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Culture + Family = Civilization!
Now that you are reading this article I am 100 years old! Maybe I am still alive or somewhere in the "next life". Anyway, I am not writing to talk to you about eternal life.
My children, grand children and grand grand children, I dont know how much longer I will live thats why I am writing this, such the even when I am gone you can always refer to it.
1. Take time to learn your culture and appreciate it. We have some cultural practices that we…
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Added by Ssozi Javie on May 12, 2010 at 11:01pm — No Comments
Who should EVOKE?
As this network grows we need to hear more voices from around the world. I have been honored to meet so many of you from India, South Africa, Chile & Argentina, Uganda, Italy, the UK, Canada, the US and many more countries. What about Cote d'Ivoire? Madagascar? Peru? Indonesia? The Phillippines?
Many of the most crisis-prone areas are also among the lowest in the world for internet penetration, the essential step needed to make sure that we're bringing great leaders on…
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Added by Evo on May 12, 2010 at 5:27pm — No Comments
Xenophobia in South Africa - Learn 7
The fact is that this is by far the most likely event to break out iin South Africa. It has already happened twice (although with less severity the second time), and it will most probably happen again. The most probable cause of it is the crippling rate of poverty in South Africa.
Now I'm sure you're wondering what I mean by xenophobia? You probably know that the dictionary xenophobia means fear of foreigners. However in South Africa it has a different, more sinister…
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Added by Paul Freund on May 11, 2010 at 7:07pm — No Comments
ACT1
I follow Denise Oritz of Sharing to Learn.
http://www.facebook.com/#!/denisemarieortiz?ref=ts
She started the non-profit Sharing To Learn to help kids in South Africa obtain more books and learning materials. I'm doing whatever I can to help her efforts. I have some iPhone/app development skills, and I am using them to create educational apps for the iPad so she can easily share new ideas with the kids.
This is just one small think… Continue
http://www.facebook.com/#!/denisemarieortiz?ref=ts
She started the non-profit Sharing To Learn to help kids in South Africa obtain more books and learning materials. I'm doing whatever I can to help her efforts. I have some iPhone/app development skills, and I am using them to create educational apps for the iPad so she can easily share new ideas with the kids.
This is just one small think… Continue
Added by Marquina on May 9, 2010 at 3:30am — No Comments
LEARN1 - Marquina
My favorite secret is Provide skills, not just finished technologies.
It is so important that we, as outsiders, come into a community to 'solve' the problem. We need to work with the community to create sustainable, long-term solutions. Teaching new skills is incredibly important so that a community can thrive on its own.
Also of note, prior to providing skills, one must also LISTEN to the right people and… Continue
It is so important that we, as outsiders, come into a community to 'solve' the problem. We need to work with the community to create sustainable, long-term solutions. Teaching new skills is incredibly important so that a community can thrive on its own.
Also of note, prior to providing skills, one must also LISTEN to the right people and… Continue
Added by Marquina on May 9, 2010 at 3:24am — No Comments
Water Will Remain A Problem Until ALL have Clean Water
One of a series of 8 videos on water from National Geographic. Well worth the time to watch. Each is around 5 minutes in length and provides local information, perspective and attitudes. Sorry about the Advertising, but Thass part of our internet life too. This project is from Lake Okavango, Botswana,.
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Added by John D. Boyden on May 8, 2010 at 8:00pm — 2 Comments
Clean drinking water
There are 2 great ideas being implemented in africa which i thought were great. One is very simple, a water transport container in the form of a wheel, it is a large barrel with a handle that can be rolled or pushed from the site back to the home. Another is a straw that filters water as you drink through it. This allows people to drink from almost any water source safely. Simple and creative and inexpensive ideas like this are what we need to help third world countries.
