WE HEART SOCIAL MEDIA Thanks to the generosity and enthusiastic support of all our Twitter supporters, family and friends, Women of Kireka quickly tipped their $1,000 fund-raising campaign at The Point in less than 18 days. As Siena…
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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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Art Beat: Fred Mutebi to participate in WorldFest 2008
October 24, 2008 Art & Entertainment Diaspora at work UgandaAs you might know, PD loves us some Fred Mutebi, Uganda’s print-maker extraordinaire. Fred’s camp just sent us a press release to let us know that Fred and the Let Art Talk crew will participate in…
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There’s an article on Global Voices discussing the role of the Diaspora in Madagascar’s development. It’s good to see discussions like these going on in developing countries. In order to properly engage the Diaspora, there has…
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BarCamp Jozi 2008 Round up
October 16, 2008 Diaspora at work Events & Conferences south africa technologyBarCamp Jozi wrapped up last weekend. I finally got myself some free time and decent wifi, even though I am nestled in the basement of a Mugg & Bean Cafe in Johannesburg’s Rosebank district. Which…
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