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my Evoke manifesto
the goals of the network is to reveal various challenges and problems faced
currently in the global community and has affording people the opportunity to learn
from other social innovators and in their own capacity become a more successful social
innovator equipped with the powers, talent, skills and knowledge to provide
unique and creative solutions to tackle the aforementioned challenges and
problems. it does this by increasing the level of social awareness affording… Continue
currently in the global community and has affording people the opportunity to learn
from other social innovators and in their own capacity become a more successful social
innovator equipped with the powers, talent, skills and knowledge to provide
unique and creative solutions to tackle the aforementioned challenges and
problems. it does this by increasing the level of social awareness affording… Continue
Added by Myles Waldeck on May 9, 2010 at 12:49pm — No Comments
EPISODE 1: Durban
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- Panel A: South African township, sunset, people going about daily business, with headlines on telephone poles reading 3 in 4 live with HIV/Aids
- Text box 1: Durban, RSA 13/02/2011
- Panel B: two community leaders sit in the local church discussing pressing issues
- Community leader 1: so many of our community are infected with HIV/Aids, we are higher than the national average, we are in serious trouble with more and more children being affected, forced…
Added by Myles Waldeck on May 9, 2010 at 12:17pm — No Comments
Evoke in the future
which
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- issues around man made disasters/accidents: oil spills, nuclear meltdowns etc
- HIV/AIDS prevention and education.
where
- South Africa and African countries [developing Countries]
Who
- students, school going pupils and learners
How
- I would change the game by combining the LEARN, ACT, VISION objectives into one major objective as this would encourage more people to…
Added by Myles Waldeck on May 9, 2010 at 11:37am — 1 Comment
containing uncertainty and dealing with change
I think the most surprising and important secret of crisis communication is dealing with high uncertainty and change during pandemic crisis. Nearly every person has trouble in dealing with high levels of uncertainty and change.In dealing with Pandemics new outlets are critical in dealing with uncertainty through information released. Reporters need to decide what piece of information is newsworthy as during these times there is a lot information coming out and the last thing news outlets need… Continue
Added by Myles Waldeck on May 3, 2010 at 9:44pm — No Comments
emergency call for all teachers !!!
due to the 2011 influenza pandemic I urge all teachers to action to access the emergency website and read and join the discussion to enable to help educate learners about the pandemic, remedies and solutions allowing them to share and pass on the knowledge to parents, peers and fellow family members helping halt the spread of panedmic.
Added by Myles Waldeck on May 3, 2010 at 8:55pm — No Comments
My Elders message
Urgent Message:
throughout time and two this day in 2089 the differences, the diversity, and individual uniqueness between us has and will cause divisions and rifts between people, groups and individuals leading to wars, genocide, oppression and humiliation !! as people we still need to embrace the philosophy of Ubuntu that a person is a person through others and that we can only prosper through our connections and harmony with others !!!
Added by Myles Waldeck on April 26, 2010 at 10:30am — 3 Comments
Ubuntu: dog tags
this is the object I have chosen to doc**ent my indigenous secret in. it is a dog tag made of durable metal with a key ring allowing it to worn as necklace or on keys , I have decided to engrave the word Ubuntu: I am because we are. I have chosen this indigenous knowledge as the concept has been successfully implemented into South African society [my home country] as a change mechanism to emphasize the need for unity which has been critical in South Africa's…
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Ubuntu: interconnections between people
In South Africa we have a traditional knowledge system called Ubuntu which is a humanist philosophy focusing on people relations and allegiances with each other. Ubuntu as a philosophy stems from the Zulu saying umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu , a person is a person through others, basically meaning that in order to prosper as people we cannot exist in isolation and that as people we belong to a greater wh*** and this greater wh*** is diminished when others are diminished, humiliated, tortured or… Continue
Added by Myles Waldeck on April 26, 2010 at 9:51am — 1 Comment
G-town in 2020
this is Grahamstown in 2020, areas and positions have been established to increase the city's resilience to power shortages, food and water security, waste management and emissions management. the green areas represent designated green zones where the municipality has actively created green lung zones removing carbon dioxide and providing areas and…
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racial violence
Recently in my country South Africa, the issue of racial polarization and tension has resurfaced with the racist songs of protest being sung to drum up support to ignite violence and mass action against certain
ethic groups and thus the prominent political crisis facing my country and area
would be that of racially motivated violence directed at white farmers and land
