K 2 Weekly Roundup

Submitted by sokari on 8 May, 2008 - 13:58.
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Apologies for missing the last couple of weeks due to a fractured left arm which gradually on the mend. Since the last roundup on April 10th we have had 14 new members which is great. Kabissa has now passed the 1200 mark and still growing. I am also pleased to see the steady growth in numbers of members taking advantage of K2's blogging feature. Please remember there is no limit to the number of people in your organisation who can blog and also note you can post separately to "Events" which will appear on the Kabissa calender.

Three Kabissa organisations have been selected for the Stockholm challenge which takes place in Stockhold between the 19th and 22nd May. ToroDev of Uganda, Human Rights and Justice Group Nigeria and Hint based in Cameroon. Staff of all three will be attending the celebrations in Stockholm plus workshops and will have the opportunity to showcase the organisations - Congratulations and good luck to all three.

dpinkenya uses the idea of illusion versus reality to highlight the unnecessary captivity and killing of animals such as "sharks" in a cage for someone's pleasure, snakes in captivity for someone's survival (I have a snake phobia so cannot even look at this photo) and "dead gorillas" for....

Tobias is a great fan of the OLPC project [see his personal blog Saidia] which he has been able to personally evaluate after purchasing one for his kids. Trying to keep the project on track has not been easy and the internet is full of negative stories around the project. This posts relates to using the Windows environment for the OLPC instead of an open source alternative. If the OLPC is going to be the door to "tech freedom" in the global south then propriety software is definitely a no no. Personally I have my doubts about the whole OLPC project as the price of the computers increases and now the possibility of using Windows - the whole notion of OLPC being an open source project accessible to millions is becoming more and more commercial and thereby doubtful.

The new members cover a variety of regions and categories:

CENTRE AFRICAIN D'ECHANGE CULTUREL [Central Africa]

Foundation for Ethnic Minorities in Kasese [Uganda]

ACODE Foundation [Africa wide]

Association of African Women in Developemnt [Africa wide]

Lift Up Africa [Eastern Africa]

Naapok Women's Group [East Africa]

Care Net [Ghana]

Center for Policy & Development [Nigeria]

Health & Water Foundation [Kenya]

Sierra Leone eRiders [Sierra Leone]

Uganda ICT Forum [Uganda]

World Volunteers [Ghana]

Living Water Group [Kenya]

Health and Empowerment for African Live

A reminder to readers to check out theUNESCO funded Open Training Platform for a huge selection of excellent online courses, resources and toolkits covering a whole range of categories.

 

Thats it for this week - keep on blogging.

 

 

 

 

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