Pamela's Blog

John Dada is very seldom in the UK, but on November 25th he will be in London. If you have an interest in the work that John does at Fantsuam Foundation and the work we do together as Dadamac then you are welcome to come and join us. Details here - please note that you will not need to be a fully paid up member of the GlobalNet21 group to attend this single meeting - but you will need to register as we have to give names to reception in advance. If you have any problems registering please contact me...

Andy Wales' article on "From development goals to global targets?" in Guardian Professional has overlap with work in Dadamac, I was interested in what he wrote about 'post 2015' goals, "getting a good job" and "education" because everything I do has some relationship to 21st century lifestyles, life-long-learning, and livelihoods, Andy Wales wrote: At the recent Africa Economic Summit in Cape Town, one of the themes .. was the 'post 2015' goals... when the existing Millennium Development Goals expire in 2015. I spoke at an event ... where the audience seemed divided ...(some favoured) an emphasis on economic growth –...

This post was previously published on September 27, 2010, on posterous. (It's reproduced here because posterous no longer exists.) Why Dadamac? Dadamac - the Internet-enabled alternative to top-down development. John Dada and I set up at Dadamac because we saw a need for easier and more effective collaboration between "outsiders" and the grass-roots. The problem We observed many projects and interventions where people in “the developed world” were doing something “in Africa”. Despite being well resourced many projects seemed poorly rooted in reality, and thus of dubious relevance and minimal long term benefit. Despite lots of websites and talk about...

Tomorrow I plan to be at the event Neo-Nomadism and the Lifestyle Hackers which is part of the Transeuropa Festival European Alternatives Not quite my age range Given its emphasis on youth I did have some doubts about attending, but I signed up, adding this note to the organisers: Hope its okay to join in this despite not being the target age range, but these are issues very dear to my heart. I need to come and learn all the good ideas people have at present. Anything to do with "21st century lifestyles, life-long-learning, or livelihoods" is central to my...

This overview of current initiatives and ideas in Dadamac, is related to lack of employment opportunities in Nigeria and elsewhere. The focus is on youths, but our concerns are in fact wider than that. Dadamac Knowledge Centre - a practical reponse Dadamac Knowledge Centre - Dadamac Knowledge Centre - Learning for Livelihoods is a local response (at Fantusam in Nigeria) to provide tertiary education and vocational training to local youths. It's in its early stages, but will be embedded in Fantsuam Foundation's many existing integrated community development initiatives, and will also connect with local businesses. First Thursday and a widespread...