dear all;

We the Dar es salaam group are doing well.

I would like to share this ideas with you.I have established a football team of children aged 8-15 yars old.My football team will be responsible for Envorment issues,community education,childrens rights and sports for bringing changes to the community with the help of UYOGA.My football team is exercising every evening.I would like to share with you members so that my team can work out effectively.

Andrius Kulikauskas <ms@...> wrote:

I share this letter from Maria Agnese Giraudo. Andrius, http://www.ms.lt

Dear Janet, Pam, Jeff and all...
Thanks all of you very much for your stimulating messages regarding
e-books, telecentres, book projects and services.
I'm very interested in all these issues and I'm very new in what happens
in ICT in the commity centres. So, I wouldl ike to get more information
of Telecentres. Regarding books I would like to thank Jeff for remind me
of Uganda Bookmobile experience. It has been a great project. I
dowloaded the report and I had a talk with Komar. It was about printing
book around Uganda in a special equipped car. He told me that this
project failed, but I would like to see if is true, perhaps it keeps on
in a different way!!!
I have to search again...If you got some information please share with me.
Regarding e-books. It's great to have the chance to produce them:
fiction books,
books with information useful for the Community: agriculture, health
etc., in the local language too...and textbooks
Texbooks are very necessary for schools in Africa. I can only refer to
Tanzania, the rate of child/textbook is 8/1 in primary schools.
The association LIDU2 working in Moshi district, Tanzania, started with
the aim of printing books, then they should change strategy due to
copyrught restrictions. Now they buy textbooks and reference books for
schools. pidu2@hotmail.com
I would like to concentrate more on it: how to get low price textbooks
to schoolchildren?
Problems: copyright protection, cost of publishing, printing...
Textbooks open access. I found some sites for downloading them
http://textbookrevolution.org/
Problems: I would like to find some teachers or competent people in
specific fields to evaluate of the property, reliability and quality of
these open access textbooks. Can you help me to find these contacts?
E-books: a chance also for Research, Teaching, Scientific
dissemination in developing and transitional countries.
Greetings!
Maria Agnese Giraudo





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Dear Calvin, Andrius, David, and All,

Hello and terrific to see this note!  I have indeed heard about your amazing
program, Calvin, and the wonderful things it has accomplished. Definitely a
model we will all hope to emulate. I'd love to discuss how we might introduce
this to the African countries in which we work and/or live, and also in Asia and
globally!

We would greatly appreciate you being among us, and hope you will subscribe to
Holistic Helping and other forums!  This goes for both Calvin and David!  David,
very sorry to hear about your struggles, but it sounds like you are addressing
them in a way which is turning pain to purpose, and suffering into a helping
spirit, the best possible use of a difficult situation.

Please know that we are with you on this, and others of us have comparable
experiences with tough challenges in our own lives, which can help us to create
a strong bond of understanding and support.

On the sewing machines, this is a wonderful idea, and there is a great need for
such machines. Members at HH and in many other places would be happy for same,
both for handcrafts projects and to sew school uniforms, for example. All with
income-generation as a goal.

There may be some airlines and others we can contact for shipping help, and hope
we can brainstorm abt this and get such a project off the ground, as well as all
sewed up, haha!   For subscribing to HH, send a blank mail to
holistichelping-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.

With all best wishes and blessings, Janet (Feldman), kaippg@...

-----Original Message-----
>From: ms@...
>Sent: Jan 15, 2007 10:39 PM
>To: cyfranogi@yahoogroups.com
>Cc: calvinpearce@..., holistichelping@yahoogroups.com,
learningfromeachother@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [holistichelping] How might we work with Time Dollar Tutoring?
>
>Dear Calvin Pearce,
>
>Thank you for helping my friend David Ellison-Bey!  I'm using his computer
>which he earned through your Time Dollar Tutoring
>http://www.timedollartutoring.org  I'm very impressed with how your program
>addresses so many needs including computer literacy and ownership, tutoring,
>parent involvement, community participation and more. And your scope, more
>than 5,000 computers have come to disadvantaged homes!
>
>These next two weeks I'm staying at David's house 6726 S.Parnell Ave,
>Chicago.  I lead the Minciu Sodas laboratory http://www.ms.lt for serving and
>organizing independent thinkers around the world.  I would like to organize
>more independent thinkers like David here in Chicago, but especially Black
>Americans, or as he says Moors, Asiatics, because we benefit from the widest
>variety of thinkers.
>
>You are a key person that we might organize around.  We have eighteen working
>groups, including one for community currency and participatory society
>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cyfranogi/ led by John Rogers of the Wales
>Institute for Community Currencies.
>
>I also alert our working group Holistic Helping led by Janet Feldman
>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/holistichelping/  We have a strong presence in
>Arica including Samwel Kongere who will be experimenting with Wifi Internet
>access where he lives in Rusinga Island on the Kenyan shore of Lake Victoria.
> David is also interested how we might help him ship used sewing machines to
>Africa and promote various craftsmanship.
>
>Pamela McLean leads our working group on distance learning and ICT,
>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/learningfromeachother/ and so I alert them,
>too.
>
>David is a great person with a penetrating mind and a compassionate heart.
>Indeed, his deepest value in life is "compassion".  He is particularly
>concerned about his mother, who I understand his sister took away from
>Chicago against their will in 1997.  I think he has climbed out of the deep
>depression that consumed him, but he is zealous to resolve this crisis.  He
>is a noble man who I believe that people of integrity might organize around,
>and perhaps we might help him, and certainly as an elder he inspires me.
>
>Calvin, I would be very excited to meet you soon.  I will be in Chicago for
>two weeks and I return here every few years.  I lived here for about nine
>years in all.
>
>My phone number is (773)659-9852 and email is ms@... and David's phone
>number is (773) 874 3332.
>
>I include below my recent letter on "the state of the lab".
>
>Peace,
>
>Andrius
>
>Andrius Kulikauskas
>Minciu Sodas
>http://www.ms.lt
>ms@...
>
>Here is "the state of our lab". Thank you for circulating it to various
>groups with your thoughts for those particular groups! Andrius
>--------------------------------------------
>
>Thank you for thinking and writing about your plans for the coming year. I
>share my plans for our Minciu Sodas laboratory. I look forward to working
>together!
>
>I founded Minciu Sodas in 1998 as a laboratory for serving and organizing
>independent thinkers around the world. As independent thinkers who pursue
>our own ideas, we have various needs:
>* involve the widest variety of minds so we can think on a higher level
>* make our dreams real through a community
>* keep growing as thinkers, despite any frustrations
>* make a living and have resources for our projects
>
>I am very happy at the range of activity at our lab. We now have 17 working
>groups http://www.ourculture.info/wiki.cgi?WorkingGroups
>Some new working groups that have really taken off this year include
>Fighting
>Peacefully (Eluned Hurn), Social Agriculture (Steve Bosserman), Holistic
>Helping (Janet Feldman) and Learning From Each Other (Pamela McLean). Others
>are just getting started and they will need our help to assemble
>participants
>and to build momentum.
>
>Each group is organized around one of our leaders and their deepest value in
>life. Some 265 people have let us post their deepest values in life, and
>about 140 people have formulated their investigatory questions which they
>don't know the answer to, but intend to answer.
>http://www.ourculture.info/wiki.cgi?PersonalOutlooks
>I am excited how Samwel Kongere, Benoit Couture, Markus Petz and others have
>helped us include others by asking them these questions. The variety of
>answers opens us up to new issues and reveals how we can best support each
>other. By the end of this year, I hope that we might have 40 working
>groups. Each group is in the Ethical Public Domain and that lets us
>circulate our energy. Here are instructions on how to start a new group at
>our lab:
>http://www.ourculture.info/wiki.cgi?StartAWorkingGroup
>
>Our next step is to openly pursue our investigatory questions. They are all
>so bold and personal that they may constitute the most inspiring research
>program in the world. Each of our questions has us grow as individuals and
>also lead by our open example. We need both theory and practice in order to
>arrive at satisfactory answers. The practice is most real if it comes from
>first-hand accounts, our own as well as that of others. That is why
>collecting "stories" is so important. We were very fortunate last year to
>get work from clients who value personal stories:
>* John Rogers of the Wales Institute for Community Currencies funded us (750
>GBP) to develop an online learning environment for community currency, based
>on stories about our "money minds", and I want to see that happen with our
>help at John's group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cyfranogi/
>* Nikos Salingaros funded us (1000 USD) to promote his new book "A Theory Of
>Architecture" and pattern languages, which is Christopher Alexander's
>approach based on our first-hand sensitivity to whether we feel "alive"
>within various buildings. I want us to organize a home for the pattern
>language community and others interested in ecological architecture around
>James Ferguson's leadership at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ethicaldesign/
>* Greg Wolff of the UnaMesa Association funded us (12,000 USD) to start up
>MyFoodStory http://www.myfoodstory.info http://www.myfoodstory.com as an
>online resource for all to care about the origins of food through personal
>stories and encyclopedic articles. I have shared half of this work with our
>6 teams (great work!) and I will need all of our help to meet our targets by
>March 31, 2007 so that we could share in 12,000 USD of bonuses. That would
>be 6,000 USD for me, 3,000 USD for our team leaders, and 3,000 USD in
>community currency for our online community, so we do need our help! In
>particular, I am offering 1 USD for each directory entry and 20 USD for each
>webpage in bonuses (assuming we earn them) that we can use to fund our
>personal projects. Indeed, I can honor the points you earn with my own
>services, too, as you might need for your projects.
>
>My focus this year, especially as I travel to California in February, will
>be
>to find new clients who might fund us to collect personal stories and show
>their value as data for all kinds of investigations. Steve Bosserman is
>pursuing new avenues in agriculture. We can also think of the value of
>personal stories in architecture, nonviolence, community currency, personal
>finance, global villages, mental health, self-education and other fields.
>
>An early priority is to flesh out our system for collecting stories
>http://www.myfoodstory.info so that it works without a hitch. Special thanks
>to inventor Helmut Leitner whose ProWiki http://www.prowiki.com is the wiki
>that we rely on at http://www.ourculture.info I look forward to providing
>subwikis in the Ethical Public Domain for Tom Wayburn, John Waters and all
>of
>our leaders' projects. Indeed, I will work with each of our working groups
>to
>establish a rhythm by which we draw from the energy of our correspondence -
>tag that as appropriate - and reshape it at our wikis.
>
>I also look forward to writing down more of our "culture". We have started
>an Almanac of our activities (now at the home page of
>http://www.ourculture.info) that we can layout and print as the need arises.
>I also look forward to creating an Investigator's Handbook (much like Lord
>Baden-Powell's "Scouting for Boys" or Alcoholics Anonymous's "Big Book")
>that
>would serve as a workbook for the many kinds of methods that we can apply to
>pursue our investigatory questions.
>
>On December 23, 2006, in Riese, Lithuania, at the home of Alfredas
>Gabrijolavicius, I was able to show eight of us just what I mean. We started
>by listing out our deepest values in life and our investigatory questions.
>Then I chose one that we all seemed interested in, Alfredas's question, "How
>do we establish a system for helping each other?" I asked us to refrain from
>our opinions, ideas, principles, and instead to simply share first-hand
>accounts of how we helped others and how others helped us. We then went
>through the 30 or so stories and tried to hear the angle that each was
>taking. This let us group them into 8 different kinds of helping. And then
>I was able to show how those categories drawn from the data fit well with
>one
>of the structures that I was familiar with (the counterquestions). This led
>us to structure the answers in terms of who was helped (the system, somebody
>we know, somebody we don't know) and the kind of help they were given (idea,
>attentiveness, or some extra action taken). From the structure it became
>apparent that we're not dealing with a single "answer" but rather with a
>complex of interrelated answers. And we can understand why some
>possibilities are eliminated, for example, that if we don't know a person at
>all, then our attentiveness can't help. I was excited that Alfredas and all
>found this useful and they were all quite amazed. So I am looking forward to
>having a strong repository of first-hand accounts so that we might apply and
>illustrate the conceptual tools that I have been working on for 25 years, as
>at: http://www.ourculture.info/wiki.cgi?UniversalLanguage/Overview
>
>Inspired by Franz Nahrada, we'll be working locally around the world
>(Lithuania, Kenya, Austria, ...), and linking up our work by way of video
>bridges. We have received 10,000 euros of funding from the European Union to
>conduct 12 video bridges from Lithuania, and I will need to invest 4000
>euros
>to purchase 2 sets of equipment for that. Zenonas Anusauskas in the village
>of Eiciunai is keen to get started! We will be practicing with Skype for
>Windows and will purchase other equipment when I return on April 20th. We
>all hope to learn what this equipment is most useful for, but certainly it
>should stimulate our local activity. Please join us by organizing locally!
>
>Franz also asks us to think through a vision for self-education that might
>be
>a lifelong alternative to a university education. Thanks to his initiative,
>Minciu Sodas is included in the proposal for the second year of the MIR
>learning partnership funded by the European Union, for relating adult
>education and local development. I expect that traveling self-learners will
>be a central part of our vision. So will the collaboration between learners
>with high-bandwidth and low-bandwidth Internet access as Pamela McLean is
>championing. Let's think!
>
>Thank you to Maria Agnese Giraudo for your love and generosity as you
>traveled to Kenya and linked Samwel Kongere there with your team in
>Tanzania!
>Thank you for your valuable gift of a laptop! I also thank all who have
>hosted me and cared for me through my many travels last year and this year,
>too. I will be in the US and Mexico until March 20th, then in Amsterdam,
>Ireland and the UK until April 21st. Jeff Buderer and Joy Tang are - I hope
>- traveling soon to Africa. John Rogers is moving to Germany and suggests
>the World Cafe meeting on May 3-5. Thanks again to Maria Agnese Giraudo for
>your invitation to Samwel Kongere that he visit us in Italy and Lithuania
>this fall! Here is our calendar:
>http://www.ourculture.info/wiki.cgi?Calendar
>
>This year we created an interface at http://www.ms.lt by which we can access
>the almost 20,000 letters which 685 thinkers have written to our many groups
>since 1999. Here is some data from recent years:
>2006: about 5,000 letters from 244 thinkers
>2005: about 3,200 letters from 180 thinkers
>2004: about 2,200 letters from 204 thinkers
>2003: about 2,100 letters from 177 thinkers
>2002: about 2,800 letters from 126 thinkers
>2001: about 2,700 letters from 112 thinkers
>2000: about 1,100 letters from 72 thinkers
>
>Currently, we are receiving about 20 letters a day. At our web page
>http://www.ms.lt you can see the number of people (currently 127) who have
>written in the last 90 days.
>
>We are assembling in 13 languages.
>http://www.ourculture.info/wiki.cgi?Languages
>I think that as we write our more about "our culture" in English, then we
>can
>translate that into other languages, and that will help us organize
>ourselves
>multilingually, which is very important!
>
>My overall dream these next ten years or so is that we double in size so
>that
>we might have a full-fledged culture of independent thinkers: 100,000 active
>and 1,000,000 supportive. I am very happy that we have grown in the depth of
>our vision, commitment, understanding and friendship. I am excited that
>we're
>finding ways for each of us to invest ourselves - in groups, resources,
>projects, relationships - that give us strength and purpose to reach out to
>others and include them in our shared, unfolding culture. We are so various,
>but I believe that helps us know that indeed we can clarify principles that
>help us be "willing" to work together.
>
>Thank you to God for your patience as I wish to include you as an
>independent
>thinker who we might openly learn from. Thank you to Benoit and all of all
>faiths and outlooks for making ours a space of truth and love where that
>might and should be possible.
>
>Best wishes for 2007 and please keep sharing our visions and working to
>bring
>them to life!
>
>Andrius
>
>Andrius Kulikauskas
>Minciu Sodas
>http://www.ms.lt
>ms@...
>Chicago, Illinois
>
>
>http://www.globalvillages.info/index.php/TheResourceToolshed/HolisticHelping
>
>Please note our rule: Each letter sent to the Holistic Helping group enters the
PUBLIC DOMAIN unless it explicitly states otherwise.  Thank you! 
http://www.ethicalpublicdomain.org
>
>
>Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>

