[UgaBYTES] The International Workshop on Sustainable telecenterworkshop 17th- 20th June 2008

[Dean Mulozi]

Hi Shadrack, 
Thank you Shaddy. 
The workshop report is till under construction and will be available to all of us. 
We will continue to inform you of any developments. 

I think we have a lot to share from India and East Africa and indeed telecenter.org 


Dean Mulozi,   
ZAA-ICT/SATNET Regional Facilitator,   
Private Bag 195x Ridgeway,   
Lusaka,   
Zambia.

Contact Phone:   260 211 234 627 
Mobile:          260 978 034196
 


--- On Mon, 6/30/08, B. Shadrach <bshadrach at telecentre.org> wrote:

> From: B. Shadrach <bshadrach at telecentre.org>
> Subject: Re: [UgaBYTES] The International Workshop on Sustainable telecenterworkshop 17th- 20th June 2008
> To: ugabytes at lists.ugabytes.org
> Cc: traore at cta.int, r.rud at infobridge.org
> Date: Monday, June 30, 2008, 9:31 PM
> Dear Dean
> 
> Thank you for this update, which we gladly acknowledge. 
> Please do share the
> report on this workshop whenever convenient.
> 
> Warmest regards
> Shaddy
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ugabytes-bounces at lists.ugabytes.org
> [mailto:ugabytes-bounces at lists.ugabytes.org] On Behalf Of
> Dean Mulozi
> Sent: June 30, 2008 6:24 PM
> To: ugabytes at lists.ugabytes.org
> Cc: r.rud at infobridge.org; traore at cta.int
> Subject: Re: [UgaBYTES] The International Workshop on
> Sustainable
> telecenterworkshop 17th- 20th June 2008
> 
> Dear Collegues, 
> I write to send our gratitude to particiopants from East
> Africa Telecenter
> movement during oor recently ended International Telecenter
> Workshop held at
> Creta View Hotel, Lusaka, Zambia. 
> Your active participation and inputs during the event will
> continue to
> inspire the Telecenter practitioners around Africa and
> particulary for us in
> Southern Africa where more have to be done in terms of
> knowledge sharing,
> networking and demostration of ICT initiatives to stimulate
> social and
> economic development in Africa. I trust that we will
> continue our
> collaboration in this area and encourage all of us to take
> what was
> discussed in the workshop much higher and in the end use
> these initiatives
> to address our social and economic needs. 
> I owe my appreciation to our development partners i.e CTA
> and Telecenter.org
> as well as IICD and Infobridge who made the event a
> reliality. 
> Our programme was a realy a success. 
> 
> As SATNET is being born in Southern Africa, I trust that
> more collaboration
> will be required. We need more inputs to shape our destiny
> through online
> information exchange and E-forum. 
> 
> Thanks to you all, 
> 
> Dean Mulozi,   
> ZAA-ICT/SATNET Regional Facilitator,   
> Private Bag 195x Ridgeway,   
> Lusaka,   
> Zambia.
> 
> Contact Phone:   260 211 234 627 
> Mobile:                  260 978 034196
>  
> 
> 
> --- On Thu, 6/26/08, Kiirngai Kamau
> <kiringai at willpower.co.ke> wrote:
> 
> > From: Kiirngai Kamau <kiringai at willpower.co.ke>
> > Subject: Re: [UgaBYTES] The 5th EATLF in Sudan a big
> success!? SO What
> next?
> > To: ugabytes at lists.ugabytes.org
> > Date: Thursday, June 26, 2008, 11:21 PM
> > Joseph,
> > I did not read this earlier but no reflections are as
> > accurate as yours. It
> > is not about what comes from where, it is what we are
> each
> > doing for the
> > betterment of our communities.
> > 
> > Your presence was loudly missed but the focus on own
> > circumstances is the
> > only solution to what should be. We however need to
> know
> > the benefit of
> > networking so that we share knowledge and avoid
> spending
> > too much time doing
> > what others have done, which is the reason the
> telecentre
> > forums are
> > critical for our growth. The ability of donors to chip
> in
> > with a few
> > resources to facilitate such forums is critical. 
> > 
> > My impression about myself and my organization, which
> > espouses sentiments
> > similar to yours, is that the meeting was beneficial
> and
> > that I should have
> > been in all forums called b y the EATLF.
> > 
> > Remember you came for one in Nairobi and I did not
> attend?
> > I must admit that
> > I was and have been wrong.
> > 
> > We all need to be there and share.
> > 
> > What NEXT for us?
> > I am working to create a business network within some
> > selected countries to
> > support a UNIDO initiative that is working to promote
> women
> > and youth in
> > business. Contrary to what you could be thinking, it
> has no
> > money to our
> > organization, but it will create a framework within
> which
> > knowledge and
> > exchange of information shall be the driving force.
> The
> > Women Chamber of
> > Commerce in Tanzania shall be an actor in this, and
> would
> > expect to bring in
> > the TTN in the fold of the project. SIDO in your
> country is
> > the country
> > coordinator and the contact person is Happiness
> Mchomvu
> > <happymchomvu at yahoo.co.uk> at SIDO.
> > 
> > We are developing a telecentre network around
> agriculture
> > in Kenya and will
