Mois : janvier 2007

SchoolNet Namibia is a local hands-on ICT deployment, training and support organization, and the successful provision of innovative computer technologies and internet to over 300 schools since 2000 has led SchoolNet to become a lead organisation in national ICT policy-making in Namibia. SchoolNet Namibia is an exemplary role model for sustainable provision of ICTs across the education sector in Africa.

SchoolNet has pioneered the adoption of appropriate and affordable school computer technologies, the use of free and open source software solutions, creative commons licensed educational content, and (unique in Africa) significantly discounted flat-rate 24/7 (wireless) Internet service provision in partnership with local telecommunication agencies, and solar-powered school computer laboratories. The Namibian government recognises SchoolNet Namibia as a key player in the roll-out of ICTs in education and job creation, toward its National Development Plans for 2000-2010.

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Linked with Léonie Barakomeza – Burundi, and with Twishakira amahoro.

SFCG Burundi: In the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide in 1994 and in response to ongoing instability in the Great Lakes Region, Search for Common Ground (SFCG) opened its first office in Africa in 1995 in Burundi’s capital Bujumbura. With satellite offices in Ngozi and Makamba, SFCG in Burundi operates a national programme that uses a variety of mutually enhancing methods targeting multiple sectors of society. Through community peace-building and media work, SFCG in Burundi informs and educates the public about pertinent issues, builds the capacity of journalists and civic leaders, and strengthens the potential for inclusive participation in local communities. SFCG in Burundi consists of the radio-production facility Studio Ijambo, the Community Outreach Team, and the Victims of Torture Project.

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Linked with Promoting the Rights, Voices and Visions of Indigenous Peoples, with Texts about Economy and Indigenous Peoples, with Indigenous Webs for Information, and with Texts about Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights.

IGI is a Research and/or documentation group. Leading research in Indigenous and in de-colonization within our own communities. The Research group is focusing on Indigenous de-colonization relative to the Americas and the Pacific Rim, at present. Each of the members of this working research group and activists are Indigenous to North America (Mexico-U.S.-Canada) and the Pacific Rim:

• Margo Tamez is Indigenous Lipan Apache of the Land Grant community of South Texas (formerly Nuevo Santander, formerly Mexico, formerly Spain, and always Indigenous) and Spanish colonist families … on her mother’s side, she is also Indigenous Jumano Apache of West Texas.Ayano Ginoza is an Indigenous Okinawan.
• Michelle Jack is Indigenous Okanagan and Irish.
• Christina Garcia is Indigenous Mestiza.
• Jody Pepion is Indigenous Blackfeet.
• David Warner is Indigenous de-tribalized of Coastal First Nation and Chicano heritage.

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Linked with Martine Bonny Dikongue – Rwanda.

(website available also in deutsch, français and espanol).

Contact:

InWEnt – Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung (Capacity Building International, Germany) gGmbH: This is synonymous with human resources and organisational development in international cooperation. Its education, exchange and dialogue programmes that offer places for about 55,000 individuals every year make InWEnt a very large-scale joint undertaking of the German Federal Government, the federal state (Länder) governments and industry. The courses offered by InWEnt address specialists, executives and decision-makers in industry, politics, administration and civil society. InWEnt works with partners in developing countries, transition states and industrialised nations.

Short Profile;
Capacity Building;
InWEnt and the Business Sector;
Publications;
Learning in Germany.

Programs from Germany: We offer young people the chance to gain professional experience worldwide, either during their training or thereafter. This is a unique opportunity for them to get hands-on experience of foreign cultures and of the working world in other countries. Our exchange and scholarship programmes serve to improve the foreign-language and intercultural skills of young people, to expand their technical know-how, and to help them develop their own personalities. They address primarily young Germans, but can, under certain circumstances, be open to citizens of other EU countries and young people who have their first place of residence in Germany. Students and junior employees from Germany and the European Union, who would like to go abroad within the framework of development cooperation, will find a wide range of options in our ASA Program.
(Read much more on the different pages of our website).

Linked with Neema Mgana – Tanzania., and with The African Regional Youth Initiative ARYI.

The website ‘http://www.intcouncil.net/‘ is actually not working, but the International Council for Global Initiatives is mentionned on the following six Websites:

On this page of the African Regional Youth Initiative:
In an effort to expand its organizational philosophy and programs globally, ARYI, in collaboration with other organizations, have joined to form The International Council for Global Initiatives. The Council fosters effective cross-regional collaboration at the international level and innovative program design focusing on three themes: women’s empowerment, youth participation, and community development. For information about The International Council for Global Initiatives please read more at http://www.intcouncil.net/

On another page of the African Regional Youth Initiative:
Miss Mgana is an aspiring and committed young African activist who promotes social and political change in Africa. As an undergraduate student, she co-founded an Aids organization to serve children affected with HIV/Aids in Tanzania. In 2002, she founded the African Regional Youth Initiative, an organization working with hundreds of youth and community-based organizations all over Africa on social, economic and political issues facing the continent. She is the co-Executive Director of the International Council for Global Initiatives (http://www.intcouncil.net) and is presently completing an Internship/fellowship program at the United Nations secretariat in New York.

On the Newsletter of the School of Health Information Science, University of Victoria:
Miss Mgana is an aspiring and committed young African activist who promotes social and political change in Africa. As an undergraduate student, she co-founded an Aids organization to serve children affected with HIV/Aids in Tanzania. In 2002, she founded the African Regional Youth Initiative, an organization working with hundreds of youth and community-based organizations all over Africa on social, economic and political issues facing the continent. She is the co-Executive Director of the International Council for Global Initiatives (www.intcouncil.net) and is presently completing an Internship/ fellowship program at the United Nations secretariat in New York.

On Africa-Nets, African Network for Health Research and Development:
I have just heard the most wonderful news from Neema Mgana (ARYI, GYCA, International Council for Global Initiatives, ISCA), and wanted to pass this along to a number of forums, so that we can all congratulate her and take pride in her considerable achievements and the honor she has received. BRAVO and huge hurrahs, Neema! This nomination and recognition could not go to a more committed activist or to a better person.

On un.org/youhsummit/pdfs … A report by Clement Bwalya … :
circumstances. Founder and director of African Regional Youth Initiative, and the Co-Executive Director of the International Council for Global Initiatives (http://www.intcouncil.net/); presently completing an internship/fellowship program at the United Nations secretariat in New York. « I am a Tanzanian by birth but an African at heart. My interest is in the development of Africa’s future by mobilizing youth efforts to combat present day challenges while giving rise to hope and unity. Somthing extra about me… I am a last born, which means that I pretty much get my way! »

On http://www.intcouncil.net/: no access for the moment, sorry / le website n’est pas accessible pour le moment.

No other information accessible to me for the moment.