Markus, Awne, Tomas and all,

Please try out our MyFoodStory interface at http://www.myfoodstory.info and
add some food stories.

You will see that on the right hand side at the top there is a link "Add a
new storyteller".  Click on that and it will take you here:
http://www.myfoodstory.info/add.php

Add an excerpt about or from a "storyteller" - somebody who grows food and
shares their story.  Then fill out the various text boxes.  You can also
upload files, one per save.

I appreciate your help trying this out.  I will keep working to improve our
interface.  Your participation and feedback are essential!

I'm very impressed with the quality of our work.  Samwel, congratulations to
your Pumpkin team and Watermelon team for such profound reports!
http://www.myfoodstory.info/index.php?tag=Pumpkin
http://www.myfoodstory.info/index.php?tag=Watermelon
Awne, thank you for your many stories and wonderful pictures, for example:
http://www.myfoodstory.info/New/New211-olivefarmer6.jpg
Pictures are enormously effective!  Let's think how we might make best use of
them.  I will try to find a way to show the latest pictures.

Now we'll need to think more and more about quantity - how can we be sure to
meet our targets?  I'm rather confident that we'll collect enough of the long
stories. We have about 25 already and we need 60 total.  I will create some
webpages from them and work to have them posted at other sites.  Although
this is an extra activity, but important for making our work meaningful to
others.

I think the big challenge for us to win our bonuses will be to collect th
1,800 directory entries.  Right now we have more than 100.  I think that I
could do at least 6 per hour so if I had to do them myself it would take abut
300 hours.  But that is pointless.  Our point is to work together.  Each team
should find its rhythm.  So please lets use this interface and find our
rhythm!  We can be "smart" in various ways, such as contacting organizations
and getting permission to showcase their lists.

Pamela, any news about your team?  And what is your schedule?

Andrius

Andrius Kulikauskas
Minciu Sodas
http://www.ms.lt
ms@...
Chicago, Illinois

Hi Franz, Heinz and all,

Franz, Thank you for your update on the MIR learning partnership for adult
education and local development.  I share with our lab, too.  Thank you for
alerting me quickly to the news which means that our lab Minciu Sodas won't
be able to join you in the second year of MIR. I am very grateful for our
first meeting in Cyprus (and congratulations, Christophis!)  Franz, as you
note, there are opportunities of all kind opening up.  We can improvise to
focus on which ones are most real.  I haven't bought my tickets yet to Dublin
so I will wait a bit to consider if it makes sense for me to go.  Any work
that I and my lab might be able to do, for example, on Internet sites or
online organizing or story collection or database design, makes a big
difference.  Liz and Avril, I don't know yet if I can make it out, but I very
much appreciate your important work and experience, and I hope someday to see
and learn.

Franz, Thank you for your strategic direction! and your help.  Yes, please
include me Saturday.  I will set up Windows on my laptop and participate from
David Ellison-Bey's house.  It should make a nice backdrop!  Greetings from
Chicago, Illinois.

Andrius

Andrius Kulikauskas
Minciu Sodas
http://www.ms.lt
ms@...

"Franz Nahrada" <f.nahrada@...> Raðyta:
>Hello Andrius,
>
>Thank you for your enthusiasm about MIR. I am affraid I have a news item
>which is not really good, but I want us to look and see what we can make
>out of that situation. The good news is that Christophis has won the
>elections and he should now be able to write your confirmation which is
>badly needed for your National Agency. By the way: we all need one.
>
>The point that worries me very much is that Heinz just informed me that he
>received information from the German Grundtvig National Agency that the EC
>policies towards learning partnerships has changed or is going to change.
>
>In short: besides many improvements there seems to be a setback in the
>general rules, disallowing any Grundtvig learning partnerships to take up
>new partners in the second year.
>
>This still is not one hundred percent confirmed, but if this proves to be
>substantiial, it would mean we would have to find another way to involve
>you in the project. Just considering the extra effort that you make
>allready to come to Dublin in year one shows that you are more dedicated
>than 99% of all partners that we had in ERDE - that did not even make an
>effort to think to participate if there was no payment for trips.
>
>I agreed with Heinz that we would have to look for sources like extra work
>in the project that could at least provide a bit of support - and be
>creative in solutions like the last time in Cyprus.
>
>Sorry for these not so good news, we discussed that in detail and it seems
>that we really hit the worst time in the transition period.
>
>On the other hand there are other improvements, allowing for more
>mobility, and we will examinate the possibilities that we can find to keep
>you aboard. I am going to discuss this also with our Austrian NA, and
>maybe we find ways that will not jeopardize our application as a whole
>team.
>
>There are so many positive news from all our local fields of activities
>that I would urge you not to take this as serious drawback. Please lets
>look for creative solutions  and I am sure you will hear sincere words of
>encouragement from all other team members, too.
>
>On Saturday, I will have a VideoBridge event 50 km South of Vienna and I
>wonder if we could set up a public discussion 5PM CET with you in America;
>this will be an important group. Also, tomorrow we will have a team of
>Austrian Telekom filming our "Religion on Thursday" event which came out
>of the cooperation with catholic faculty of Graz university, using for the
>first time Creative Commons license and thus partly free material: we put
>last weeks footage online to show that we now really entered a new era of
>content sharing:
>http://www.dorfwiki.org/wiki.cgi?ReligionAmDonnerstag/20070111
>
>I hope that we can in year 2 show the integration of these resources in
>our work for adult education generating local development.
>
>All the best
>
>Franz
>
>
>
>
>-------------------------------------------------------
>
>Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>

Possible relevance to some group members.
Pam
-------- Original Message --------
Subject:  [microsuccess] Omidyar.net Conference in Uganda :: 19-21
February 2007
Date:  Fri, 19 Jan 2007 14:20:54 -0000
From:  Christina Jordan <christina4lia@...>
Reply-To:  microsuccess@yahoogroups.com
To:  microsuccess@yahoogroups.com



"At Omidyar.net, we believe every individual has the power to make a
difference. We exist for one single purpose: So that more and more
people discover their own power to make good things happen."

The first ever global Omidyar.net community gathering in Africa is
convening at Life in Africa's WE Center Gulu, 19-21 February 2007.

Your invitation to join us in person is here:
http://www.omidyar.net/group/conference/ws/InvitationUganda07/
<http://www.omidyar.net/group/conference/ws/InvitationUganda07/>

Conference registration is just shs20,000, and scholarships to cover
transport from Kampala and local living allowances may be available.
All information is available at the link above.

Space is limited - please pre-register before 1 Feb to secure your
participation. You really won't want to miss this global community
learning event!

We look forward to hosting you in Gulu, and if you need any help
pre-registering just email me and I will be happy to help.

All the best,

Christina
http://lifeinafrica.com <http://lifeinafrica.com>

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To: learningfromeachother
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Possible relevance to some group members.
Pam
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [microsuccess] Omidyar.net Conference in Uganda :: 19-21
February 2007
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 14:20:54 -0000
From: Christina Jordan <christina4lia@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: microsuccess@yahoogroups.com
To: microsuccess@yahoogroups.com

"At Omidyar.net, we believe every individual has the power to make a
difference. We exist for one single purpose: So that more and more
people discover their own power to make good things happen."

The first ever global Omidyar.net community gathering in Africa is
convening at Life in Africa's WE Center Gulu, 19-21 February 2007.

