[Kictanet] Today is White Band Day. Make Poverty History!

Mon Jul 4 15:11:15 EAT 2005

In total agreement with you.
But are we really poor? Our pockets might be empty but i suppose (could be wrong) we are not that intellectually poor. Ideas abound but still we have to turn to the West to make them a reality. Its called the culture of dependence.Or is it the power of the buck?
I think we need to start at this point. Killing this culture.
It starts at our institutions of learning with the right education.But not when we are taking ages to revise our educational curriculums to reflect the needs of our country.

Pss... speaking of information, Walu and i will be on radio Waumini 88.5fm tomorrow morning from 10.30am taking a look at the draft ICT policy and its importance especially to mwananchi .Its our contribution to disseminating information about the same.
Lizette Kraft <lkraft at idrc.or.ke> wrote:
If I might add,  Education is the key for all and only then will we have the valuable knowledge to know, why we need to have a good environment, infrastructure etc. Why it is important to protect what we have for the future of our children and the next generations to come.  Then we can be self sufficient and keep out of debt and use our resources intelligently.  The need to assist our children to have access to higher levels of education is so necessary. It seems that only the very few get this privilege!!! So the monies can be spent on giving more higher learning opportunities to our children to gain the necessary skills to then take over and lead the country to higher levels. The focus seems to be only at primary and secondary stage and then...................... no monies and the majority end up lost.  Of course ICT is now the door to this!!!!! (Just a thought)

Lizette

At / À 10:56 AM 7/3/2005, Maureen Wangati wrote / a écrit:
Yes, money is good especially if it's put to good use like training and skill impartation, job creation, providing business opportunities and creating a secure and conducive environment for business. I believe teach a man or woman to fish, and that will impact positively on poverty reduction and subsequently, hunger, disease, child mortality among other problems. Of course all this and each person's serious renewed commitment to the war against corruption will help our African countries get out of the debt situation more quickly and get back our looted billions! 
   ----- Original Message ----- 
   From: Brian Longwe 
   To: Kenya ICT Policy - kictanet 
   Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 11:14 PM 
   Subject: Re: [Kictanet] Today is White Band Day. Make Poverty History!

   Maybe if the white band cost about 1,000/= and the money was put directly into a fund towards a poverty alleviation strategy. But personally I don't see how the wearing band will help.... at least not here in Kenya 

   Brian

   On 2 Jul 2005, at 11:34, Maureen Wangati wrote:

   Sorry but I have to ask a question here, good intentions I guess, but how exactly does wearing a white or whatever colour band impact on poverty? Can we get more practical here?? Can we all agree to do something tangible to alleviate poverty in our own way or as a group....like increase access to ICTs for rural and urban poor in Africa? 
   ----- Original Message ----- 
   From: constance georgina 
   To: Kenya ICT Policy - kictanet 
   Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 6:15 PM 
   Subject: [Kictanet] Today is White Band Day. Make Poverty History!

    Every single day, 30,000 children are dying as a result of extreme poverty. 
   “2005 is a year of great opportunity and we can really do something to change the world and make it a better place. The time has come to stop talking and start taking some action. If everyone who wants to see an end to poverty, hunger and suffering speaks out then the noise will be deafening. Politicians will have to listen” Archbishop Desmond Tutu, 
   Next week the G8 Summit will take place in Gleneagles Scotland. Promises have been made to put poverty at the top of the agenda. This is our opportunity to make sure our voices are heard by the world leaders who have the power to cancel debt, deliver more and better aid, and change unfair trade rules and practices. 
   Along with millions of others around the world, I am wearing a white band to remind them of what they must do and waiting to see if they deliver. 
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