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Talking Rubbish....again!

Submitted by nikki on 9 May 2012 - 12:12am
"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". These were the words of John Dada in 2010 and at last it seems that Fantsuam Foundation will be leading by the way as it tackles this perennial problem with the help of Ron Dennis of Developing Technologies and his University students aided by funding from Comic Relief. The last details are being finalised now for the initial 3 month feasibility study and at this week’s UK-Nigeria meeting John informed us, via email,...

Storm at Ago-Are

Submitted by nikki on 2 May 2012 - 10:55am
This week the UK-Nigeria meeting concentrated on the Dadamac outpost in Ago-Are which is run by Fola Sunday. Earlier in the week we had heard from Fola that during the Chelsea/Barcelona match a terrible storm had struck the area. Additional photos sent by Fola can be viewed on Flickr . In a later Yahoo chat with Pam, Fola informed us that, had people been asleep and not watching the match, many lives would have been lost. I recommend that you read Pam's edited highlights of their conversation . However, the destruction and damage caused by the storm has resulted in...

John Dada in the UK!

Submitted by nikki on 25 April 2012 - 9:32pm
This week’s UK-Nigeria meeting was a very special event. It provided the UK team with a rare opportunity to meet face-to-face with John Dada, respected CEO of the Fantsuam Foundation and Dadamac Nigeria. The meeting was kindly sponsored by London’s Westminster Hub, which very generously made its space available to us for free. And the invited guests made the most of the opportunity by enjoying an open and wide-ranging conversation with John, who was able to offer us a unique depth of information. Steve Podmore ably and informally interviewed John, who at one point delivered an informative history of how...

Diagnostic Achievement

Submitted by nikki on 18 April 2012 - 11:17pm
All too often North Nigeria features in the press for all the wrong reasons, Boko Haram attacks and corruption just to name two. So it is a real privilege to be communicating weekly with Fantsuam Foundation, who under the leadership of John Dada is a positive example of integrated development, despite its ongoing battle for proper and sustainable funding. However, John surpassed even himself this week when he shared some extra details about the new Zipak Research Laboratory. As a former paediatric nurse myself, the significance of a diagnostic laboratory in this rural impoverished host community is a stunning breakthrough...

Developments at Fantsuam

Submitted by nikki on 11 April 2012 - 9:32pm
Despite being in Abuja, John Dada was able to come online to greet us during this week’s UK-Nigeria meeting. John had been asked by a representative of the Michigan State University to discuss starting a dry run of the Fantsuam Foundation ’s Zipak Laboratory next week (pictured above) and was in discussions in Abuja to do this. John also shared with us the following updates via email. Both PATHS and ESSPIN programs are continuing apace. Comfort added that the PATHs team is on mentoring visits and ESSPIN starts activities again next week. The Clinic expansion work being sponsored by the...

Kafanchan Crisis

Submitted by nikki on 4 April 2012 - 8:41pm
By the Southern Kaduna NGO Forum Title: Opportunity to Fast-Forward Development. Date: 3rd April 2012 BACKGROUND The full impact of the sectarian crisis that swept through some communities of southern Kaduna, is just beginning to be felt. The rows of burnt homes, businesses vehicles still litter the streets. Food security in homes has been severely affected. Children are unable to go to school because parents cannot pay their fees; the elderly and other vulnerable members of the population are most hard hit by the lack of shelter, food, medicines. This submission is not looking at the remote and long-standing and...

Aftermath of sectarian crisis still being felt.

Submitted by nikki on 4 April 2012 - 8:08pm
"The full impact of the sectarian crisis that swept through some communities of southern Kaduna, is just beginning to be felt. The rows of burnt homes, businesses vehicles still litter the streets. Food security in homes has been severely affected. Children are unable to go to school because parents cannot pay their fees; the elderly and other vulnerable members of the population are most hard hit by the lack of shelter, food, medicines". THe above words are taken from the presentation that John Dada was making on behalf of the Southern Kaduna NGO Forum to the Kafanchan Peace and Reconciliation...

CDE, Alternative Academia, and me.

Submitted by Pamela on 29 March 2012 - 11:50pm
I have benefitted greatly, in my thinking and knowledge, through attending the lunchtime seminars organised by CDE (the Centre for Distance Education) at London University. This week it was a workshop: Finding and Evaluating Open Educational Resources. If the topic of OERs interests you then the link is well worth clicking. It includes a useful slide share of the presentation that happened before we did our practical. Definition If you want a good definintion of OERs see slide 3. I was glad to see it includes the wonderfully wide ranging "resourcss contained in digital media collections from around the world"...

CDE, Alternative Academia, and me.

Submitted by Pamela on 29 March 2012 - 11:50pm
I have benefitted greatly, in my thinking and knowledge, through attending the lunchtime seminars organised by CDE (the Centre for Distance Education) at London University. This week it was a workshop: Finding and Evaluating Open Educational Resources. If the topic of OERs interests you then the link is well worth clicking. It includes a useful slide share of the presentation that happened before we did our practical. Definition If you want a good definintion of OERs see slide 3. I was glad to see it includes the wonderfully wide ranging "resourcss contained in digital media collections from around the world"...

CDE, Alternative Academia, and me.

Submitted by Pamela on 29 March 2012 - 11:50pm
I have benefitted greatly, in my thinking and knowledge, through attending the lunchtime seminars organised by CDE (the Centre for Distance Education) at London University. This week it was a workshop: Finding and Evaluating Open Educational Resources. If the topic of OERs interests you then the link is well worth clicking. It includes a useful slide share of the presentation that happened before we did our practical. Definition If you want a good definintion of OERs see slide 3. I was glad to see it includes the wonderfully wide ranging "resourcss contained in digital media collections from around the world"...

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