Your invitation to join us in person is here:
http://www.omidyar.net/group/conference/ws/InvitationUganda07/
<http://www.omidyar.net/group/conference/ws/InvitationUganda07/>

Conference registration is just shs20,000, and scholarships to cover
transport from Kampala and local living allowances may be available.
All information is available at the link above.

Space is limited - please pre-register before 1 Feb to secure your
participation. You really won't want to miss this global community
learning event!

We look forward to hosting you in Gulu, and if you need any help
pre-registering just email me and I will be happy to help.

All the best,

Christina
http://lifeinafrica.com <http://lifeinafrica.com>

See below:
I wonder if item
9. Arthur: Lunch-O-Matic: An interactive game about food and balanced meals.

is of interest re food stories?
Pam

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1. Ajialcom, Morocco  Empowering Youth through Technology
2. LabforCulture
3. The Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art, Science, and Technology
4. Teacher's Guide to International Collaboration on the Internet
5. Welcome to GEM: Gateway to 21st Century Skills
6. FIRST LEGO LEAGUE 2006 CHALLENGE - NANO QUEST
7. To Reduce Poverty;Is To Use the OER Tools to Combat the Causes Globally
8. The economic impact of open source on Europe (Report)
9. Arthur: Lunch-O-Matic: An interactive game about food and balanced meals.
10. Arthur by PBS kids: Interactive games for kids, parents and teachers
11. Time for colleges to get out of the dead tree business
12. Mapping users and producers of Open Educational Resources
13. Why are individuals and institutions using and producing OER?
14. Developing a policy framework for Open Educational Resources
15. Content Commons and "Knowledge chunks" by Connexions
16. The International Children's Digital Library
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1. Ajialcom, Morocco  Empowering Youth through Technology
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/openeducation/rc/ItemDetail.do~1086218?intc\
mp=700
Ajialcom has provided over 2,000 disadvantaged Moroccan youth with information
and communication technologies (ICT) training to help them develop new skills
and improve their employment prospects. Since January 2004, Ajialcom has
established 10 Youth Access Centres ...
Contributed by Anuradha Bhattacharjee on 6 January, 2007

2. LabforCulture
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/openeducation/rc/ItemDetail.do~1086763?intc\
mp=700
LabforCulture is an online information and knowledge platform dedicated to
European cultural cooperation, complemented by a range of offline services and
programmed activities. The website provides an unprecedented range of
information on cultural cooperation across ...
Contributed by Giulia D'Amico on 10 January, 2007

3. The Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art, Science, and Technology
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/openeducation/rc/ItemDetail.do~1086772?intc\
mp=700
A foundation which seeks to advance artistic and scientific knowledge by
bringing together art and science in the technological field. In essence, this
means nurturing a critical awareness of technology's implications for human
beings and their natural and cultural ...
Contributed by Giulia D'Amico on 10 January, 2007

4. Teacher's Guide to International Collaboration on the Internet
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/openeducation/rc/ItemDetail.do~1086926?intc\
mp=700
Created by iEARN-USA for the US Department of Education, the Teacher's Guide to
International Collaboration was developed to help teachers use the Internet to
"reach out" globally. These materials were prepared as part of the Department of
Education's International ...
Contributed by Thomas BEKKERS on 12 January, 2007

5. Welcome to GEM: Gateway to 21st Century Skills
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/openeducation/rc/ItemDetail.do~1086928?intc\
mp=700
The Gateway to Educational Materials is a Consortium effort to provide educators
with quick and easy access to thousands of educational resources found on
various federal, state, university, non-profit and commercial Internet sites.

Founded in 1996, GEM established ...
Contributed by Thomas BEKKERS on 12 January, 2007

6. FIRST LEGO LEAGUE 2006 CHALLENGE - NANO QUEST
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/openeducation/rc/ItemDetail.do~1087031?intc\
mp=700
Nanotechnology is a new scientific frontier that will impact many facets of
society, such as medicine, computers, and the environment. The nano world is
100,000 times smaller than the thickness of a single strand of hair. At the nano
level, everything jumps and ...
Contributed by David Delos Santos on 14 January, 2007

7. To Reduce Poverty;Is To Use the OER Tools to Combat the Causes Globally
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/openeducation/rc/ItemDetail.do~1087039?intc\
mp=700
The causes of poverty are to be known by the development professionals.Research
should be done for discovery of a new approach on reduction of poverty in
developing nations.The poor nations need education for self-sustainable
development,self-reliance and  ...
Contributed by David Steve Matthe on 15 January, 2007

8. The economic impact of open source on Europe (Report)
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/openeducation/rc/ItemDetail.do~1087209?intc\
mp=700
According to this article published by InfoWorld, Rishab Aiyer Ghosh and
UNU-Merit put together a report on the impact of FLOSS (an unfortunate acronym
for free/libre open source software) on the European economy. It was financed by
the European Commission's Directorate ...
Contributed by Thomas BEKKERS on 16 January, 2007

9. Arthur: Lunch-O-Matic: An interactive game about food and balanced meals.
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/openeducation/rc/ItemDetail.do~1087215?intc\
mp=700
This interactive educational free resource was introduced by PBS TeacherSource.
The objective is to help Alan, a.k.a. Brain, choose the right foods to create a
balanced meal in this interactive game. The game is being part of The ARTHUR Web
site, an online companion ...
Contributed by Thomas BEKKERS on 16 January, 2007

10. Arthur by PBS kids: Interactive games for kids, parents and teachers
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/openeducation/rc/ItemDetail.do~1087218?intc\
mp=700
The ARTHUR Web site is the online companion to the popular ARTHUR US television
series airing daily on PBS Kids. Online and printable games are both engaging
and educational. While many features are designed to promote independent play,
there is much here for parents ...
Contributed by Thomas BEKKERS on 16 January, 2007

11. Time for colleges to get out of the dead tree business
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/openeducation/rc/ItemDetail.do~1087219?intc\
mp=700
This article dealing with OER was published by the Mercury news and written by
Hal Plotkin. "In recent years, thanks largely to the generosity and vision of
the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation's program in support of Open Education
Resources, highly respected ...
Contributed by Thomas BEKKERS on 16 January, 2007

12. Mapping users and producers of Open Educational Resources
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/openeducation/rc/ItemDetail.do~1087220?intc\
mp=700
This article was written by Jan Hylen working at the OECD Centre for Educational
Research and Innovation, and published by UNESCO's virtual university. This
excellent paper introduces findings from a recent OECD study. Background:
"Although learning resources are ...
Contributed by Thomas BEKKERS on 16 January, 2007

13. Why are individuals and institutions using and producing OER?
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/openeducation/rc/ItemDetail.do~1087223?intc\
mp=700
This article was written by Jan Hylen working at the OECD Centre for Educational
Research and Innovation, and published by UNESCO's virtual university. This
excellent paper introduces findings from a recent OECD study.
Introductory remarks: "The first and most ...
Contributed by Thomas BEKKERS on 16 January, 2007

14. Developing a policy framework for Open Educational Resources
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/openeducation/rc/ItemDetail.do~1087224?intc\
mp=700
This article was written by Jan Hylen working at the OECD Centre for Educational
Research and Innovation, and published by UNESCO's virtual university. This
excellent paper introduces findings from a recent OECD study.
>From the introduction: "One of the important ...
Contributed by Thomas BEKKERS on 16 January, 2007

15. Content Commons and "Knowledge chunks" by Connexions
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/openeducation/rc/ItemDetail.do~1087691?intc\
mp=700
Connexions is an environment for collaboratively developing, freely sharing, and
rapidly publishing scholarly content on the Web. The content in Connexions comes
in two formats:  modules, which are like small "knowledge chunks," and  courses,
which are collections ...
Contributed by Thomas BEKKERS on 18 January, 2007

16. The International Children's Digital Library
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/openeducation/rc/ItemDetail.do~1087695?intc\
mp=700
The ICDL Foundation's goal is to build a collection of books that represents
outstanding historical and contemporary books from throughout the world. 
Ultimately, the Foundation aspires to have every culture and language
represented so that every child can know ...
Contributed by Thomas BEKKERS on 18 January, 2007



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thanks for your intrest in the confrence and ibelieve
it wil help much to change the stuation in nothern
uganda
thanks alot to kirabo the organiser
well iwould limke to be in it as am in kampala but
have got little money cant afford unless there is some
one to sponser me atend
--- Janet  Feldman <kaippg@...> wrote:


---------------------------------

Dear Pam and All,

Hello and fantastic to see this!!  I haven't been able
to cycle back much to O/net for awhile, but recall
early discussions last summer abt this conference.
When I saw this posting, I wrote to Christina--who I
know (online)--and asked abt passing this far and
wide, esp to non-members. She has said an enthusiastic
YES, so hope we'll all pass this info along!
Do you know her, by the way, and can you or someone
linked to CAWD attend?  Hope we can get someone from
our linked networks to go!

All best wishes and ongoing "om's" (meditative magic
for our forum homes), Janet



-----Original Message-----
From: Pamela McLean

Sent: Jan 19, 2007 9:06 AM
To: learningfromeachother
Subject: [learningfromeachother] [Fwd: [microsuccess]
Omidyar.net Conference in Uganda :: 19-21 February
2007]


Possible relevance to some group members.
Pam
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [microsuccess] Omidyar.net Conference in
Uganda :: 19-21
February 2007
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 14:20:54 -0000
From: Christina Jordan <christina4lia@...>
Reply-To: microsuccess@yahoogroups.com
To: microsuccess@yahoogroups.com

"At Omidyar.net, we believe every individual has the
power to make a
difference. We exist for one single purpose: So that
more and more
people discover their own power to make good things
happen."

The first ever global Omidyar.net community gathering
in Africa is
convening at Life in Africa's WE Center Gulu, 19-21
February 2007.

Your invitation to join us in person is here:
http://www.omidyar.net/group/conference/ws/InvitationUganda07/

<http://www.omidyar.net/group/conference/ws/InvitationUganda07/>

Conference registration is just shs20,000, and
scholarships to cover
transport from Kampala and local living allowances may
be available.
All information is available at the link above.

Space is limited - please pre-register before 1 Feb to
secure your
participation. You really won't want to miss this
global community
learning event!

We look forward to hosting you in Gulu, and if you
need any help
pre-registering just email me and I will be happy to
help.

