[kictanet] Civil Society Roles (activities, motives & challenges) Day 3 of 1

[sammy]

Hi Walu,

I found this resources on the Development Gateway, a portal for sustainable
development and poverty reduction, and thought this might be of interest to
you

http://ict.developmentgateway.org/Content-item-view.10976+M5ad9ba180e1.0.html?&L=

http://www.networkcultures.org/incommunicado/index.php?onderdeelID=2&paginaID=6

Kind Regards,

Samuel Njuguna.
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On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 2:55 PM, John Walubengo <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Thanx Maruti on your leads,  is there someone on the list
> from these or other organisations wishing to share their
> experiences and challenges? Can we also hear from the
> Workshop group at Lenana House? Harry Hare?
>
> I know we have two days on this theme but we need to talk
> before they are over and we have to move onto the Private
> Sector Initiatives.
>
> walu.
>
>
> --- Joseph Maruti <maruti at worldcorps.org> wrote:
>
> > An interesting initiative I have seen is DrumNet (see
> > http://www.drumnet.org/projects.htm)
> >
> > They use ICTs to extend Markets, Finance and
> > Informational services to
> > small scale farmers.
> >
> > Another initiative that comes to mind is the Digital
> > Opportunity Trust
> > (see http://dotrust.org/) whose work I have seen in
> > Kenya, though they
> > work in the Middle East and in the USA as well.
> >
> > They assist communities to learn to leverage ICTs in
> > making their life
> > better.  This initiative is possible wherever there are
> > people and
> > technology, infact they are as bold as calling their
> > 'interns' ICT4D.
> >
> > Maruti
> >
> > Morning,
> > >
> > > Today and tomorrow, we want to rapidly scan the
> > activities
> > > initiated by Civil Societyon  on ICT4D landscape.
> > Members
> > > are expected to cite the organisation and what they are
> > > doing and if possible the objectives and challenges.
> > >
> > > I wish to start with One group that comes to mind -The
> > > Computer for Schools initiative which I think is
> > involved
> > > in importing,refurbishing and deploying used computers
> > to
> > > various primary and secondary schools.
> > >
> > > And I speak as an external observer when I say that
> > > probably their motive or objective is to ensure that
> > all
> > > schools have PCs that students can access. Possible
> > > challenges could be whether those schools have the
> > > pre-requisite requirements to exploit or use these PCs
> > i.e.
> > > do they have IT Teachers, Electrical Power Supply, ICT
> > > Training Content, or even time allocation to teach IT
> > > within our otherwise over-loaded Primary and Secondary
> > > Curricula?
> > >
> > > Feel free to share your experiences, observations or
> > > comments using any Civil Society Initiative. Yes, even
> > > KICTAnet is on the table if you wish ;-) though one can
> > > argue that is more of an MSP than CS (thanks to Tim
> > Unwin's
> > > terminology).  Anyway, let this be an opportunity for
> > > self-examination rather than finger-pointing, character
> > > assassination and/or temper raising opportunity.
> > >
> > > The floor is open for today (wed 21st) and tomorrow
> > (thrs
> > > 22nd) on this theme.
> > >
> > > walu.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
>


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