> > be seeking partnerships with other telecentres to
> create a
> > business linkage
> > model around telecentres... can your communities tell
> us
> > what they deal in
> > so that we can link them up with our consumers? Kenya
> is
> > hungry if you read
> > the news media on world food situation!
> > 
> > You are involved in energy and there is a lot of focus
> on
> > this sector. Can
> > we get to know what knowledge can be shared from your
> > organization to the
> > other actors in the region? IF we do this, then we can
> > change "from the less
> > to more" story.
> > 
> > Good day
> > 
> > Kiringai Kamau
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ugabytes-bounces at lists.ugabytes.org
> > [mailto:ugabytes-bounces at lists.ugabytes.org] On Behalf
> Of
> > fadeco at satconet.net
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 2:20 PM
> > To: ugabytes at lists.ugabytes.org
> > Subject: [UgaBYTES] The 5th EATLF in Sudan a big
> success!?
> > SO What next?
> > 
> > Dear All,
> > 
> > Thank you very much for your reflections on the
> outcomes of
> > the recently
> > concluded EATLF in Khartoum, Sudan. I have read
> through the
> > observations and
> > comments from the majority of those that attended.
> > 
> > 1. Commitement and Zeal of the people on the ground: I
> have
> > noted with deep
> > appreciation, the commitment and active participation
> of
> > our friend there ,
> > Ahmed Eisa. Indeed he is a champion. We do not stop
> here.
> > We need champions
> > who DO THINGS with or without. Dean Mulozi in Zambia
> is
> > also taking a
> > similar lead with SATNET. I commend these efforts.
> Sudan
> > has gone an extra
> > mile as you know, extending ICTS beyond the ordinary
> to
> > include handicapped
> > people and other marginalized users.
> > 
> > 2. Less talk and musch doing: Imagine the Telecentre
> > academy or its model
> > has been in existence in the Sudan for so many years
> ago,
> > yet we are trying
> > to re-invent the wheel in East Africa.  Apparently,
> many
> > things have been
> > modelled on "financial handouts from funding
> > agencies" without much local
> > initiative.Or what I can say, most projects are
> springing
> > up because a
> > certian donor has some funds to support. The
> telecentre
> > academy therefore is
> > not a new creative invention- therefore our focus
> should
> > not be on praising
> > ourselves for the new idea, but to operationaliswhat
> is
> > already working in
> > Sudan.
> > 
> > 3. My compliments to Ahmed in Sudan for what everybody
> > says: "Ahmed Eisa was
> > everything we needed in Sudan... He secured visa,
> > accomodation, meals and
> > run around through the event to ensure everyone was
> happy.
> > He did not sleep
> > at all on the day participants left Sudan even when
> things
> > did not work out
> > following the plae crash.. ...".Ahmed please,
> receive
> > my personal thanks for
> > your good example. We can honour you by replicating
> what
> > you did in our
> > respective circumstances.
> > 
> > 4. We need champions,with ideas and with the heart of
> the
> > Telecentre within
> > themselves.
> > 
> > At FADECO we are trying our best. We do not have to
> the
> > resources (that we
> > would otherwise need for our advancement) nor do we
> have
> > the language of the
> > "people with the money". We tailor our moves
> and
> > projects on the existing
> > and emerging needs within our communities.For example,
> one
> > of my personal
> > philisophical aspirations are:
> > 
> > a) I would not wish to see things remain "as they
> were
> > in the beginning, are
> > now and ever shall be, world without end...
> amen". On
> > the other hand, I am
> > also propounding the following:
> > b) Africa is characterised as a country where
> "people
> > live on less than a
> > dollar a day". This song should get out-dated. It
> is a
> > sad story that this
> > is so. Now with the food prices rising and the fule
> prices
> > making the world
> > run mad, we need to querry:
> > 
> > What is the contribution of the telecentre movement in
> > making the world a
> > better place to live in.... We need we in the movement
> to
> > ensure that:
> > 
> > In let us 5 years to come, african are living on more
> that
> > USD 5 per day;
> > etc..
> > 
> > 
> > Well these are my some of my personal
> > reflections.....................and
> > wish to thank al those made it to Sudan. Ahmed thank
> you
> > very much for your
> > personal contribution, which all affirm made the event
> a
> > success. Of course
> > we applaud others that have made in the past like the
> > friends in Kenya and
> > our team in Uganda.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Joseph sekiku (Ashoka Fellow).
> > Manager
> > FADECO TELECENTRE
> > P. O. Box 223
> > Karagwe- Kagera region
> > Tanzania
> > Tel/Fax: +255 28 2223024 (office)
> > Tel: +255 28 2223033 (FADECO RADIO- STUDIO)
> > Cell: +255 754 605682
> > 
> > Skype ID: jsekiku
> > Yahoo ID: sekiku2002
> > 
> > 
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