All the best,

Christina
http://lifeinafrica.com <http://lifeinafrica.com>












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thanks william for that graet idear of starting
afootball club
itoo has got one of the smae age in kampala
just because ibelieve talent identification is the key
to sucess
so keep up we shall have many zidanes in africa
--- William Wambura <wamburawilliam@...>
wrote:

> dear all;
>   We the Dar es salaam group are doing well.
>   I would like to share this ideas with you.I have
> established a football team of children aged 8-15
> yars old.My football team will be responsible for
> Envorment issues,community education,childrens
> rights and sports for bringing changes to the
> community with the help of UYOGA.My football team is
> exercising every evening.I would like to share with
> you members so that my team can work out
> effectively.
>
> Andrius Kulikauskas <ms@...> wrote:
>   I share this letter from Maria Agnese Giraudo.
> Andrius, http://www.ms.lt
>
> Dear Janet, Pam, Jeff and all...
> Thanks all of you very much for your stimulating
> messages regarding
> e-books, telecentres, book projects and services.
> I'm very interested in all these issues and I'm very
> new in what happens
> in ICT in the commity centres. So, I wouldl ike to
> get more information
> of Telecentres. Regarding books I would like to
> thank Jeff for remind me
> of Uganda Bookmobile experience. It has been a great
> project. I
> dowloaded the report and I had a talk with Komar. It
> was about printing
> book around Uganda in a special equipped car. He
> told me that this
> project failed, but I would like to see if is true,
> perhaps it keeps on
> in a different way!!!
> I have to search again...If you got some information
> please share with me.
> Regarding e-books. It's great to have the chance to
> produce them:
> fiction books,
> books with information useful for the Community:
> agriculture, health
> etc., in the local language too...and textbooks
> Texbooks are very necessary for schools in Africa. I
> can only refer to
> Tanzania, the rate of child/textbook is 8/1 in
> primary schools.
> The association LIDU2 working in Moshi district,
> Tanzania, started with
> the aim of printing books, then they should change
> strategy due to
> copyrught restrictions. Now they buy textbooks and
> reference books for
> schools. pidu2@...
> I would like to concentrate more on it: how to get
> low price textbooks
> to schoolchildren?
> Problems: copyright protection, cost of publishing,
> printing...
> Textbooks open access. I found some sites for
> downloading them
> http://textbookrevolution.org/
> Problems: I would like to find some teachers or
> competent people in
> specific fields to evaluate of the property,
> reliability and quality of
> these open access textbooks. Can you help me to find
> these contacts?
> E-books: a chance also for Research, Teaching,
> Scientific
> dissemination in developing and transitional
> countries.
> Greetings!
> Maria Agnese Giraudo
>
>
>
>
>
> Each letter sent to Learning From Each Other enters
> the PUBLIC DOMAIN unless it explicitly states
> otherwise http://www.ethicalpublicdomain.org Please
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-----Original Message-----
From: kayiwa fred
Sent: Jan 21, 2007 4:09 AM
To: learningfromeachother@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [learningfromeachother] Re: Omidyar.net Conference in Uganda :: 19-21 February 2007

thanks for your intrest in the confrence and ibelieve
it wil help much to change the stuation in nothern
uganda
thanks alot to kirabo the organiser
well iwould limke to be in it as am in kampala but
have got little money cant afford unless there is some
one to sponser me atend
--- Janet Feldman <kaippg@earthlink.net> wrote:

---------------------------------

Dear Pam and All,

Hello and fantastic to see this!! I haven't been able
to cycle back much to O/net for awhile, but recall
early discussions last summer abt this conference.
When I saw this posting, I wrote to Christina--who I
know (online)--and asked abt passing this far and
wide, esp to non-members. She has said an enthusiastic
YES, so hope we'll all pass this info along!
Do you know her, by the way, and can you or someone
linked to CAWD attend? Hope we can get someone from
our linked networks to go!

All best wishes and ongoing "om's" (meditative magic
for our forum homes), Janet

-----Original Message-----
From: Pamela McLean

Sent: Jan 19, 2007 9:06 AM
To: learningfromeachother
Subject: [learningfromeachother] [Fwd: [microsuccess]
Omidyar.net Conference in Uganda :: 19-21 February
2007]

Possible relevance to some group members.
Pam
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [microsuccess] Omidyar.net Conference in
Uganda :: 19-21
February 2007
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 14:20:54 -0000
From: Christina Jordan <christina4lia@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: microsuccess@yahoogroups.com
To: microsuccess@yahoogroups.com

"At Omidyar.net, we believe every individual has the
power to make a
difference. We exist for one single purpose: So that
more and more
people discover their own power to make good things
happen."

The first ever global Omidyar.net community gathering
in Africa is
convening at Life in Africa's WE Center Gulu, 19-21
February 2007.

Your invitation to join us in person is here:
http://www.omidyar.net/group/conference/ws/InvitationUganda07/

<http://www.omidyar.net/group/conference/ws/InvitationUganda07/>

Conference registration is just shs20,000, and
scholarships to cover
transport from Kampala and local living allowances may
be available.
All information is available at the link above.

Space is limited - please pre-register before 1 Feb to
secure your
participation. You really won't want to miss this
global community
learning event!

We look forward to hosting you in Gulu, and if you
need any help
pre-registering just email me and I will be happy to
help.

All the best,

Christina
http://lifeinafrica.com <http://lifeinafrica.com>

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Data , "jkj_fc" <jkj_fc@...> Raðyta:
>---am having aproblem with my health and ihave got asima the doctor
>told me to pay 120 us dollas ihave got nothing any one with some help
>please ineed to be free with breathing save
>me GOD bless you all

Thank you for your many letters!
I hope that your health improves soon.

I'd like to work more closely with you and others at our lab.  Perhaps you
might work for us.  I invite you and others - especially other participants
in Africa, India and others who might work for us like Samwel Kongere as
researchers and field agents - to answer the following questions for us:

What is your first name and last name?

Where do your live? What is your address?

Do you have other contact information, such as a telephone?

What are examples where you are "working for free" to help others?

What values are important to you in your life?  Do you have a deepest value,
that includes all of your other values?  What is it?

What are you interested to learn?  Do you have a question that you don't know
the answer to, but intend to answer?  What is it?

What are your dreams, your goals to better yourself?  How will that help
others?

Thank you for your answers!

Andrius

Andrius Kulikauskas
Minciu Sodas
http://www.ms.lt
ms@...
Chicago, Illinois

Dear All,
I must apologise for not been able to meet those who
attended the WSF in Nairobi, i caught a bad flu (not
bird flu) over the weekend.
Sam, if we dont meet in Nairobi, i will be in Kisumu
in a few weeks, will confirm when, i hope to visit
your projects then..please give directions, will call
to confirm.
Janet and Pam, Gbenga and I met in Nairobi this time,
we have alot in common on ICT4D initiatives in Africa.
I have looked at Omidyar.net information, looks
interesting and the kind of thing that is my passion,
i also registered as a member and will go a head and
register for the conference, hopely apply for the
scholarships, is there away i can get recommedation.

Regards,

David Mutua

--- Janet  Feldman <kaippg@...> wrote:


---------------------------------

Dear Pam and All,

Hello and fantastic to see this!!  I haven't been able
to cycle back much to O/net for awhile, but recall
early discussions last summer abt this conference.
When I saw this posting, I wrote to Christina--who I
know (online)--and asked abt passing this far and
wide, esp to non-members. She has said an enthusiastic
YES, so hope we'll all pass this info along!
Do you know her, by the way, and can you or someone
linked to CAWD attend?  Hope we can get someone from
our linked networks to go!

All best wishes and ongoing "om's" (meditative magic
for our forum homes), Janet



-----Original Message-----
From: Pamela McLean

Sent: Jan 19, 2007 9:06 AM
To: learningfromeachother
Subject: [learningfromeachother] [Fwd: [microsuccess]
Omidyar.net Conference in Uganda :: 19-21 February
2007]


Possible relevance to some group members.
Pam
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [microsuccess] Omidyar.net Conference in
Uganda :: 19-21
February 2007
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 14:20:54 -0000
From: Christina Jordan <christina4lia@...>
Reply-To: microsuccess@yahoogroups.com
To: microsuccess@yahoogroups.com

"At Omidyar.net, we believe every individual has the
power to make a
difference. We exist for one single purpose: So that
more and more
people discover their own power to make good things
happen."

The first ever global Omidyar.net community gathering
in Africa is
convening at Life in Africa's WE Center Gulu, 19-21
February 2007.

Your invitation to join us in person is here:
http://www.omidyar.net/group/conference/ws/InvitationUganda07/

<http://www.omidyar.net/group/conference/ws/InvitationUganda07/>

Conference registration is just shs20,000, and
scholarships to cover
transport from Kampala and local living allowances may
be available.
All information is available at the link above.

Space is limited - please pre-register before 1 Feb to
secure your
participation. You really won't want to miss this
global community
learning event!

We look forward to hosting you in Gulu, and if you
need any help
pre-registering just email me and I will be happy to
help.

All the best,

Christina
http://lifeinafrica.com <http://lifeinafrica.com>











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Dear All,
I must apologise for not been able to meet those who
attended the WSF in Nairobi, i caught a bad flu (not
bird flu) over the weekend.
Sam, if we dont meet in Nairobi, i will be in Kisumu
in a few weeks, will confirm when, i hope to visit
your projects then..please give directions, will call
to confirm.
Janet and Pam, Gbenga and I met in Nairobi this time,
we have alot in common on ICT4D initiatives in Africa.
I have looked at Omidyar.net information, looks
interesting and the kind of thing that is my passion,
i also registered as a member and will go a head and
register for the conference, hopely apply for the
scholarships, is there away i can get recommedation.

Regards,

David Mutua

--- Janet  Feldman <kaippg@...> wrote:


---------------------------------

Dear Pam and All,

Hello and fantastic to see this!!  I haven't been able
to cycle back much to O/net for awhile, but recall
early discussions last summer abt this conference.
When I saw this posting, I wrote to Christina--who I
know (online)--and asked abt passing this far and
wide, esp to non-members. She has said an enthusiastic
YES, so hope we'll all pass this info along!
Do you know her, by the way, and can you or someone
linked to CAWD attend?  Hope we can get someone from
our linked networks to go!

All best wishes and ongoing "om's" (meditative magic
for our forum homes), Janet



-----Original Message-----
From: Pamela McLean

Sent: Jan 19, 2007 9:06 AM
To: learningfromeachother
Subject: [learningfromeachother] [Fwd: [microsuccess]
Omidyar.net Conference in Uganda :: 19-21 February
2007]


Possible relevance to some group members.
Pam
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [microsuccess] Omidyar.net Conference in
Uganda :: 19-21
February 2007
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 14:20:54 -0000
From: Christina Jordan <christina4lia@...>
Reply-To: microsuccess@yahoogroups.com
To: microsuccess@yahoogroups.com

"At Omidyar.net, we believe every individual has the
power to make a
difference. We exist for one single purpose: So that
more and more
people discover their own power to make good things
happen."

The first ever global Omidyar.net community gathering
in Africa is
convening at Life in Africa's WE Center Gulu, 19-21
February 2007.

Your invitation to join us in person is here:
http://www.omidyar.net/group/conference/ws/InvitationUganda07/

<http://www.omidyar.net/group/conference/ws/InvitationUganda07/>

Conference registration is just shs20,000, and
scholarships to cover
transport from Kampala and local living allowances may
be available.
All information is available at the link above.

Space is limited - please pre-register before 1 Feb to
secure your
participation. You really won't want to miss this
global community
learning event!

We look forward to hosting you in Gulu, and if you
need any help
pre-registering just email me and I will be happy to
help.