owners. I would track data from cell phones from first hand respondents to…
Added by Myles Waldeck on April 19, 2010 at 1:47pm — No Comments
protecting Grahamstown from foot and mouth
My city of Grahamstown is located in an agricultural community in the Eastern Cape of South and in the past has been severely affected by the pandemic outbreaks of foot and mouth disease a highly
contagious viral disease of cloven hoofed animals with many animals both
domestic and wild animals being susceptible. Serious outbreaks of the disease
have led to in many instances the mass slaughter of many animals having the
potential economically cripple…
Added by Myles Waldeck on April 19, 2010 at 1:05pm — No Comments
2020 the year of the woman
in the year 2010 in 2010 the majority of the poor are black woman who live in rural areas, with the highest incidents of rape in the world, and with with woman occupying less than 5 % of top managerial positions. through the work done by the businesswomen s association of south Africa which is the prominent voice of woman in business. through its work the association has advanced the interests of woman in business by training and developing skills and campaigning for woman empowerment. thus… Continue
Added by Myles Waldeck on April 12, 2010 at 5:00pm — No Comments
domestic worker empowerment through skills and development training
throughout South Africa thousands of woman and girls of all ages from as young as 16 to as old as 70 work as domestic workers or maids in households, many with little or no education or training curtailing and preventing individual growth and potential utilization. this week to empower our domestic worker my digs mates and I are undertaking to provide our maid with the opportunity to extended training and development in other skills. As she is fluent in English, Afrikaans and Xhosa and has good… Continue
Added by Myles Waldeck on April 12, 2010 at 4:44pm — No Comments
Male Champions
from the woman watch feed I have selected the male champions program which is a UNICEF sponsored initiative aimed at getting men involved in their partners pregnancies in the rural areas in Zimbabwe. the program uses HIV positive male caregivers to mobilize men and their partners to undergo HIV testing and to access information regarding prevention of mother to child transmission of the disease. during pregnancies woman often discover their HIV status when they use voluntary testing etc but are… Continue
Added by Myles Waldeck on April 12, 2010 at 4:05pm — No Comments
gaming investment fund
extra extra read all about it...new gaming virtual fund has opened today April 1 to help provide finance to budding entrepreneurs and SMMEs. the fund is called the Emerging Entrepreneur Equity, located in JHB created by government finance department. It is recognized that SMMEs and entrepreneurs play an important role in todays economy as they significantly… Continue
Added by Myles Waldeck on April 5, 2010 at 8:43pm — No Comments
investing in the future
in making a real transaction using a currency, platform or exchange system that I have never used before I decided to grant a micro loan to young budding entrepreneur who had started up a golf driving range and required capital to purchase range balls in order to successfully operate. Micro loans is the extension of small credit that allows the spurring of entrepreneurship. like the the budding entrepreneur many individuals lack collateral and by issuing a micro loan I was able to provide a… Continue
Added by Myles Waldeck on April 5, 2010 at 8:22pm — No Comments
virtual currency as an investment tool !!
It is recognized that SMMEs and entrepreneurs play an important role in todays economy as they significantly contribute to economic growth, social cohesion, employment and local development and in addition to account for a substantial portion of employment and new employment generation. this contribution has been further enhanced by the decreased importance of economies of scale. however there are many issues and difficulties hampering and curtailing the successful implementation and operation… Continue
Added by Myles Waldeck on April 5, 2010 at 7:55pm — No Comments
water hour
my event will raise awareness about sustaining healthy ecosystems and human well-being through addressing the increasing water quality challenges in water management
and raise the profile of water quality by…
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Added by Myles Waldeck on March 29, 2010 at 12:30pm — 1 Comment
galela amanzi
The Galela Amanzi project which was formed in 2007 by students who were inspired by the evident vital need for water in the poorer areas of Grahamstown and to assist in helping maintain healthy and sustainable communities and decided to launch a project that would address the increasing lack of access to water in the Grahamstown townships. Galela Amanzi aims to empower community members through increasing their access to water by harvesting rain water through establishing rain water tanks in… Continue
Added by Myles Waldeck on March 29, 2010 at 12:25pm — No Comments
desalinization
My favourite idea for providing safe clean water comes from the local municipality in Sedgefield,
South Africa who implemented the use of a water desalinizing plant to solve…
Added by Myles Waldeck on March 29, 2010 at 11:30am — No Comments
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public servants
The exchange works directly for state and public workers and servants. It gives them credit in exchange for the amount of public work they contribute to the community. The more constructive they are based off a base rate the more credit they recieve.
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