This just in, Siena at Women of Kireka tells us that the fundraising drive has hit a milestone. Over $1000 has been raised in just over a week. If you haven’t yet sacrificed your cup of…
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The Women of Kireka gaining a wave of online support
September 20, 2008 Diaspora at work Economy Health UgandaWhen I met first Siena Anstis this summer at Cafe Pap in Kampala, I was a rock star. No really, she really thought I was a musician, Bobby Wine to be exact. Here, she tell’s it…
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Diaspora at Work: Nakku Senkeeto finds her way back home
September 17, 2008 Diaspora at work Events & Conferences UgandaI met Nakku Senkeeto on the first day of the UNAA Conference. To be specific, she was the first person I introduced myself to. However, it took four tries to arrange a sit-down conversation with her.…
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The BBC Africa takes a look at Africans that are taking over the grunt work in Canada’s logging industry. The article highlights a key factor that makes life for Africa-educated Diaspora difficult. It’s hard to find…
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Diaspora at work: From village tinkering to Winnipeg success
September 6, 2008 Diaspora at work UgandaBack when I was a barefoot wee lad growing up in Biizi—a sleepy village outside of the even sleepier town of Masindi, Uganda—my friends and I never ran out of creative ways to entertain ourselves. Between…
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Our server host did a cock-up of a job with our domain in the last 36 hours which caused PD to be unreachable by many of you. We had to delay several posts from UNAA, but…
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20th UNAA: Image Gallery from Convention is up…
August 30, 2008 Diaspora at work Events & Conferences UgandaWe’ve got loads of all the action from the 20th UNAA Convention in Orlando. If you missed the festivities, fear not. I lugged my shooter around and caught all the action from all the booths, to…
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In the absence of a hotel shuttle upon arrival here in Orlando last night, we got ushered into a bright yellow taxi once outside the baggage claim. I don’t know who wrote the international law that…
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One of these days Project Diaspora will mature into this massive database of African development projects helmed by Africa’s Diaspora. The database will feature coverage of socially relevant projects from Cape Town to Rabat, all undertaken…
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Dear Africa, We hope this letter finds you in good spirits. So many times we’ve meant to write, but the life and times of this distant land keeps us scratching for survival. We see you in…
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