All the best,

Christina
http://lifeinafrica.com <http://lifeinafrica.com>











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Dear Janet and All
  Yes this is Alearning year ....DEAFNESS SO TOUGH AND
ROUGH BUT CAN BE APPROACHED IN ALOT OF SIMPLICITY AND
LOVE,
  We must accept them in our comunities and
intercepet,since it major cause ie POVERTY.Conditions
that are ferile grounds of poverty are the same to
deafness,while deafness is Not TREATED it can be
PREVENTED.
   Since poverty opress the whole world,ITS GENERAL
That comunities ,need basic sanitation,good food ,safe
water ,housing health and Educatuion.
  Reaching out to the deafcreates special oprtunities
for this group,we must know that alot of sympathy must
cme from the able bodied to surport the deaf here,The
deaf especially children have
surfered,CURSES,DICRIMINATION,LACK OF CARE AND HIV ADS
PANDEMIC.
  Amisconception has it the sex with avirgin cure
Aids,this has had many deaf die sice evil men take
advantage of them,this is so of deaf and blind.
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I share my chat with Jeff Buderer about our work on MyFoodStory
http://www.myfoodstory.info  to collect 1800 entries about farmers and other
people working in the world's food supply chain.  We have to do this by March
31, 2007 to get our bonuses!  That is about 35 per week for each of our 6
teams.  I ask each of our team leaders to think and write how we will
accomplish this.  Special thanks to Awne AboZant and his team in Nablus,
Israeli-occupied Palestine, for especially good work and great photos, too.
Pamela, how is your team? Andrius Kulikauskas, http://www.ms.lt
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Andrius:         Hi Jeff, How are you?
… I wanted to check in regarding your travel plans.
… Also, I plan to visit Tianadara Ranch in Missouri
… in March some 100 miles from Kansas City
… I was wondering, where are you in Missouri?
Jeff:              when will you be there?
Andrius:         I plan to go in March
… to visit Chris Langan
Jeff:              when wil be in SF area?
Andrius:         he is a thinker who is working on conceptual ideas similar
to my philosophy.
… I will be in SF area in February.
… I am trying to set my dates now for my trip to Mexico
… it looks good that I will go to Oaxaca.
… How is your and Joy's Africa trip?
Jeff:              well we can meet then
… we may postpone the trip until april
… Joys parents are ill
Andrius:         ok
… oh
Jeff:              so she wants to spend soem time with them
Andrius:         yes
… hi to Joy and her parents
… where are you now?
Jeff:              and she is pursuing some important leads in taiwan
Andrius:         oh, great
Jeff:              Springfield MO
… and you are in Chicago?
Andrius:         yes for another week
Jeff:              have you met with Steve yet?
Andrius:         Thank you for your work on MyFoodStory
… Steve and Linda and I meet on Friday
… Jeff, I need help to meet our bonuses
… to collect the stories
… Do you have a plan for that?
… I need 300 entries from each team and 10 stories.
… The stories we seem to be doing well with
… but the directory entries are more of a challenge.
Jeff:              explain
Andrius:         My agreement with Greg Wolff
… is that he will pay our lab $12,000 which he has
… and also we will get $12,000 bonus
… if we meet his targets:
Jeff:              right
Andrius:         60 stories
Jeff:              so what aout the entries
Andrius:         1800 directory entries.
Jeff:              so you have template right
Andrius:         I have set it up at http://www.myfoodstory.info
… See "Add a new storyteller"
… it leads you to:
Jeff:              i am checking now
… what is the deadline date
Andrius:         March 31
Jeff:              ok
Andrius:         It's doable but I need help
Jeff:              i am adding to my caledar now
… i understand
Andrius:         because it doesn't make sense for me to do it myself
… the value for Greg is if it's a team effort.
Jeff:              sure
Andrius:         And what makes it "organic" is if we optimize this work so
that
… we all benefit as much as we can from it.
… The directory entries can be quite short.
… Just a bit of information on why a person is interesting and how to reach
them.
… It could just be one sentence.
Jeff:              i dont think this will be a problem
Andrius:         Or for example you can focus on "aquaculture"
… for example look up "aquaculture" on Google News
…
http://news.google.com/news?f=q&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&z=6&om=1&tab=ln&q=aquaculture&btn\
G=Search
… and there are many news stories.
… If you can help and if you can involve others, that would be great!
… Thank you.
… And please let me know if you run into any difficulties with the
interface.
Jeff:              you know my focus is on integrated farming
… ok
Andrius:         yes
… and so this can be a directory of people you'd like us to reach out to in
integrating farming
… and so that might be useful for you
… Which might include people in traditional aquaculture
Jeff:              why did greg specify a certain quantity
… was there some logic to that
Andrius:         who haven't heard of integrated farming but would appreciate
that.
… I don't know for sure but I imagine that he wanted to make it "real"
… and he wanted to challenge us
… and I think he wants "critical mass".
… So there's certain advantages to quantity
… rather than quality.
Jeff:              well some may say so
Andrius:         Because quantity is easier for people to see
Jeff:              :)
Andrius:         and so can be quite convincing
… and also more engageable.
Jeff:              i like the targetted approach
Andrius:         So yes I want to achieve what he's challenged us to do
Jeff:              so that you specifically identify the quantity
Andrius:         and also make that worthwhile to us.
… Yes.
Jeff:              in relation to a specific deliverable
… like say we need 1800
… to develop enough of a database for moving forward to the next phase which
is...
… I am just trying to say that when you do a prposal it is most ideal
… when you outcomes are linked to improving the quality of something
Andrius:         He is treating us very well and so I want to do likewise so
that he is happy with what we have achieved and feels confident regarding
it's future prospects.
Jeff:              Sure
Andrius:         Jeff, I know that you are working on many things... but is
there a short term goal regarding the directory entries that you might commit
to?
Jeff:              I am saying to look at the sustainability of the work
being done
… there are about 8 weeks left before the deadline?
Andrius:         Yes 9 or 10 weeks.
Jeff:              so that means 35 of these need to be done a week to meet
the goal
Andrius:         yes
Jeff:              i set will set as a goal
… from now on
… can you count the process for each contributor
Andrius:         When they put their name as one of the Editors
… then it will be clear that they have contributed
… and I will make a page to show who has done how many.
Jeff:              that is good idea
… then we can measure specific progress and make sure we are moving along at
a pace to meet the goals.
Andrius:         Yes and the gradual approach is very good for us because
… it let's people (and Greg) see how we are progressing
… and builds momentum.
Jeff:              ok
Andrius:         Also, as you include people in the directory
… we can simplify outreach to them
… as you like.
… I'm trying to show that this directory is useful for outreach
Jeff:              i could make my case stronger if I knew what specifically
we were planning on doing with this information
Andrius:         and also for investigation as I wrote to Tom.
Jeff:              it is just for linking various agricultural projects
… ?
Andrius:         For outreach, if we have a list of people then you and/or I
can write a standard letter
Jeff:              wil it divided into categories
Andrius:         for example, explaining how we found them and that they
might be interested in George Chan's methods
Jeff:              so i need to be mindful of the tags
Andrius:         and where they might join to pursue that further, for
example, at Back To The Root.
Jeff:              Urls where we can find more information about the
storyteller and the excerpt above.
Andrius:         You can use any tag, for example "integrated":
… http://www.myfoodstory.info/index.php?storyteller=&tag=Integrated
Jeff:              so I put the URL of the project there
Andrius:         pulls up the story we have on Integrated
… Or "integrated farming"
… http://www.myfoodstory.info/index.php?storyteller=&tag=Integrated+farming
Jeff:              I will have ten done by the end of the day
Andrius:         Fantastic!
… Thank you very much.
… I will share our chat.
… Please let me know if you run into any obstacles.
… I will keep improving our interface.
Jeff:              ok
… bye
… wait
… is there a word count limit on the story?
… Andrius?
… is this long enough?
… Margaret Tagwira has used her expertise as a Virologist to create a
innovative sustainable development approach from her base at the United
Methodist-supported Africa University in Mutare, Zimbabwe. Inspired by the
ZERI methodology and George Chan’s work, she has pioneered a new type of
mushroom farming that has been showcased by Web of Hope and is truly an
inspiration to many of us.
Andrius:         yes that's perfect
Jeff:              or can I make it longer?
Andrius:         you can make it longer if you are writing it yourself
… if you are copying from others than we want to keep it short so that we can
stay in "fair use" regarding copyright
Jeff:              no i compiled that my research
Andrius:         if you wrote it, then it can be as long as you like
Jeff:              ok
… does it matter if use caps on the key words or not
… this are keywords i added: fish, integrated farming, george chan,
sustainable agriculture, Margaret Tagwira, Mushrooms, AIDS, ZERI , Zimbabwe
Andrius:         It's not crucial
Jeff:              thanks
Andrius:         I may write a program to sort that out later
Jeff:              i thought it would be good to add the country
Andrius:         yes
Jeff:              so i am both storyteller and editor?
Andrius:         no, Margaret is the storyteller
… and you are the editor
… it is her story
Jeff:              ok
… can I add more than one url?
… and if so how do i separate them?
… thanks for helping me with this
Andrius:         yes just separate them by a space
Jeff:              Yes if you received their permission or if it is published
under a license that allows other to share, otherwsie No
… I have not recieved permission from her but gathered it from information on
the web
Andrius:         I think it would be:  No
… but it's Public Domain
… because you wrote it
Jeff:              ok
… Project?
Andrius:         just leave as is
Jeff:

Andrius:         leave as is
Jeff:              please complete this password?
Andrius:         guess...
Jeff:              jeff?
Andrius:         Minciu Sodas
Jeff:              ok
… hehe
Andrius:         that's for spammers ;)
Jeff:              ok
… Ok so she be one of the ten stories
… ill wrote and ill contact her in person for that ok?
Andrius:         you don't have to contact for permission
… but instead you can contact to engage her
… for example, to invite her to your group
Jeff:              ok
Andrius:         and also to say that if she gives permission
… then we can feature her stories
Jeff:              actually she is already in a group I am in
Andrius:         Maybe let me wok on that
Jeff:              ZERI US
Andrius:         ok
… what is the URL for that group?
Jeff:              but she only posted when George was sick
Andrius:         ok
Jeff:              www.zeri.us
… 9 more to go
Andrius:         Looks good!
http://www.myfoodstory.info/view.php?pagepath=New275
Jeff:              thanks
Andrius:         Where it says PublicDomainExceptAsNoted you left the
statement there - it should be blank.
… Somebody else can clean that up later
Jeff:              ok
Andrius:         or you can do it by "edit this page"
… which brings you here:
… http://www.myfoodstory.info/edit.php?pagepath=New275
… But that's not important.
Jeff:              i know that
… i saw the edit link
Andrius:         I'm very glad for your help!
Jeff:              thats good to have there
Andrius:         Very much needed at this time and I think it will encourage
others
Jeff:              i will mention it to our group
Andrius:         great
Jeff:              to add any interesting stories
Andrius:         they can also send them by email
… and then we can process them
… we can think how best to do that
Jeff:              ok
… i will tell them to send them to me if they dont have time to go through
the process
Andrius:         yes

COL in collaboration with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is using WikiEducator to develop free content, and to promote skills and literacy using Web 2.0donation by the College of the Rockies, British Columbia, Canada to localise for the African context at a workshop hosted by the University of Education, Winneba, Ghana. technologies. African educators are working with a free content

The Vice Chancellor and the Pro Vice Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba opened the workshop, which commenced Monday, 22 January and will run till Friday, 26 January 2007. Among the participants are lecturers from the National Open University of Nigeria, the Gambia, Sierra Leone, the Community Health Nurses Training School in Ghana and officers from the Ghana Police Service, as well as the Coordinator of the PSI-DL and her Deputy from Accra.

Mr. Moses Mabengba Bukari provided participants with an overview of open and distance learning (ODL). There was active involvement of participants by way of discussions and contributions. Moses' presentation was highly commended by participants.

Mrs. Wilhelmina Tete-Mensah provided a presentation on Gender Mainstreaming and Mr. Kafui A. Prebbie engaged participants with ICTs for Development and Web-based Learning Technologies during the second day of the workshop.

The final three days of the Workshop are being led by Nicholas Kimolo, a Kenyan consultant and advocate of the FLOSS4Edu project. Participants are being introduced to wiki editing skills using COL's Newbie Tutorials and will commence work on localization of 100 Math and English lessons donated by the College of the Rockies.

As some members of this groups know, my personal "learning from each
other" interest has to do with ICT and education. I am interested in
this in theory and in practice, and the practical work is in Africa, so
I try to read things like IRIN and Africa Files. Given recent mentions
of WSF in this group the report below may be of interest..
Pam

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*Title: * World Social Forum winds-up in Nairobi
*Author: * Pan-African Postcard, Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem
*Category: * Africa General
*Date: * 1/25/2007
*Source: * Pambazuka News
*Source Website: * www.pambazuka.org
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*Summary & Comment: * It should worry Africans that the African
participation in the Nairobi World Social Forum was more a gathering of
NGOs than of the real, social and political movements and peoples'
organisations who can make lasting change possible. Who do the NGOs at
the WSF represent? Who are they accountable to? To whom do they owe
their loyalty? And why should foreigners be helping Africans be
independent of their own governments when NGOs are so dependent on their
own governments? NGOs are not genuine Civil Society Organizations, the
author insists. DN

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*World Social Forum winds-up in Nairobi*

The /World Social Forum/ (WSF) that took place in Nairobi was one of
those 'once in a life time' events for many people; and 'once a year'
events for the veterans who continue to attend every one. It is an
all-comers forum. For instance, the gay and lesbian lobby in Africa are
there along side the Maoists, Anachists, peasant movements, trade
unionists, radical scholars, grassroots movements, all kinds of gender
activists and more. The reactionaries will say: all lunatics are in town.

