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News of the rescued Children

Submitted by nikki on 8 March 2011 - 11:45am

This update, about some of the children that Fantsuam Foundation recently rescued in rural Nigeria, was kindly sent by Frances. "You may remember that in December 2009 the HD (HIV Department) 'rescued three children - two brothers and a sister . Both their parents had died (the mother from AIDS) and their uncle had left them in the care of his wife in the village while he remained at work in the city of Kaduna. Unfortunately financial pressures on the family meant that these children were not welcomed and they were blamed for any misfortune in the family and finally...

Update about the Almari 'Street Children'.

Submitted by nikki on 5 March 2011 - 11:03am

This is the latest report from Frances - which further illustrates the support that Fantsuam Foundation offers its disadvantaged and diverse community. Last Friday we ( Frances the author and John) went to visit the Almajari who are being supported by Fantsuam Foundation. Almajari are young boys who leave their families to live with a mallam or teacher. They support themselves by seeking alms of money and food around the town and live with the mallam's family in his compound and receive a religious education there. There may be differing views within the community about whether it is right for...

Talking Tractors!

Submitted by nikki on 2 March 2011 - 8:51pm

The talk was of tractors at this Wednesday’s weekly online meeting between the UK-Nigeria team. The tractor for Attachab has been much anticipated.Dadamac in the UK first heard about its possible arrival a month or so ago and we were wondering what the delay was. However, we were shocked and disappointed to learn that Fantsuam had in fact been waiting patiently for two years. It appears that Government procedures are delaying the delivery of the tractor. The scheme is meant to provide a new subsidised tractor. Fantsuam needing to pay 40% and the Government to pay 60% of the cost...

Talking Tractors!

Submitted by nikki on 2 March 2011 - 8:51pm

Networks within networks

Submitted by Pamela on 28 February 2011 - 1:45pm

I am very aware at present of the networks I am part of, how they are relating to each other, how to best enable our networking online, etc - I think of the dadamac commuity, its core groups, its wider network, the other networks I belong in, the overlaps between them and so on. iCentro Today (Monday 28th February) I have a Skype chat with Randy Fisher, exploring Dadamac in the context of iCentro RSA Tomorrow is my first meeting as a fully paid-up RSA fellow–a meeting to meet other new fellows in London. Wednesday Wednesday is our regular UK...

From hailstones to child protection

Submitted by nikki on 28 February 2011 - 12:02am

Skype delays tried to de-rail our weekly online meeting between rural Nigeria and the UK. However, one of the benefits of using typed skype messaging is that when there is a time lag the participants are able to write up their input for the various agenda items (which is emailed to us a few days before the meeting). The information is then eventually posted and can be read by everyone. The delays which were intermittent meant that the meeting overran by 40 mins but the format meant that those who needed to ‘leave’ on time could do so. The Meeting:...

Women and finance in rural Nigeria

Submitted by nikki on 23 February 2011 - 3:29pm

During today's weekly online UK-Nigeria meeting we learned that Comfort was absent as she was being interviewed for the TV! John went on to explain that the local TV station of the Nigerian Television Authority wanted to interview her as she is a role model for entrepreneurship. It was agreed by the team that Frances would also 'interview' Comfort on her return and send us some details. Below is Frances' report. "Comfort returned today exhilarated from her TV interview about the challenges of being responsible for a family as well as following a career. The interview was supposed to take...

Eyewitness account of Sickle cell screening

Submitted by nikki on 22 February 2011 - 10:37pm

Today Frances sent the UK her second eyewitness account of the Sickle Cell screening programme. The photo shows one of the earlier monthly meetings of the SC disease support group. Here Fant suam Foundation offers advice and support to this group. This meeting was held under the mango tree at the fish farm. I believe that the numbers are increasing each month and when I last asked - towards the end of 2010 - there were @ 100 people attending. " I went for 'my' second sickle cell screening exercise on Sunday, 20th February. Rather than being in a fairly...

Fantsuam News

Submitted by nikki on 21 February 2011 - 10:06pm

The UK-Nigeria meeting enabled an hour of information exchange with the arrangement that more updates were to follow during the week. Attachab: John informed us that he is still waiting for the government to enable the delivery of the tractor. Furthermore, the arrival of the ‘Bamboo builders’ was delayed because of the need to find a convenient house for them near to Attachab. We were told that a house had been found and following some renovations should be available at end of the week. Reubens, the supervisor will arrive on Saturday, and the bamboo should arrive by Monday. The worrying...

Opening of the new HIV Building

Submitted by nikki on 20 February 2011 - 8:14pm

The photo shows John Dada sitting in front of the two thatched round huts in the background that Frances mentions in her report below about the opening of the new HIV clinic which is now on this site "Karen Mehring from the American Embassy came to Fantsuam Foundation yesterday (17th February) to officially open the new clinic building which was built with financial support from one of the American Ambassador's small grants. On the site of the new clinic used to be a small round mud hut built in the traditional style with a low door way, a thatched roof...

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