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Fantsuam spreads its wings

Submitted by Frances on 7 March 2013 - 12:03pm
ICT4D This 'alphabet soup' stands for Information and Communication Technology for Development Plan, launched in Abuja in May 2010. Nigeria participates in this develoment programme in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Community for Africa. John, who is part of a sub-theme group for rural development and deployment, attended a meeting last week and was asked to assist some other states to develop their own ICT policy appropriate to their local situation. Consequently John is travelling this week and next to Oshun state and Niger state to help others with their ICT development. I reported a a few weeks back...

Improving internet access, gender balance and foods for hypertension.

Submitted by Frances on 28 February 2013 - 3:20pm
The many varied concerns of Fantsuam Foundation in Nigeria: Internet access John had to leave the regular weekly Dadamac meeting on time in order to get to another meeting at a nearby village. An IT expert was expected from Jos to give among other things definie costs for the eqipment required for the local consortium to set up their bandwidth project. This project has been given extra impetus as the Government has made it a national requirment for all students to have internet access. It is incredible to learn that due to its enterprise and innovation, Fantsuam Foundation has better...

Toilets and gas!!

Submitted by Frances on 13 February 2013 - 1:55pm
Market toilets At the meeting on Tuesday John told us about the latest progress in providing pay-as-you-go toilets in the new market in Kafanchan. Pam described in her earler blog the Sulabh toilets in India which have many environmetal advantages. These will be the model for the ones in the market in Kafanchan-developed after the old market was burned down during the tragic religious violence of a few years ago. Bako and John went to visit the Local Government Chairman and Chief who gave their support to the project and its planning approval. Bako has been working in the US...

Market toilets, waste plastic, CISCO costs and the rest of the news from Kafanchan

Submitted by Frances on 10 February 2013 - 2:51pm
New blogger in training! I'm Frances Dada, writing my first blog to report back on the UK-Nigeria Dadamac meeting held last Tuesday, 5th February. I spent three years in Nigeria with VSO in the eighties and have visited Fantsuam Foundation in central Nigeria many times since its beginnings around 2000. I am Fantsuam Foundation's link person in the UK based in Leeds. Daily life in Kafanchan As usual John had to dip in and out of the Dadamac meeting due to the many demands on his time. On Tuesday when we held the meeting it was the woman who is...

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