It should be no surprise if there were many Africans since this is
taking place in Africa, but so marginalized are we in our own affairs
that one is always happy to see Africans at these meetings even when
they are happening here. Many of the usual suspects are around, from the
veteran radicals to the budding ones; and not only from Africa but from
across the world. If you want to gauge the state of global revolutionary
consciousness, the frustrations, the challenges and opportunities of the
global forces for change and transformation, the WSF is the place to be.

*But these gatherings always frustrate me for many reasons*.

*One*; they show up Africa's weaknesses whether they are held outside or
inside Africa. One of the critical areas is our level of participation
and preparedness. A majority of the African participants - even many
from Kenya itself - were brought by foreign paymasters or organisations
funded by outsiders. Often they become prisoners of their sponsors. They
must attend events organized or supported by their sponsors who need to
put their 'partners' on display, and the 'partners' in turn need to show
their loyalty to their masters.

*Two*; even when these meetings happen in Africa, the participation of
local groups and citizens are constrained by the three factors of fees
for participation, language of discourse, and location. Local activists
and sympathizers in the WSF had to organize a protest and even a
temporary occupation before the fees for Kenyan participants were waived.

*Three*; we go to these events without adequate preparation about our
own agenda and line up behind other peoples' not-so-hidden agendas,
although at this WSF there were a number of attempts to forge a Pan-
African agenda before the summit consultations. One of them was the
Pan-African Youth Forum working closely with the Youth Commission of the
WSF. But the truth remains that many of the youth who came did so on the
platform of one donor or the other and were mostly not African.

This dependence on foreigners, both financially and ideologically, is so
pervasive that it cannot be ignored anymore. There are signs that an
increasing number of Africans are not only outraged by it but becoming
ashamed by it, and are looking for ways and means of freeing our
activism from the clutches of donor funding and donor-driven agendas.
These issues were frankly and honestly discussed at many forums before
and during the summit. This dependence on foreigners raises /a lot of
disturbing issues/ about the state of Africa's NGOs and CSOs, and their
capacity to contribute to lasting changes in the social, economic and
political conditions of Africans in favour of social justice.

/The first/ is a question of legitimacy. Who do these NGOs represent?
Who are they accountable to? To whom do they owe their loyalty: to their
donors or to the African people they claim to speak for? /The second/ is
the related question of the generally anti-government posture of these
NGOs. They take money from foreign governments/agencies like DFID,
USAID, DANIDA, SIDA, allegedly as independent CSOs.

But why should foreigners be helping us to be independent of our own
governments? How are their own citizens independent of them? The same
African NGOs that queue up to suck up to all kinds of foreign
governments and funders will raise their eye-brows and shout 'autonomy'
and 'sell out' if any of their members has close financial or political
links with their own governments.

In effect, the autonomy they are asserting is one of being sovereign
against their own government and subservience to any foreigner. Where
governments are illegitimate or have bad governance records this may
hold for sometime, but in the long run it delegitimises the NGOs concerned.

/The third issue/ is the constant conflation of NGOs to mean CSOs which
should not be the case. /Genuine CSOs will include trade unions, guild
and professional associations, self-help groups, village or town
associations, faith-based charities or interest groups, etc. Their most
distinctive character is that they are voluntary, membership-based and
generate their funds from their members. /How many of our busy-body,
noise-making NGOs qualify in this sense? It is similar to our
governments being dependent on the aid of outsiders, and we demanding
that they should be accountable to us. We do not pay taxes but demand
representation and wonder why the leaders are more responsive to any
noise that comes from outsiders?

The worst excesses of the dependence on foreign sponsors are the various
scams that have developed in many of these NGOs about /'creative
accounting'/, which does not mean accountability:
Per diem wrangles,
multiple claims,
bogus ticket refunds,
multiple accounting,
budgeting and reporting for similar proposals from the same organisation
and
many other unsavoury practices that make these organisations not
dissimilar to
the governments we climb on holy mountains to attack for being corrupt,
inefficient and unaccountable.

And this issue of dependence on foreign donors is not just because there
are no resources. /How come the nationalists freed this continent from
the yoke of colonialism without writing proposals to any funder? Why are
our peoples not willing or able to support our activism?/

Could it be that the people do not associate themselves with the
self-given mandate of these largely middle-class led, elite focused, and
urban-based counter elite? Or worse still, people may be seeing that
these self-declared crusaders, whether foreign or local, are only there
for their own interest.

The proliferation in the last decade of MONGOs (My Own NGO), GONGOs
(Governmental NGO) , BONGOs (Business NGO), PONGO (Private NGO), all
over Africa, may be an indication of democratic openings, or state
collapse, or of the irresponsive state, but are not good indicators of
building democratic, people-led, people-based organisations connected to
and organically linked to the wider social movements without whom social
progress, democracy and development is not possible.

If they truly belong to the masses, the masses will defend them. And, if
they are truly based on the interests of our peoples, their first
allegiance will be to those they serve. In that sense it should worry us
that the African participation in the first ever WSF in Africa in
Nairobi is more of a gathering of NGOs than that of the real social and
political movements and peoples' organisations who can make lasting
change possible.

Many of our successful NGOs and INGOs, like their forebears, have become
gate- keepers - or to use a better term - commissioned agents between
the masses and their oppressors, occupying spaces for the poor and the
marginalized when most of them do not or no longer belong to that class
or share their vision of change.

*/Dr. Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem is the Deputy Director for the UN Millennium
Campaign in Africa, based in Nairobi, Kenya. He writes this article in
his personal
capacity as a concerned Pan-Africanist./

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Hi Greg,

How are you doing?

It would be great to talk and learn your thoughts about our work on My Food
Story http://www.myfoodstory.info and what you would like us to focus on
these next two months.  I am free on Monday, then Tuesday I fly to San Diego
and will be there for one week.  Also, I hope we might meet at the end of
February when I go to the Bay Area for one week.

I spoke today with Carlos Ortega Ayala of Oaxaca, Mexico.  I will be
traveling to Mexico for two weeks this month and spending most of my time
there.  He will help me meet independent thinkers for our lab. I understand
that you're working together, too.  I also spoke with his friend Mark Beam of
http://www.xigi.net and he will also advise.  I expect to find some new
participants for My Food Story and our Social Agriculture and Global Villages
working groups.

I am very thankful for this opportunity to work for you on My Food Story.  It
is very opportune because it allows us to build a repository of first hand
experiences which are great for our investigations and the business
opportunities that our lab might best pursue.

One of my concerns is to know what kind of shape you'd like us to give My
Food Story so that you would be very happy with it.  What is your vision?  We
have lately been getting encouraging responses from some of the leaders in the
field such as Guillermo Payet of Local Harvest, Barry Glassner of The Gospel
of Food, and Brazilian government biofuel leader Milton Maciel  (thank you
Tom Wayburn!)

I was recently concerned how we would meet our target of 1800 entries.  It is
a bit of a challenge, and I will need our help and ask for it.  It is in many
ways my main concern because I want to win our bonuses!  I have made a page
of sources for such stories,
http://www.ourculture.info/wiki.cgi?Stories
some in the Public Domain (Voice of America reports), and others that suggest
organizers who might be happy that we use their collections.  Also, there are
"motherlodes" of links such as Delicious list of 5,000 links for "farmer",
and Flickr's list of 2,000 photos of "farmer" under the Creative Commons
attribution license.  I think it is doable but we have about 200 so far and
we need to do another 200 per week.

Also, I will be appealing to all of our leaders to think about their
investigatory questions and consider how collecting food stories might
coincide with collecting first hand experiences that are relevant for their
investigations, as I have asked Tom Wayburn.  This is a key use of our
archive that will ensure momentum into the future.

I have been thinking that instead of an official registry of related websites
- I have yet to see a real need - it seems to make sense to use the tags to
pair a wiki page for it with related stories.  And an "official" participant
would be one for whom we create a wiki page and use their name as a tag.
Registration would simply be a matter of whether they or their representative
are active at that page, so it would be more a matter of activity.  We might
integrate from their RSS feeds if they are active online.  Also, the content
of the wiki pages would be community centric so that ours reflects first our
Minciu Sodas lab community.  Then if the Columbus, Ohio or the Piacenza,
Italy community would like to have their own repository, then they could take
whatever set of stories and pages they like as their nucleus and start from
there and rewrite to suit their needs.

I will make a wiki page that points to our long stories.  I think that we
will certainly find 60 of them.

I am very happy that our team leaders have demonstrated a variety of
approaches.  This shows the different kinds of potential for My Food Story as
a resource and a hub of activity.
- Samwel Kongere in Kenya has provided outstanding reports from the field on
Watermelon, Pumpkin, Soybean.
- Awne Abozant in Israeli-occupied Palestine has used our interface to upload
perhaps a 100 short stories - many in English and now some in Arabic -
including some wonderful pictures.
- Jeff Buderer and Maria Agnese Giraudo have compiled detailed research on
Integrated Farming and Waste Management and related subjects.  Now I'm asking
their help to create people-centered entries from their materials.
- Zita Milkamanovic of the Tartar village of "Forty Tartars" in Lithuania has
provided entries for about 30 Tartar farmers and some photos of her village
and one of the farmers.  Zenonas Anusauskas is learning to use our
interface.

Markus Petz is just getting going and Pamela McLean, how is your team? and
things in general?

Yesterday, Steve and Linda Bosserman visited us here in Chicago. We went
together and spoke with Bob Scaman, CEO of the organic foods supplier
http://www.goodnessgreeness.com  I am interested in how My Food Story might
be a constructive resource for all of the various roles in growing and
enjoying healthy food.  I think it is natural for there to be farms and
businesses of various sizes and yields and that often it is not a matter of
competition but sensitivity.  For example, I imagine that if a farm sells
organic food to individuals then that does not generally conflict with its
responsibilities to its larger buyers because simply the amounts of food are
so different.  Indeed, the fact that individuals would want to buy from a
particular farm helps establish its credibility as an organic supplier, I
think.  This means that our work to help build such relationships might help
suppliers such as Goodness Greeness to keep finding farmers.

In March, I will visit Steve and Linda to pursue further business
opportunities.  Steve and Jeff Buderer had discussed some ideas and perhaps
we might think through a proposal together.  Our lab's strength are in
boosting the morale of local independent thinkers through a global network.
So one idea is to work with local groceries to encourage city farmers to grow
and share produce, to have a market, perhaps facilitated by a community
currency. Working globally we can provide access and exposure to people with
experience and vision from around the world.  For example, there are
experimental technologies such as Solaroof and also George Chan's integrated
farm and waste management that enthusiasts can try out.  I believe that often
such connections can provide more business opportunity than the food itself.
The food can then be about our community, our health, our nutrition, our
enjoyment, our surroundings, our fun and play.

Greg, I am very interested in what business opportunities you might see that
we might pursue and build My Food Story further.  I am thinking a lot about
business opportunities based on collecting first hand experiences as the
basis for investigations.

I look forward to talking!
Thank you all for our great work!

Andrius

Andrius Kulikauskas
Minciu Sodas
http://www.ms.lt
ms@...

