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A Dream of Hope for African Children

16. June 2011

Today I got a rose flower from one of my colleagues here at FEMNET. What is the occasion? “We are celebrating the day of the African Child.” I imagine being an African child or a child in Africa for that matter is worth celebrating. I mean why not. Despite the high mortality rates, if you [...]

Vacancy for Field Officers positions :FADECO Community Radio, Tanzania

8. September 2010

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Field officers advert- FADECO KARAGWE TANZANIA is a local media house in Tanzania, combining the services of a rural information tele-centre and modern/ traditional ICTs to catapult the speed of rural development. FADECO Radio is involved in dissemination of information for Development (ICT4D) in rural Tanzania and has as its core objective: local content generation, [...]

If I were a boy

13. August 2010

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August is Women’s Month in South Africa, my new home at the moment. While watching some of the women celebrate their achievements over the years and demand for what needs to be done, I remembered this piece that I read on Women’s Day back home in Uganda. Interesting piece! Beyonce has a popular song – [...]

CSO Research training in Addis Ababa ends on a high note

10. November 2009

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The 12 day intense research training to 17 participants from Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa and Sudan ended on a high note last Friday at the Christian Relief and Development Agency (CRDA) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Divided into five groups, the participants had to demonstrate what they had learnt over the two weeks. The results [...]

Violence Against Women – Understanding the complexities

31. October 2009

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The tireless work and effort of grassroots organisers, researchers, policy-makers and advocates over the past two decades have put violence against women and girls (VAW/G) on the map as a critical issue to be addressed in the international arena. Development partners have dedicated funds and provide technical assistance for research and programmatic efforts aimed at [...]

ChangeWaves partners with CPAU to conduct ICT training

28. July 2009

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ChangeWaves is partnering with the Common Wealth People’s Association of Uganda to conduct ICT training (Social Technopreneurship) for young people in Uganda. The training will be conducted in August. The course modules include Elementary Class: Basic Computing (MS Office & Internet) Intermediate Class:Web Designing, HTML (Namo, Macromedia, Dreamweaver, Macromedia Flash and Photoshop) Advanced Class: Networking [...]

Opportunities for young leaders

20. July 2009

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Emerging Leaders International Fellows Program The Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society is pleased to announce a unique fellowship opportunity: the spring 2010 Emerging Leaders International Fellows Program. The program provides nonprofit sector leadership training through seminars, applied research and mentorships. The program is open to young scholars and practitioners from outside the United States [...]

Blog or Block?

18. March 2009

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“Did you say a blog or block” asked a university student at the Kampala International University who until Friday last week didn’t know what a blog was. My visit was therefore timely. I had been invited by AEISEC to talk about new age communication especially using email and blogs. Clifford told me; “I used to [...]

Meeting Noerine Kaleeba

19. February 2009

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M ention Noerine Kaleeba’s name and the first thing that comes to anyone’s mind is HIV and AIDS. One Scottish University described her as the “angel of Africa.” Noerine Kaleeba is globally recognized for her efforts in facilitating meaningful involvement of people living with and affected by HIV and AIDS, which is believed to be [...]

Visiting the ancient wonder in Pharaoh’s land

10. February 2009

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I spent the third week of November in a land that is very popular for ancient civilization and stuff like that. Don’t tell me Greece. Anyway I was in Cairo, Egypt for a Telecentre Leaders Forum for Middle East and North Africa at the invitation of telecentre.org. For starters, Egypt is a land of many [...]