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Sylvie Siyam of PROTEGE
QV (Promotion of Technologies that Guarantee
a better Environment and Quality of
Life, "vie" in French), will discuss
how their ICT
augmented projects in Cameroon promote the
use of radio for rural women. There are also pages
on related projects in Cameroon at the
TakingITGlobal and the WorldWide
Wildlife Fund sites.
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Francis Anyona will discuss two
ICT-related projects a group of us are working
on with the (GRASSUP
and E-SAP) as well as his own work with Ikonzo
Musanda Self-Help Group in W. Kenya. coalition
- composed of the CISSO/OVF-Kenya, KAIPPG, Ikonzo
Musanda Self-Help Group, Interactive Learning
Networks, UZIWATA-Mediguard - has sought to develop
GRASSUP through a grant obtained from the Canadian
based foundation, The
Commonwealth of Learning.
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Kennedy
Onyango of CISSO/OVF-Kenya just finished giving
presentations on radio at a development workshop
in South Africa. He will give us an update on
the conference.
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James Onyango, Exec. Dir. of KAIPPG
Kenya has recently returned from the Netherlands
and Tanzania, where he presented KAIPPG's radio
and ICTs-enabled GenARDIS project (this grant
program focuses on "women, agriculture,
and technology"). An article on the project
is here.
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Janet Feldman, Director of KAIPPG/International
(one of its creators), will speak about KAIPPG's
ICTs-related activities. GRASSUP and GenARDIS,
and may discuss the work of other GenARDIS projects
(all of which use radio and other ICTs). For more
about the GenARDIS projects go here.
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Stan Tuvako, a long-time KAIPPG
volunteer who has worked with many development,
youth, and HIV/AIDS groups in Nakuru, Kenya, will
speak about his "Youth Awareness Perspective",
a community-service, life skills and health-oriented
youth program with an ICTs and global component.
See KAIPPG's website for more details.
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Neema Mgana is co-founder and
director of African
Regional Youth Initiative (ARYI). She will
talk about their extensive work with African youth
on issues such as HIV/AIDS, education, and development
(Ikonzo Musanda, CISSO, and KAIPPG are all ARYI
members).
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Jennifer Staple of Unite
for Sight has indicated that a volunteer will
speak about their eye-health programs in Africa.
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August Kowero, the National
ICTs Coordinator in Tanzania, will speak about
the Tanzanian program.
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Henry Migingo will discuss his
contribution to oneVillage.biz's
ICT oriented sustainable economic development
program for Kenya and greater Africa.
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Ed Cherlin of oneVillage Foundation,
"the Simputer Evangelist", will speak
about open-source learning, the Simputer, and
related issues (perhaps a Star Trek story or two!).
Go here
to see his blog.
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Rick Nelson of SolaRoof
will speak about the SolaRoof project and sustainable
development.
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Dennis Reinhardt (of OVF/Keyhole)
will talk about the role of ICTs like for example
GIS in facilitating sustainable development in
underserved communities.
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Mark Jeff/Joy/Mark of oneVillage
Foundation will discuss their programs and stress
the importance of an integrated
approach to capacity building in underserved
communities that addresses world urgent issues
like HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment programs
in a proactive manner. ICT augmented programs
have a role to play, promoting not only sustainable
economic growth but diversity, focusing on areas
such as agriculture, crafts, consulting/replication
and ICT business incubation services.
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Franz Nahrada and Ingo Lantschner
have been involved with a ICT project in Cameroon
participation in Project
Cyber-Cafe for Cameroon working with Actwid
Kongadzem (see PDF
for detailed description), in Cameroon. Through
the Globally
Integrated Village Environment (GIVE) project
Franz and his team has sought to communicate the
need for more integrated approaches in relation
to community oriented development.
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Andrius Kulikauskas of Minciu
Sodas Laboratory (a think-tank focusing on
sustainable development and a love for "ideas"
of all kinds, and ICTs-related development tools).
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Shingai Nyoka is involved with
the
AMARC-Africa (affiliated with The World Association
of Community Radio Broadcasters) communications
program. Shingai, who is based in South Africa,
will discuss AMARC-Africa, and their first Roundtable
session on Community Media for Sustainable Development
on November 21, in Marrakesh, Morocco.
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Joseph George is the Technology
Services Manager, for the Southern
Africa NGO Network (SANGONeT).
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Linje Manyozo, is author of "Blantyre
Flea Market and Malawi's Cemeteries of Development:
The Power of Community Consultation." Go
here for more.
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Tafadzwa Mupfawa, is involved
with the Dzidzai Foundation, Zimbabwe a nonprofit
which helps women and youth, and focuses on development,
HIV/AIDS and health, education, ICTs and arts.
Go here for SAFAIDS, an HIV/AIDS organization
working in ZW and Africa and more.
- Victor Odongo of St. Anne's Home
in W. Kenya (Kisumu, Kenya). He is collaborating
with Cherish our Children International (COCI) to
develop
St. Anne's into a model family style group home
and training facility that other local groups can
replicate. He will talk about their work (helping
orphans) and perhaps some of his creative work (music,
films).