As with my encounter Amos, meeting Grace Lamono at the Kireka stone quarry was an uplifting experience. She’s warm and out-spoken, and in a way she’s the de facto spokeswoman for the the other 14 Acholi…
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International Development: lessons learned from ‘Women of Kireka’ project
January 28, 2009 Diaspora at work International Development UgandaMy encounter with Amos last December offered me an opportunity to take a critical look at how development projects affect communities. I discovered that there’s always going to be someone left out in the cold, sitting…
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Walking in their shoes: PD meets up with Amos, deep in the quarry
January 23, 2009 Diaspora at work International Development UgandaEdit [Jan. 24, 2009 9:30am ]: At the time of this post, $1 equals 1,950 Uganda shillings. Amos’ math isn’t all that accurate in regards to calculating how much he earns per day. As you are…
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While in Uganda for Christmas, I visited the Kireka stone quarry. This is where the women who will be part of our tailoring program work seven days a week. The quarry sits about a mile away…
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Although based in Malawi, we'll still count Amon among Africa's Diaspora that's bringing home not only foreign reserves, but foreign know-how in regards to the various Diaspora-funded investments. Amon started working for Malawi Hotels and got…
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I blog about Africa because I believe that the dawn of our day in the African sun has begun. I cannot hasten the sunrise alone or brighten the rays. But I blog about Africa, so that…
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Diaspora at Work: Juliana Rotich lends her Global Voice to Ushahidi
December 30, 2008 Diaspora at work Kenya south africa technologyJiliana added, "we came together. Ory, David, and I were in Kenya at various times [during the crisis]. In the early days it was the three of us who were in Kenya...the programming and the setup…
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Images: Facebook Developer Garage Kampala gallery is up
December 29, 2008 Education Events & Conferences technology UgandaI finally got access to some decent bandwidth to upload photos of this month’s Facebook Developer Garage that was held in Kampala, Uganda. Follow the link to see all the action hi-rez glory. Check it out!…
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Samasource’s Leila Chirayath Janar on bringing Facebook Developer Garage to Africa
December 14, 2008 Events & Conferences Ghana technology UgandaManaging to successfully thwart an international scheduling conflict, Jon Gossier of AppAfrica synchronized schedules with Leila Chirayath Janar, founder of Samasource to host the first ever Facebook Developer Garage in Kampala. Trekking all the way from…
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PD Catches Up with AppAfrica at Facebook Developer Garage in Kampala
December 14, 2008 Events & Conferences UgandaIn the midst of all the coding hack-fest that was Facebook Developer Garage here in Uganda yesterday, I managed to corral Jon Gossier–founder of AppAfrica, based right here in Kampala–for a quick one-on-one about all things tech and…
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