“Sponsoring organisations of Balesa and El-Adi boarding facilities could not incur watering expense since the nearest water point is 98 kilometres away across the desert in Horr town. Parents have shifted together with their children in search of water for livestock during the December holidays and they might not return quickly for opening of schools…”–Marsabit [...]
While catching up on some of my blog feeds the other day, I stumbled on a great post by Ethan Zuckerman about his recent trip to the iHub in Nairobi. Ethan did a wonderful job, in his often wordy manner, portraying the essence of the iHub from a bird’s eye view. I am very interested [...]
[This is part of a series of posts that will extend through the entire year of 2009 twice monthly according to my original post "My pledge to Kiva for 2009". To view all of my Kiva projects, take a moment to check out my Kiva lending page.] In this week’s Kiva Pledge Update I am [...]
The following exciting events are coming up in April. If you have a relevant event in 2009 you would like to have added to my list, please let me know. Name: WhereCampAfricaWebsite: http://www.wherecampafrica.org/Location: Nairobi, KenyaDate: April 4th, 2009 Name: Next Web ConferenceWebsite: http://2009.thenextweb.com/Location: Amsterdam, The NetherlandsDate: April 15th-17th, 2009 Name: Africa GatheringWebsite: http://www.africagathering.org.uk/Location: London, EnglandDate: [...]
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