Submitted by Tobias Eigen on 3 April, 2008 - 00:16

PRODDER LogoDonald Lobo from CiviCRM directed me today to a new version of the very handy Prodder Directory of Southern African NGOs, which SANGONeT launched yesterday at http://beta.prodder.org.za.

This is exciting news for me since we at Kabissa also are using Drupal and CiviCRM as the backbone of our own online community website for African civil society. I like the look and feel of the new Prodder site and am pleased that CiviCRM is finding broader use in Africa.

PRODDER Book logoBrowsing the site, I was also intrigued to see that a print version of the Prodder Directory is available. What a terrific resource! I have floated tihs idea in the past for Kabissa: wouldn't it be wonderful to be able to offer a print edition of the Kabissa Member Directory, on an annual basis and also in custom print runs for specific purposes - eg in support of national, regional or sectoral networks, or to distribute at conferences.

SANGONeT official press release follows.

SANGONeT Launches Beta Version of the New Prodder Directory
SANGONeT, 1 April 2008.

The Southern African NGO Network (SANGONeT) has launched ‘beta version’ of the new Prodder Directory.

SANGONeT Executive Director, David Barnard, notes that, “The new Prodder Directory has been developed on the open source Drupal/CiviCRM platform and will see a number of new features introduced in coming weeks.”

To view the new Prodder Directory, click here.

Both the current version of Prodder and the new beta version will be available concurrently for a number of weeks.

SANGONeT encourages NGOs to review their entries and forward information about changes and corrections that need to be made. Any feedback about the new platform in general, including additional features and information to be added, will also be appreciated.

Please forward your comments to - \n prodder@sangonet.org.za This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

NGOs and other development organisations not yet listed in Prodder are encouraged to complete the Prodder Input Sheet on the beta site.

For general news and information about the NGO sector in South Africa, please visit the SANGONeT NGO and Development Information Portal.

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Submitted by Matthew de Gale on 3 April, 2008 - 19:40.

We're pleased to have this online. Our current launch doesn't really add too many features over the system we'd been using before, but as you know, once we have the basic platform of Drupal/civicrm in place, the sky is the limit in terms of where we go from here.

I have been following much of Kabissa's process from the Civi sites - thank for sharing all of that process stuff; time for us to start doing the same!

Yours

Matthew de Gale

ICT Services Manager
SANGONeT (Southern African NGO Network)
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Submitted by on 17 October, 2008 - 18:27.
I am happy that you have found some other drupal users in South Africa. Drupal users are always so helpful.
Submitted by on 19 October, 2008 - 18:55.
Good to see Drupal being used for a good cause. The power of open source at work!!!
Submitted by on 12 November, 2008 - 20:18.
Drupal has really caught on much faster than I though it would. An open source code is always has an opportunity to catch on with the web community. It's great to see you are exciting about it. It's a great program too. I have just really gotten involved with it and I am still learning.

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