleading indications of origin, endorsement or statements of fact.

In the event that Visions may, from time to time, allow for discussions, chats, postings, transmissions, bulletin board and the like on the Website, Visions is under no obligation to monitor or review such transmitted information and assumes no responsibility or liability arising from the content of any such transmissions nor for any error, defamation, libel, slander, omission, falsehood, obscenity, pornography, profanity, danger or inaccuracy of any such information.

Information Visions DOES NOT Collect

EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THIS POLICY, At no time will VISIONS request your credit card information, Social Secuirty NUmber, national identification numbers, or any other form of personal information in a non-secure or unsolicited e-mail or telephone communication. Certain financial information will only be requested through the donation webpage. Visions is concerned with identity theft and the practice known as "phishing,"so please safeguard your Personal Information to help protect you from identity theft.

Protecting Your Personal Information

Visions takes precautions to ensure that Personal Information is kept private, and to reduce the risk of loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, or modification of your Personal Information. Please note however that we cannot guarantee the security of your Personal Information. We assume no liability for the loss of any Personal Information or any damage that may result from the loss of such information that you transmit to us via the Website.

Disclosure without Consent

Please note that there are circumstances where the use or disclosure of Personal Information may be justified or permitted, or where WE may be obligated to disclose SUCH information without consent. Such circumstances may include, without limitation, the following:

* To comply with a court order, subpoena, or warrant;

* To comply with the request of a government agency or regulatory body;

* To collect monies owed to Visions;

* To investigate activities that Visions believes in good faith are unlawful;

* To enforce or apply this Policy or our Terms of Use;

* To protect the rights, property, and safety of third parties and Visions; and

* As otherwise permitted or required by law.

Links

This Policy only applies to the Website. For your convenience, the Website provides links to other websites, including but not limited to, the Blog Website and the Paypal Website. When you click on one of these links, you are leaving our Website and entering another website. We do no exercise control over the websites displayed as links from within our various services and we are not responsible for such third-party websites. These other websites may place their own cookies or other files on your computer, collect data, or solicit Personal Information from you. You should carefully review the privacy statements of any other websites you visit, because those privacy statements will apply to your visit to such other websites.

Children's Privacy Protection

The Website is not intended or designed to attract "minors" (as defined under the laws of their jurisdiction or residence). We do not collect Personal Information from any person that we know is under 18 years of age. We will not use Personal Information if we learn that it was provided by any person we know to be under 18 years of age. You affirm that you are over the age of 18, as the Website is not intended for any children under 18 that are unaccompanied by their parents or legal guardians.

Parents should be aware that this Policy governs our use of Personal Information. Any Personal Information voluntarily given by children through their use of the Website may be used by other parties to generate unsolicited communications. We encourage parents to inform their children of the safe and responsible use of their Personal Information while visiting internet webpages.

Removal of Personal Information

To the extent possible, we will promptly remove all of your Personal Information if you request us to do so. Please understand that we may not be able to honor your request if we are legally obligated to retain that information.

Questions or Comments

If you have any questions or comments about the Website, Visions, or this Policy, please contact us at greg@visionsforthefuture.org.

Changes to the Privacy Policy and Changes in Ownership

We may make changes or supplement this Policy from time to time. If there are any changes to the Policy, we will post them on the Website to notify users of the changes. Changes to the Policy will apply to the information collected from the date we post the revised Policy on the Website, as well as to existing information held by us. We will obtain the necessary consents required under applicable privacy laws if we (i) change this Policy in a material way, or (ii) seek to collect, use, or disclose Personal Information for purposes other than those to which consent has been obtained, unless otherwise required or permitted by law.

This Policy was last updated on: JULY 12, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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