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Project Pillar: Goverance
Project cost: $26,000 over 2 years
Project Status: we are currently reviewing
our participation in this project.
More info:
Overview
Needs: Funding for Knowledge design,
organization and implementation of GRASSUP NOW Program
in Kenya.
Support
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Project Name:
Grassroots Underpinnings: Poverty,
Nutrition, ODL/ICTs and Women
Vision: Bringing together diverse
groups to develop effective solutions for Kenya through
ICT.
Location: 4 Projects in Kenya as part
of the COL-Kenya/GRASSUP NOW Consortium.
Project Design and Rationale: GRASSUP
NOW is a collaborative program that seeks to demonstrae
how ICT can reduce poverty and encourage sustainable
human economic development in Kenya. Still in the concept
stage this joint venture was designed to function in
a complementary way to COL-Kenya which was formed as
a consortium of Kenyan and US NGOs. COL Kenya successfully
obtained funding from the Canadian based Commonwealth
of Learning Program in 2004 to fund the purchase of
computers to promote ICT open and distance learning.
One of the goals was also to create GRASSUP NOW is a
multi-purpose program that seeks to develop innovative
learning and replication tools to build capacity in
open and distance learning with a focus on environmental,
nutritional, agricultural and health issues.
Goals:
1. Integrate local development projects with ICT
2. Provide practical ICT solutions for underserved communities
Project Partners:
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James Onyango, Director of KAIPPG
Francis Anyona of the Ikonzo Musanda Self-Help
Group
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Kennedy Edwine Onyango, Director of Community
Initiatives and Social Support Center Organization
(CISSO)
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Kiragu Maina Coordinator of the Interactive
Learning Network Ltd (SchoolConnect)
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Janet Feldman of KAIPPG International
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Krisha Alluri of COL
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Mark Roest of oneVillage Foundation USA
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Target Groups: People
in underserved communities in Kenya with a focus on
Women.
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