1. Kabissa Membership
Kabissa is a nonprofit organization, and understands the challenges of running an organization‚ NGOs everywhere are underfunded and understaffed. We were founded in 1999 specifically to address the shared technology needs of African nonprofit organizations.
We are passionate about the role of technology in social change, and believe that every organization has a right to make their voice heard in decisions that affect them.
The Kabissa Online Community site is your space to make your voice heard.
Why Join the Kabissa community?
Any civil society organization working in or for Africa can benefit from Kabissa membership. Membership is free and gives your organization access to a vibrant community of African civil society organizations, working for change across the continent.
Benefits
- The power of connecting with a community of over a thousand civil society organizations working locally, in your subregion, across Africa and throughout the world
- The chance to showcase your organization through your online proflie which you can update anytime through a web browser
- A space to promote and share the work of your organisation, the challenges you face and the local environment in which you live and work. All members of your organisation can contribute by blogging, posting events calenders and announcements.
- Opportunities for accessing and sharing information about upcoming workshops and learning resources available on the Internet.
Obligations
- Please keep your organization's profile and contact details current and contribute to the Kabissa online community by profiling your organisation, blogging, and posting events and announcements.
- Promote Kabissa to civil society organizations in your community and networks.
- Contribute to the Kabissa community by interacting with other members though the Kabissa site.
Ready to Join?
Click here to signup today. The online signup form should take you no longer than 10 minutes.
Benefits for everyone
Not everyone is eligible for membership, but there is still a great deal on offer here for everyone with an interest in contributing to social change and progress in Africa, or interested in technology developments and learning resources relevant to the civil society sector.
Here is a sampling of benefits for everyone:
-
Search for and contact Kabissa member organizations through our member directory
- Access all content added to the site, including announcements from our members, events relevant to Kabissa members, learning resources and blogs
- Subscribe to our newsletters, weekly new content notifications and RSS feeds
- Submit events and learning resources to be shared with the community
- Comment on blogs and other content added to the site
Civil society organizations are those organizations, like orphanages, community groups, women rights groups, and human rights watchdogs, who are advocating for their communities and providing social and humanitarian services. Importantly, they are not private enterprises and they are not arms of the government administration. In this way, they form a third sector, and often act as a check against power or corruption in the first two sectors while working hard to serve the needs of the people.
At Kabissa, we believe that these organizations are a key element of a vibrant and prosperous world. Around the globe, they work tirelessly to ensure the universal rights to freedom, social justice, and peace for their communities.
In many African countries, government-controlled media, poor infrastructure, and a lack of resources often work against these activists, isolating them from the rest of the world. We believe in the revolutionary potential of the Internet to break that isolation, and bring together likeminded activists.
Kabissa strives to connect civil society organizations working in Africa to each other and empower them through opportunities through the Internet and their own space to share their work with the rest of the world.
