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Overcoming the digital divide

Submitted by nikki on 11 December 2011 - 11:06pm
A glitch with Skype meant that the Nigerian posts from this week’s UK-Nigeria team meeting were significantly delayed. However, as this is now an increasingly rare occurrence it gave us an opportunity to test previously relied upon communication channels. So, with a mixture of Skpe typed messages, sms, emails and Yahoo, here is this week’s update. John reported that Comfort is in Abuja for a meeting with the World Bank pertaining to the rice business development service project which they had previously supported in June. Fantsuam Foundation is expect to host a team from the Minnesota Renewable Energy from January...

Martin Luther Day -sharing the vision

Submitted by nikki on 27 November 2011 - 8:53pm
During this week's UK-Nigeria online meeting John Dada , CEO of Fantsuam Foundation , shared with the team his vision. John told us: " I woke up this morning with this thought that I could get youths from opposing camps to come together to rebuild one of the homes that was destroyed in the violence...I see this as an opportunity for a landmark in some symbolic activity that can draw a line under the cycle of violence and genuine peaceful dialogue begins..an activity to mark Martin Luther Day in January. The Background The fragile peace that held after the April...

Plastic Recycling Project Phase Two

Submitted by nikki on 23 November 2011 - 10:34am
The problem John Dada: "The safe disposal of plastic waste is a perennial problem that gets worse by the day, so we have to be committed to efforts to control it". The solution The idea is for a 3 month feasibility study which covers the following issues in preparation for setting up a pilot production unit: 1 Identify the density and nature of the waste. 2 Evaluate the specifications and market for plain tiles and the economics of production 3 Evaluate the demand for rain-water harvesting systems that could be produced from the tiles, potential market outlets and economics of...

Non - Violent Communication strategy for conflict resolution

Submitted by nikki on 20 November 2011 - 11:58pm
Following the post election violence In April a medium sized NGO in Kafanchan (where it was considered to be safer in Jos) has been trying to address the sectarian problems. With the trust of large sections of both communities it has been practically offering positive interventions such as the Kafanchan peace market and the Feeding programme for the Muslim Street children. However it is already overstretched and despite its proven track record it has applied for various aid and submitted proposals with out much joy. Here is one of the interventions that they were asking people to support in November...

Weekly update

Submitted by nikki on 9 October 2011 - 11:08pm
John Dada in his typically understated manner told us during our usual Wednesday online meeting that: “Not much going on around here today except ......... “The ongoing ESSPIN and PATH2 projects Today we start the HIV Peer educators project, and HelpAge International would like us to collect [the] "voice" of my grandmothers (Kakas) as an input into the UN Review of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing and its Political Declaration, MIPAA . We are also expecting a team from the American Embassy: the Humanitarian Assistance Team they want to become familiarized with the Fantsuam Foundation and the...

Youths as Peer Educators to stop spread of HIV/ AIDS in Kafanchan

Submitted by nikki on 4 October 2011 - 8:10pm
John Dada informed us that : " UNICEF in collaboration with Fantsuam Foundation and the National Youth Service Corps organized a 5-day Peer Education in August 2011 for 120 school youths from the Zipak, Bayanloco, and Ungwa Masara communities. Fantsuam staff members Emmanuel Katung and Julius Joseph were facilitators. The workshop trained the youths on the dangers and prevalence of the HIV/AIDS in the target communities and covered the following topics a. Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Gender Based Violence b. Reproductive Health and Personal Hygiene c. Types of sexual Relationships d. Negotiation assertiveness and sexuality e. STIs, HIV and AIDS...

Feedback from rural Nigeria

Submitted by nikki on 4 September 2011 - 11:23pm
Oritamefa Baptist Model School, Ibadan is one of the biggest school in Ibadan metropolis. Fola (who has only had his laptop for two weeks) visited the school to help teachers with the configuring of their system He was also the first to let us know about the flooding in Oyo State and sent us some photos. Dadamac has helped Fola obtain his laptop with the help of an loan through Fantsuam Foundation's microfinance bank. Once the interest free loan has been repaid by Fola the intention is that the money will be lent out again. During our weekly UK-Nigeria meeting...

Fantsum reaching out

Submitted by nikki on 21 August 2011 - 9:05pm
As usual, this week’s UK-Nigeria online meeting proved a real gem. Feedback from John suggests the community is becoming used to the new realities of slow business output in the wake of the post-election conflict. He reports that the Kafanchan Peace Market traders are gradually getting their businesses going again, with some of venturing into new businesses areas. Twelve of the 27 traders are Muslims and these women have negotiated with Fantsuam Foundation to defer their loans until after Ramadan. In recent blogs I have documented the loss of experienced staff from Fantsuam, mostly as a direct consequence of the...

A community helping itself

Submitted by nikki on 15 August 2011 - 4:12pm
This week’s online meeting between the UK and Nigeria teams marked another step forward because it drew upon additional technology. As well as our usual Skyped/typed conversation we used sms/phone messages to check the situation at FF in the light of John’s uncharacteristic absence. The fact John had not sent us an explanatory email as is his custom had caused us to speculate as to whether there was a problem. However, the team in the UK (based in London and Leeds) were able to contact Comfort at Fantsuam (rural Nigeria) and she reassured us that all was OK, aside from...

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