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Subject:  No. 14076: Why I attended the World Social Forum - slum
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Date:  Sun, 28 Jan 2007 22:22:21 -0500
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*Title: * Why I attended the World Social Forum - slum resident
*Author: * IRIN, Nairobi
*Category: * Youth & Children
*Date: * 1/25/2007
*Source: * IRIN News
*Source Website: * www.irinnews.org
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*Summary & Comment: * Duncan Otieno, a Nairobi slum dweller, attended
the World Social Forum in Nairobi because the participants were focusing
on issues affecting the youth, especially in the slums. The issues under
debate affect him and majority of the people he knows. He names them
clearly. DN

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*"Why I attended the World Social Forum� - slum resident *

[/This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United
Nations/]

http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=57201

Duncan Otieno, 22, lives in Huruma, one of four main slums in Kenya's
capital, Nairobi. Otieno has lived there since coming to the city in
2003 after finishing school in Kisumu, in the west of the country. Four
years on, he remains unemployed except for the odd construction job,
which helps him pay the rent of his one-roomed house and support his
younger brother. Otieno attended the last day of the /World Social
Forum/, a platform for activists, social movements, networks and
coalitions from Asia-Pacific, Latin America, the Caribbean, North
America, Europe and Africa to discuss issues affecting poor countries,
such as the debt burden, poverty, human rights and access to basic needs.

This year's forum, the seventh, was held in Nairobi from 20-25 January.
For Otieno, attending the forum even for just a day was important
because the issues under debate affected him and majority of the people
he knows:
1. "I attended the World Social Forum because they [the participants] were
focusing on issues affecting the youth, especially in the slums, such as
unemployment, rampant poverty and frustration with the government.

2. "They were also talking about water which is very expensive in the
slums. I
pay at least five shillings [US$0.01] for 10 litres of water yet
sometimes I do
not even have the odd job. The few people in the slums that have running
water, those with permanent houses, sell the water to us. We should not be
charged for water, it is our right.

3. "The rent in the slums is also high yet we are poor. I pay 2,000
shillings each
month (about $30) yet the house is made of rusted iron sheets. There is no
garbage disposal and sewage floats freely across the paths.

4. "The houses are crammed close together such that we suffer a lot of
losses
when there are fires in the slums. The government has forgotten us as we
have no access roads.

5. "Developed countries should not look down on Africa; instead they should
assist us by cancelling our debts as called for by the forum to enable
us to
develop. Then we will not depend on donors but rely on our resources.

6. "The government can then help people start small businesses. For as
little as
500 shillings ($7.50) one can be a hawker instead of sitting at home.

7. "If I had the opportunity, I would have attended the World Social
Forum for
the full five days. But I had other priorities. How can I just sit at
Kasarani or
Uhuru Park [the venues of the forum] the whole day when I do not have food?
Today I am free, that is why I am here.

8. "I am glad people were sharing ideas at the forum to help uplift each
other not
to lose hope but to stay determined.

9. "However, if the forum is just a matter of people talking, just for
the sake of
gathering, then it will be of no use.

10. "What has been discussed should be formulated into policies that
have tangible
results that an ordinary /mwananchi/ [citizen] can appreciate."

Aw/js/mw

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13:12

Janet,

Thank you for your inspiring work and engaging letter, which I share below.

One of our laboratory's goals is to provide "work-on-tap" to people who
contribute to the Public Domain, which is to say, all the temporary part-time
work that they might ever need.  Certainly, I have this need.  I wish to
respond with vigor to such needs of those for whom a modest amount of money
can make a great difference.  I am very happy with Samwel Kongere's work for
our network and wish us to provide such work for more people in Africa and
elsewhere.

I encourage those who would like such work to keep "thinking out loud" and
writing us about:
- your values so that we understand who you are, your deepest value in life,
and a question that you don't know the answer to, but wish to answer
- how you are helping others as a volunteer who knows how to "work for free"
and can therefore be valuable in our culture
- your contacts locally, globally, and at our laboratory, who can help us
verify who you are and why we should work together
- your personal needs that make clear how we can make a difference
- your skills that you have and are developing
- your bold projects and dreams that you wish to achieve that might also
inspire us to invest ourselves in you.

I appreciate enormously our participants from Africa who have been writing,
such as Wendi from Actwid Kongadzem.  It is important for us to respond with
opportunities to work and earn money, computers, Internet access.

I can provide some small funds (for example, 100 USD) for various help on
MyFoodStory.  Janet, I have to check with Greg Wolff, but I think we will
safely meet the target of 60 personal stories.  I am more concerned about the
1800 directory entries (short entries about people, something about why they
are interesting and how to contact them).  However, we may be able to make
some good connections with organizations or entrepreneurs who might provide
them in bulk.  I will be working on that.  Nevertheless, I would gladly
provide 100 USD (plus fees) for 125 entries from Cameroon, for example, and
some digital photos would be great, too.  Also, we have team leaders (Pamela,
Jeff, Markus) who might dedicate some of their available funds if it fit with
their projects.  Pamela, how is your team?

Janet, please keep us posted of where you see the need, and I hope to respond
along with us all!

Janet, the greatest way that you might help me is by your example as an
investigator who contributes as such to our collection of stories and then
finds answers to your questions.  (Tom Wayburn, thank you, too!)  I want to
show to our prospective clients how valuable this approach is.  I note your
question: "How can I help those individuals who are coming to me, while also
taking care of myself, and generate a ripple effect into a wider community?"
Is there a way for you to collect food stories that would help you tackle your
question?  For example, you might collect profiles of other people in your
situation - such as networkers - and just think how they are managing that.
Or you might pursue a related question in nutrition, for example, see how
good information spreads.  Or you might simply put up your Rolodex of
contacts so that we might see them all.  They don't even have to be
food-related, we can tag them so that we can filter out for what is relevant.
  I imagine that making your network visible would be enormously valuable for
us all and perhaps help us help you and create the desired ripple effect.  It
would also provide long-term momentum for MyFoodStory (and a greater archive)
which is what Greg and I desire.

Janet, I am rethinking our "registry" for stories.  I'm not sure there's a
real need yet to show our stories at other sites.  Instead I'm thinking of
creating wiki pages for our "registered" participants and they will then
appear on the left hand side of http://www.myfoodstory.info  for example,
http://www.myfoodstory.info/index.php?tag=SamwelKongere

I note to Markus Petz your tea-making contact in Oakland, and yes, yes, yes
to all you suggest, but I have written above what I think would be most
helpful.

Peace,

Andrius

Andrius Kulikauskas
Minciu Sodas
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Dear Andrius and Franz,

Hello and great to get updates from your road trip, Andrius, and to hear abt
Franz's video activities. I have something to post on that for you, Franz, a
fantastic series of articles at the CTA site (www.ictupdate.cta.int) on
participatory video in the African and Caribbean contexts, in which people
learn, interact, gain skills, reach out, become advocates for themselves and
their communities.

Similar to what I gather you are doing in some respects. Would love to work
on a video-bridge grant or some kind of project which will work at the local
level, as well as create linkages internationally.

Andrius, I have written to KAIPPG Kenya abt the FS project, asking if there
is time for them to gather and send stories. I'm hoping so, though things
have been tight with deadlines for a couple months. I will try to work on
this and get stories to help with the 60-story target. I would also like to
engage Actwid Kongadzem in this work--one reason I am ccing Franz--as I know
they will have many stories.  However, they are only working from a
cyber-cafe at the moment, and ideally need one computer to gather and send
this info.

They and I have spoken abt myself--and hopefully others--raising some funds
to get them a computer. Then it occurred to me that perhaps they could get
one through working on this project. Of course, you already have your 6
teams, so you may not want to include them now. However, perhaps if they have
some idea that this might be possible in future, they and myself--and possibly
Franz--can work something out whereby they will supply stories now "for free"

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I intend to.

Pam

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Dear David Kirsh,

I lead an online laboratory Minciu Sodas http://www.ms.lt for serving and
organizing independent thinkers around the world.  We met at UCSD just when I
was starting out.  We also had a long conversation on the plane once from
Washington D.C. to San Diego.  At that time I was working on an import/export
  standard for tools for thinking.

We now have twenty working groups including one that I lead for developing
conceptual frameworks and another that Pamela McLean leads for ICT for
distance learning, especially where high-Internet-bandwidth and low-bandwidth
people are trying to work together, as in Africa.  We also have a working
group on Global Villages which is now focusing on the roles that video
bridges can play.  I found your work again in a volume edited by Peter
Gardenfors on conceptual spaces and ICT and I am in touch with him and also
very interested in his work.  I'm also interested in Robert Horn's work on
visual language, the combining of words and images for most effective
communication.  Of course, we have many real life needs and solutions of our
own for creating effective workspaces for organizing and exploring.

I am very interested that our worldwide laboratory might serve you and your
colleagues, for example, to conduct and record video bridges to generate
material useful for you. More generally, we'd like to collect other kinds of
first-hand accounts and make them available for all manner of explorations as
well as outreach. Currently we are collecting "food stories" at
http://www.myfoodstory.info

Might we meet this Friday or Monday?  I hope so.  Please let me know!  I will
try to call you.

I alert our working groups Living By Truth
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/livingbytruth/
Learning From Each Other
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/learningfromeachother/
and Global Villages
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/globalvillages/
to your work:
http://www.cogsci.ucsd.edu/~kirsh/

Andrius

Andrius Kulikauskas
Minciu Sodas
http://www.ms.lt
ms@...
+1 (773) 569-9862
+1 (760) 753-3507

Hi Andrius,

February already – time for poultry food stories and exploring more of
the communication problems of collaboration between “bandwidth rich” and
“bandwidth challenged”.

At first when you suggested February for my team I was very happy,
because I was planning to be in the UK at the start of February, and
then in Nigeria for the middle and end of the month. However, life
seldom goes according to plan, and British Airways could not grant my
courtesy flight for the dates I hoped, so my trip has been postponed for
four weeks.

In preparation for the trip (and relating to other interests linked with
learning from each other, ICT, and opportunities for education and
training) I have been working hard developing resources and exploring
information flows at Cawdnet Campus. This is to serve the needs of
various people - especially those I will be working with on the Teachers
Talking programme. These are people who I hope will become increasingly
involved in an ongoing exchange of information (between "bandwidth rich"
and "bandwidth challenged") on various themes, through the Internet.

As I think you know Cawdnet is what I call my network. It is a community
of interest (or perhaps it is more accurate to say it is a number of
overlapping communities of interest,which I am nurturing) It includes
the people that I hope will be the MyFoodStory team. The emphasis of
Cawdnet repeatedly shifts and Cawdnet Campus is becoming its "virtual
home".

As I work to develop Cawdnet Campus I am getting to be more aware of
what is happening in what I do. Sometimes the focus is on particular
content, sometimes, on the technology aspects of communication,
sometimes on human networks in Nigeria, sometimes on human networks in
the “connected community”, sometimes on “culture gaps” issues between
the different communities, sometimes on simple problems of insufficient
resources – time, people, skills, money, local equipment,
infrastructure, power supplies, etc. I think you understand because we
are working in very similar ways - and trying to see how our work can
come together. I find that as I work on one bit all the other bits kind
of shift in their relationship to each other. For people who only see a
part of what is going on it can seem very slow but, with an overview it
is possible to see how the different elements are getting clearer,
closer and stronger.

Regards MyFoodStory and poultry Lorraine is kindly making a start (here
on the bandwidth rich side) with some poultry farming research on the
Internet. I am planning to work with “Cawdnetters” in SW Nigeria and
North Central. During my trip I will be with people who will be the
local MyFoodStory team leaders. I will do preparatory work at a
distance, but it will be easier to move things on faster when I am
there. Our Internet link with North Central (Fantsuam Foundation) is
good – they are bandwidth challenged. The people in the SW (Ago-Are
Information Centre) are “bandwidth poor” now. Communication there is
very difficult at present – the Internet connections both in Ago-Are and
at the cyber café in nearby town of Sake, have been out of order for
many, many weeks (I think it must be running into several months now).
At least we have phones now between UK and Ago-Are - although not with
the case of use we take for granted at home. I won't detail those
problems here, but they are an important part of the picture.

