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Using Media for Sensitization: Listen to the Voice of the People
The major factor that will shape the future
evolution of Africa is in the education and sensitisation
of the people. A commonly cited example is the AIDs epidemic. Over 20
years after its outbreak, ignorance and stigma still surround the
epidemic to the point where AIDs victims are unable to openly talk
about their struggles for fear of discrimination or violence. AIDs
ICT and Changing Mindsets in Education , Edited by Kathryn Toure, ThereseTchombe, Thierry Karsenti
The debate is no longer
whether to use information and communication technologies (ICT) in education
in Africa but how to do so, and how to ensure equitable access for teachers
and learners, whether in urban or rural settings. This is a book about how
Africans adopt and adapt ICT. It is also about how ICT shape African schools
and classrooms. Why do we use ICT, or not? Do girls and boys use them in the
same ways? How are teachers and students in primary and secondary schools in
Africa using ICT in teaching and learning? How does the process transform
relations among learners, educators and knowledge construction?
This collection by 19 researchers from Africa, Europe, and North America
explores these questions from a pedagogical perspective and specific
socio-cultural contexts. Many of the contributors draw on learning theory and
survey data from 36 schools, 66000 students and 3000 teachers. The book is
rich in empirical detail on the perceived importance and appropriation of
ICT in the development of education in Africa. It critically examines the
potential for creative use of ICT to question habits, change mindsets, and
deepen practice. The contributions are in both English and French.
Online Campaigning: It can work if you make it!
In less than two months, 4,613 Kenyans have signed a Facebook petition against Kenyan MPs. The goal is to reach half a million signatures.
More about this on Sukuma Kenya
Fuel Wood for Life Project on Ground in Mfaminyen
Sustainable use of fuel wood is and essential issue that most people in developing countries are not aware. In Cross River State Nigeria, the Mafaminyen Conservation Society, a community based organization, took up the issue with the aid of the Wild Gift Foundation, on the construction of clay fuel efficient wood stoves with chimney. This has lead to a reduction in the burden of fetching wood in the community, increased interest in forest conservation and soil fertility in the community.
Fuel Wood for Life Project on Ground in Mfaminyen
Sustainable use of fuel wood is and essential issue that most people in developing countries are not aware. In Cross River State Nigeria, the Mafaminyen Conservation Society, a community based organization, took up the issue with the aid of the Wild Gift Foundation, on the construction of clay fuel efficient wood stoves with chimney. This has lead to a reduction in the burden of fetching wood in the community, increased interest in forest conservation and soil fertility in the community.
The National Post a Somali independent news paper organized a training about covering peace process in Somalia
The National Post a Somali independent news paper is organized by training about covering peace process in Somali Since 2007, Somalia has become Africa’s most dangerous country for journalists and the world’s deadliest place for media professionals outside Iraq and funded by American Embassy in Nairobi.
Somali journalists, editors, cameramen and some journalist’s organization like SOJRA, ASOJ, SOSJA, WAJ and Dasgosom participated in two day workshop held in Barakat Hotel Nairobi the capital city of neighboring Kenya.
SOJRA) is asking the international community to help provide medical assistance to journalist Abdi-hakim Omar whose left hand wa
The Somali Journalists Right Agency (SOJRA) is asking the international community to help provide medical assistance to journalist Abdikahim Omar Jumaleh, whose left hand was injured in a shooting in Mogadishu on August 11, 2007.
A MultiMedia Resource Kit for broadcasters to elaborate programmes on small business
A new network for advocacy on universal access is created in Gorée
The GOREe-TIC network was officially created Friday June 20th during
the last day of a workshop covering the use and politics of ICT at the Gorée
Institute. Its mission is to prioritise research and advocate change concerning the laws governing
Liberian Human Rights Defenders US Tour - Film Screenings in Washington DC and NYC
For more than a decade, Liberia experienced a devastating conflict in which tens of thousands of Liberian women and girls were taken into the fighting forces and experienced unspeakable acts of violence, including rampant sexual violence against them, On Tuesday July 29 at 7pm, join Amnesty International USA at E St. Cinema for the Washington DC premiere of Women of Liberia: Fighting for Peace, a documentary film directed by two time academy award winner Jonathan Stack. Following the screening several of the Liberian women featured in the film will talk about their experiences and their courageous journeys of recovery. Free Admission. For more information, contact Ilona Kelly at Amnesty International USA, 202-544-0200.
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