Added by Joseph Couture on May 5, 2010 at 3:50am — No Comments
Act1
I first heard of UrgentEvoke when a friend posted a link to a video on my facebook page. "This reminded me of you!" he wrote under the video. When I clicked to watch, it was Jane McGonigal talking about how game designers and the people who play their games can save the world. I always wished I had more time to play web-based games like WOW, but I decided - even if I didn't have much time - I would join UrgentEvoke. I was a few weeks after the start, but I thought the idea was fantastic.… Continue
Added by Ashley Bartlett on May 1, 2010 at 4:40pm — No Comments
Learn1
Based on the information shared on the "Innovation in Africa tips" post, one thing in particular stood out for me on all three entries: listen to the people around you and shape things to their culture.
If an innovator does not have the respect of the community, how are they going to change it? If the people of the society have no vested interest in what is being accomplished, how will they own it and use it when the innovator is gone? Just as the first entry says: "If they stir their… Continue
If an innovator does not have the respect of the community, how are they going to change it? If the people of the society have no vested interest in what is being accomplished, how will they own it and use it when the innovator is gone? Just as the first entry says: "If they stir their… Continue
Added by Ashley Bartlett on May 1, 2010 at 4:21pm — No Comments
The future of currency-Helping people all over the world
I imagine a day when our system of exchange will be based on the good that nonprofits actually do. I imagine a day when a woman in the Congo who is helping the women in her town recover from rape can get a $100,000 grant from a billionaire in New York.
I imagine the day when our barriers will be broken down enough so that anyone who applies for a grant…
ContinueAdded by Mazarine on April 29, 2010 at 10:52pm — 5 Comments
Bio-cultural community protocols in Kenya, South Africa and India - Learn8 - one step further!!!!
I am really impressed by this idea of bio-cultural community protocols that is supported by Natural Justice http://www.naturaljustice.org.za/…
Added by MirkoZ on April 28, 2010 at 4:28pm — No Comments
Indigenous Healers with a Twist
The story of the traditional healers from Oaxaca (mhh… I wonder how this word is pronounced) immediately caught my attention. These healers have struggle for recognition by official associations and the benefits that have accrued to indigenous women are now quantifiable. I found additional information on these awesome…
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Vision for Africa
Do you have a vision for Africa? World leaders at the World Economic Forum to be held in Dar es Salaam Tanzania from May 5-7, 2010 want to know about it. They have set up a "Davos Debates video corner" at…
ContinueAdded by Shakwei Mbindyo on April 27, 2010 at 1:19pm — 14 Comments
the water project
Nearly 1 billion people still don't have access to clean drinking water. Find out what you can do to change that.
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Added by Neil Spurgeon on April 21, 2010 at 2:20pm — No Comments
Empowering Women and Preventing HIV/AIDS
http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/fight-aids-empower-women-in-south-africa/
Our group chose
Our group chose
Fight HIV/AIDS by Empowering Women in South Africa
They provide counseling, and support to women in South Africa. They also provide resources and some treatments. With knowledge there is power and this group gives knowledge and a comforting friend to confide in about a… ContinueAdded by Nicole Snodgrass on April 14, 2010 at 1:15pm — 1 Comment
The boy Who Windmilled part 2!
Added by Sheldon Maynard on April 9, 2010 at 8:40pm — No Comments
The boy Who Windmilled
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-kamkwamba/planting-trees-and-moving_b_302647.html
This MAN is my hero, using just his brains look what he did, to make life betetr for EVERYOPNE!
This MAN is my hero, using just his brains look what he did, to make life betetr for EVERYOPNE!
Added by Sheldon Maynard on April 8, 2010 at 11:25pm — No Comments
ECOWAS and the Energy Crisis in Africa
Added by Jackie White on April 6, 2010 at 8:32pm — No Comments
LEARN1
There were a lot of interesting tips within the "Innovation in Africa tips" text. Most people have an idea about the major constraints of people living in underdeveloped countries. Maybe not all of them but we generally know that they are living with quite few monetary resources, food, etc. I also heard it quite a few times in my International trade class that most people on the Earth live with less than 2 bucks a day and in some case 1$. The one that struck me the msot was… Continue
Added by Vincent C. on April 5, 2010 at 12:16am — No Comments
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