You may remember my plan to use some of the MyFoodStory money to improve
communication, perhaps including a camera phone, for Pastor David (who
will be the Ago-Are team leader). After discussion with other people
involved it was decided to get an “ordinary” phone (just voice and text)
and buy a camera separately. Pastor David (who will be the Ago-Are team
leader) has the phone now. We were texting each other late last night
about the new dates for my visit, and various related changes in
programme..

One of the first poultry farm stories I want Pastor David to collect is
the story of Mr Timothy Oyawale who buys day old chicks and rears them
in his house. Someone told me that Mr Timothy was trained as a poultry
farmer while he was still in military service, but I am not sure if that
is correct. He has a large farm “in the bush” and grows many crops
including maize, tobacco, yams and water melons. He has various trees
too. Last time I was in Ago-Are Mr Timothy and I went together to visit
"our" mango trees. He gave me one to plant several years ago when I
visited the farm, and he planted one nearby. They are big trees now and
they should bear their first fruits in April of this year.

On our way to the farm some “wild poultry” ran across the track in front
of our motor cycle, and Mr Timothy told me that people catch them to
eat. I think he catches hares too. He also told me that many years ago
his family used to be troubled by elephants spoiling the crops. He said
there are no elephants now because people got European guns (instead of
the local guns) and so they were able to protect their crops better by
getting rid of the elephants. Even the local game park doesn’t have
elephants any more.

I wonder if we have to limit our farming stories to poultry, or if you
are interested in other local crops. Given the way that the food stories
are widening out (regarding the variety of food stuffs described) and
given the interest in food supply chains and locally produced foods I
wonder if we should be looking not just at poultry but at the many other
foodstuffs that are also consumed and produced locally around Ago-Are
and around Fantsuam.

There is a lot of interesting information around regarding food and I
want to direct people to what is most relevant to your current
interests. Can we catch up on how your ideas have developed since we
last discussed MyFoodStory and how my team might best contribute.

Pam

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23:30

Andrius
Is there a link to David Kirsh's work?
Also - where is the best place for me to become better  informed about
video bridges?
This is a general interest question and also because I am wondering if
there is anything we should try to experiment with
when I am  doing online sessions with the teachers at Fantsuam.
Pam

ms@... wrote:

>Dear David Kirsh,
>
>I lead an online laboratory Minciu Sodas http://www.ms.lt for serving and
>organizing independent thinkers around the world. ....
>
>
>We now have twenty working groups including one that I lead for developing
>conceptual frameworks and another that Pamela McLean leads for ICT for
>distance learning, especially where high-Internet-bandwidth and low-bandwidth
>people are trying to work together, as in Africa.  We also have a working
>group on Global Villages which is now focusing on the roles that video
>bridges can play.....
>

Oops - sorry Andrius - I overlooked the link with reference to David
Kirsh : http://www.cogsci.ucsd.edu/~kirsh/
<http://www.cogsci.ucsd.edu/%7Ekirsh/>

Dear John Hibbs,

I am wondering, do you live in the San Diego area? If you do, then it would
be great to meet this Friday or Monday if you are free.

I lead the Minciu Sodas laboratory http://www.ms.lt for independent thinkers
around the world.  We have quite a few participants who are also active in
Global Learn Day, including Janet Feldman, Anthony Diaz, Leonard Boniface,
Edward Cherlin and more.

It would be great to meet and talk how we might work with you throughout the
year.  We have a very vibrant system of online working groups but would like
to make better use of audio and video such as with video bridges and
podcasts.

I share my letter with Pamela McLean's working group on "learning from each
other" with special emphasis on ICT for Africa and learning how to work
together when one participant has full Internet access and another
participant has marginal Internet access.

My phone number is +1 (773) 569-9852 and I am staying in Carlsbad and I plan
to visit UCSD and can drive to the city.

Andrius

Andrius Kulikauskas
Minciu Sodas
http://www.ms.lt
ms@...

Dear All,

Hello and Happiest New Year, Skipper!  Already looking forward to GLD in
October, and Pam, Jeff, and I had a terrific time this past October.  We hope
Lenny and many others will join us (Lenny was not able to make it in 2006),
including Andrius (who participated in 2004).

I am ccing Holistic Helping (my own forum within Minciu Sodas), as I hope and
expect to involve a number of African members there in 2007. I've been
organizing the Africa segment for a few voyages, and been a "mate" on several
earlier journeys in the African region portion of the voyage. Holistic Helping
also has a focus on ICTs, so hope you'll cc us in future in terms of GLD
correspondence, Andrius!

And that you'll meet with John...I had hoped this past year that there might be
some involvement by MS and related members/forums from Europe, too (ie besides
Africa), so hope that will transpire in 2007, as it would truly be "to inspire"!

With all best wishes and blessings, and yours in sailing spirit, Janet



-----Original Message-----
>From: ms@...
>Sent: Feb 1, 2007 12:28 PM
>To: skipper@...
>Cc: learningfromeachother@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [learningfromeachother] Andrius: Meet with John Hibbs of Global Learn
Day?
>
>Dear John Hibbs,
>
>I am wondering, do you live in the San Diego area? If you do, then it would
>be great to meet this Friday or Monday if you are free.
>
>I lead the Minciu Sodas laboratory http://www.ms.lt for independent thinkers
>around the world.  We have quite a few participants who are also active in
>Global Learn Day, including Janet Feldman, Anthony Diaz, Leonard Boniface,
>Edward Cherlin and more.
>
>It would be great to meet and talk how we might work with you throughout the
>year.  We have a very vibrant system of online working groups but would like
>to make better use of audio and video such as with video bridges and
>podcasts.
>
>I share my letter with Pamela McLean's working group on "learning from each
>other" with special emphasis on ICT for Africa and learning how to work
>together when one participant has full Internet access and another
>participant has marginal Internet access.
>
>My phone number is +1 (773) 569-9852 and I am staying in Carlsbad and I plan
>to visit UCSD and can drive to the city.
>
>Andrius
>
>Andrius Kulikauskas
>Minciu Sodas
>http://www.ms.lt
>ms@...
>
>
>Each letter sent to Learning From Each Other enters the PUBLIC DOMAIN unless it
explicitly states otherwise http://www.ethicalpublicdomain.org  Please be kind
to our authors!
>Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>

--iwould like to be an active member here
ineed your advise am from uganda- In
learningfromeachother@yahoogroups.com, Janet  Feldman <kaippg@...>
wrote:
>
> Dear All,
>
> Hello and Happiest New Year, Skipper!  Already looking forward to
GLD in October, and Pam, Jeff, and I had a terrific time this past
October.  We hope Lenny and many others will join us (Lenny was not
able to make it in 2006), including Andrius (who participated in
2004).
>
> I am ccing Holistic Helping (my own forum within Minciu Sodas), as
I hope and expect to involve a number of African members there in
2007. I've been organizing the Africa segment for a few voyages, and
been a "mate" on several earlier journeys in the African region
portion of the voyage. Holistic Helping also has a focus on ICTs, so
hope you'll cc us in future in terms of GLD correspondence,
Andrius!
>
> And that you'll meet with John...I had hoped this past year that
there might be some involvement by MS and related members/forums
from Europe, too (ie besides Africa), so hope that will transpire in
2007, as it would truly be "to inspire"!
>
> With all best wishes and blessings, and yours in sailing spirit,
Janet
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: ms@...
> >Sent: Feb 1, 2007 12:28 PM
> >To: skipper@...
> >Cc: learningfromeachother@yahoogroups.com
> >Subject: [learningfromeachother] Andrius: Meet with John Hibbs of
Global Learn Day?
> >
> >Dear John Hibbs,
> >
> >I am wondering, do you live in the San Diego area? If you do,
then it would
> >be great to meet this Friday or Monday if you are free.
> >
> >I lead the Minciu Sodas laboratory http://www.ms.lt for
independent thinkers
> >around the world.  We have quite a few participants who are also
active in
> >Global Learn Day, including Janet Feldman, Anthony Diaz, Leonard
Boniface,
> >Edward Cherlin and more.
> >
> >It would be great to meet and talk how we might work with you
throughout the
> >year.  We have a very vibrant system of online working groups but
would like
> >to make better use of audio and video such as with video bridges
and
> >podcasts.
> >
> >I share my letter with Pamela McLean's working group on "learning
from each
> >other" with special emphasis on ICT for Africa and learning how
to work
> >together when one participant has full Internet access and another
> >participant has marginal Internet access.
> >
> >My phone number is +1 (773) 569-9852 and I am staying in Carlsbad
and I plan
> >to visit UCSD and can drive to the city.
> >
> >Andrius
> >
> >Andrius Kulikauskas
> >Minciu Sodas
> >http://www.ms.lt
> >ms@...
> >
> >
> >Each letter sent to Learning From Each Other enters the PUBLIC
DOMAIN unless it explicitly states otherwise
http://www.ethicalpublicdomain.org  Please be kind to our authors!
> >Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
>

-----Original Message-----
From: fdkayiwa
Sent: Feb 2, 2007 6:40 AM
To: learningfromeachother@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [learningfromeachother] Re: Andrius: Meet with John Hibbs of Global Learn Day?

--iwould like to be an active member here
ineed your advise am from uganda- In
learningfromeachother@yahoogroups.com, Janet Feldman <kaippg@...>
wrote:
>
> Dear All,
>
> Hello and Happiest New Year, Skipper! Already looking forward to
GLD in October, and Pam, Jeff, and I had a terrific time this past
October. We hope Lenny and many others will join us (Lenny was not
able to make it in 2006), including Andrius (who participated in
2004).
>
> I am ccing Holistic Helping (my own forum within Minciu Sodas), as
I hope and expect to involve a number of African members there in
2007. I've been organizing the Africa segment for a few voyages, and
been a "mate" on several earlier journeys in the African region
portion of the voyage. Holistic Helping also has a focus on ICTs, so
hope you'll cc us in future in terms of GLD correspondence,
Andrius!
>
> And that you'll meet with John...I had hoped this past year that
there might be some involvement by MS and related members/forums
from Europe, too (ie besides Africa), so hope that will transpire in
2007, as it would truly be "to inspire"!
>
> With all best wishes and blessings, and yours in sailing spirit,
Janet
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: ms@...
> >Sent: Feb 1, 2007 12:28 PM
> >To: skipper@...
> >Cc: learningfromeachother@yahoogroups.com
> >Subject: [learningfromeachother] Andrius: Meet with John Hibbs of
Global Learn Day?
> >
> >Dear John Hibbs,
> >
> >I am wondering, do you live in the San Diego area? If you do,
then it would
> >be great to meet this Friday or Monday if you are free.
> >
> >I lead the Minciu Sodas laboratory http://www.ms.lt for
independent thinkers
> >around the world. We have quite a few participants who are also
active in
> >Global Learn Day, including Janet Feldman, Anthony Diaz, Leonard
Boniface,
> >Edward Cherlin and more.
> >
> >It would be great to meet and talk how we might work with you
throughout the
> >year. We have a very vibrant system of online working groups but
would like
> >to make better use of audio and video such as with video bridges
and
> >podcasts.
> >
> >I share my letter with Pamela McLean's working group on "learning
from each
> >other" with special emphasis on ICT for Africa and learning how
to work
> >together when one participant has full Internet access and another
> >participant has marginal Internet access.
> >
> >My phone number is +1 (773) 569-9852 and I am staying in Carlsbad
and I plan
> >to visit UCSD and can drive to the city.
> >
> >Andrius
> >
> >Andrius Kulikauskas
> >Minciu Sodas
> >http://www.ms.lt
> >ms@...
> >
> >
> >Each letter sent to Learning From Each Other enters the PUBLIC
DOMAIN unless it explicitly states otherwise
http://www.ethicalpublicdomain.org Please be kind to our authors!
> >Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
>