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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...

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...

News from UK-Nigeria meeting

Submitted by nikki on 13 November 2011 - 11:44pm
At this week’s UK-Nigeria online meeting John Dada was able to update us about the important work that he and Fantsuam Foundation are doing for the elderly woman in their community. Previously we had heard about the ongoing Kakas (grandmothers) programme and John had recently told us the Helpage International had asked FF to collect some of the "voices" of the Kakas to input into the UN Review of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing and its Political Declaration, MIPAA. Focus groups have now be organised so that we can listen to and learn from these Grandmothers. John...

Kafanchan Violence erupts again

Submitted by nikki on 10 November 2011 - 2:16pm
Sadly I have just received this updated report from John Dada of Fantsuam Foundation (ten minutes ago). Earlier today John had alerted us to the trouble flaring up again in Kafanchan. The photo shows the old Kafanchan Market which was burnt down during the previous violence in April . In Kafanchan, there has been a scale down of military presence in recent weeks, an indication that the authorities think some normalcy has been restored. But last week Saturday there were reports of what appeared to be reprisal killing of women and children worshippers in a village church near Zonkwa. Then...

E-readers and rural Nigeria

Submitted by nikki on 6 November 2011 - 11:01pm
This week’s weekly UK-Nigeria meeting resulted in an interesting discussion with John Dada and the team about primary education and ICT4D. Pamela McLean fed back to the team that Tim Unwin posted in ICT4D World Innovation Summit for Education The team is currently exploring WorldReader - an eLearning tool that introduces eBooks to school children. It is being piloted in Ghana, but not yet in Nigeria. Fantsuam Foundation together with Dadamac has started a dialogue with Worldreader which is in its very early stages. The Worldreader project is large scale and a challenge for us is to see what scale...

Trying to prevent a famine

Submitted by nikki on 30 October 2011 - 11:07pm
The second half of this week’s UK-Nigeria weekly online meeting took a slight departure from the norm as we invited Ray who, in his own words, explained that he has “ a 20 year commitment to supporting violence reduction work and agriculture/climate change work/famine prevention in West Africa”. This experience is of significant to John Dada and his team who are looking to develop an integrated plan that addresses the roots of the conflicts in Kafanchan and Jos. John is also currently seeking supports/funds for his latest intervention which is aimed at “Preparing for the Hunger Months in Kafanchan: aftermath...

Trying to prevent a famine

Submitted by nikki on 30 October 2011 - 11:07pm
The second half of this week’s UK-Nigeria weekly online meeting took a slight departure from the norm as we invited Ray who, in his own words, explained that he has “ a 20 year commitment to supporting violence reduction work and agriculture/climate change work/famine prevention in West Africa”. This experience is of significant to John Dada and his team who are looking to develop an integrated plan that addresses the roots of the conflicts in Kafanchan and Jos. John is also currently seeking supports/funds for his latest intervention which is aimed at “Preparing for the Hunger Months in Kafanchan: aftermath...

Good news from Fantsuam

Submitted by nikki on 23 October 2011 - 9:54pm
Two pieces of good news provided the highlight of this week’s UK-Nigeria meeting. The first was that the peer educators projec t was starting that very day. The second was that officials from the French Embassy - who were visiting Fantsuam Foundation (FF) at the time of last week’s meeting - had agreed to resume funding for the Attachab project. John Dada told us that in principle the project has been approved and Fantsuam are now mobilising workers to the site. He further informed us that the French Embassy had reduced the previously-discussed budget by 20% (this was all put...

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