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A busy week at Fantsuam

Submitted by nikki on 30 August 2010 - 12:03am
News of an assortment of comings and goings kicked off this week’s online meeting between the UK and Nigeria teams. We were told of the imminent departures of three of the VSO team members who have provided such invaluable service at Fantsuam. At the same time, we were informed of some new arrivals and the welcome new appointment of a Programs Manager. In addition to this during our busy hour online, we also covered topics ranging from Sickle Cell. screening, bandwidth issues,and beekeeping! Cicely, Lauri and Dori We were sad to be reminded by John that Cicely, Lauri and Dori,...

Nutritional and Educational support for OVCs at Ube Primary School Ungwa Yanshi

Submitted by nikki on 21 August 2010 - 10:24pm
NUTRITIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL SUPPRT FOR OVCs AT UBE PRI SCHL UNGWA YANSHI Originally uploaded by Dadamac Community Our weekly UK-Nigeria team meeting opened with the exciting news that Fantsuam Foundation VSO volunteer Teleri was about to be interviewed on BBC radio. It was a marvellous opportunity to spread the word, and we were later told that she had proved a great ambassador for FF and Dadamac - and had even persuaded the Radio Northampton interviewer to publish links to our website from the station’s own page! Elsewhere, one of the week’s main Project updates came from Edi and concerned the...

Nutritional and Educational support for OVCs at Ube Primary School Ungwa Yanshi

Submitted by nikki on 21 August 2010 - 10:24pm
NUTRITIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL SUPPRT FOR OVCs AT UBE PRI SCHL UNGWA YANSHI Originally uploaded by Dadamac Community Our weekly UK-Nigeria team meeting opened with the exciting news that Fantsuam Foundation VSO volunteer Teleri was about to be interviewed on BBC radio. It was a marvellous opportunity to spread the word, and we were later told that she had proved a great ambassador for FF and Dadamac - and had even persuaded the Radio Northampton interviewer to publish links to our website from the station’s own page! Elsewhere, one of the week’s main Project updates came from Edi and concerned the...

Attachab: A new appointment !

Submitted by nikki on 15 August 2010 - 6:01pm
Attachab Originally uploaded by Dadamac Community One of the benefits of using a Skype typed conversation for the weekly UK-Nigeria meetings was demonstrated this week. For despite not being present (and because I was invited in my absence) I have been able to look at the archive, catch up with the news from Fantsuam Foundation, and consequently write this blog! Firstly, the Dadamac team welcomed Jim, the new VSO volunteer. Jim will be helping John Dada develop the site at Attachab over the next 6 months. Having visited Attachab and met the village chief on Monday, Jim told us all...

Attachab: A new appointment !

Submitted by nikki on 15 August 2010 - 6:01pm
Attachab Originally uploaded by Dadamac Community One of the benefits of using a Skype typed conversation for the weekly UK-Nigeria meetings was demonstrated this week. For despite not being present (and because I was invited in my absence) I have been able to look at the archive, catch up with the news from Fantsuam Foundation, and consequently write this blog! Firstly, the Dadamac team welcomed Jim, the new VSO volunteer. Jim will be helping John Dada develop the site at Attachab over the next 6 months. Having visited Attachab and met the village chief on Monday, Jim told us all...

Dadamac Digest - July 24th - August 10th

Submitted by Pamela on 10 August 2010 - 9:21pm
A quick catch up of what has been going on in the last couple of weeks - also published at Dadamac's Posterous (it's from my viewpoint so apologies for lots of paragraphs starting "I"). First Thursday Andrius had given me the software for the worknets chatroom but I have yet to find a server for it, so First Thursday has moved to Skype for now. The August session covered a lot, so I tried to share First Thursday August in some detail. First Thursdays are changing shape. For the first couple of years First Thursday was just "me at home...

Broadband for Nigeria (BB4NG)

Submitted by nikki on 5 August 2010 - 11:54am
John Dada kindly sent this information to the UK, in an email, as we were holding our weekly Skype online UK-Nigeria Meeting in respose to the UK requesting an update from the meeting. AllVoices Article Vanguard Article PRELIMINARY REPORT OF BROADBAND FOR NIGERIA (BB4NG) STAKEHOLDERS FORUM held on Wednesday July 28, 2008 in Abuja RELEASED TO THE PRESS AS PUBLIC INFORMATION NIGERIANS WANT BREAD AND BROADBAND!

Broadband for Nigeria (BB4NG)

Submitted by nikki on 5 August 2010 - 11:54am
John Dada kindly sent this information to the UK, in an email, as we were holding our weekly Skype online UK-Nigeria Meeting in respose to the UK requesting an update from the meeting. AllVoices Article Vanguard Article PRELIMINARY REPORT OF BROADBAND FOR NIGERIA (BB4NG) STAKEHOLDERS FORUM held on Wednesday July 28, 2008 in Abuja RELEASED TO THE PRESS AS PUBLIC INFORMATION NIGERIANS WANT BREAD AND BROADBAND!

A Diverse Wednesday Meeting!

Submitted by nikki on 5 August 2010 - 11:06am
Our weekly meetings are always eagerly anticipated as so often the information that the UK receives from Nigeria is of such high calibre. This week was no exception. In fact it poses a problem for me - how best to captivate all the information about the various developments at Fantsuam Foundation ? As a result I have decided to do a brief blog now, which will just give the gist of this week’s online UK-Nigeria meeting and I will then follow this up with smaller blogs about the individual projects. First John Dada sent us some information about the recent...

'Our Sabo' to meet Obama!

Submitted by nikki on 1 August 2010 - 8:24pm
Local diginitary Hands out a couple of Certs. Originally uploaded by Dadamac Community Congratulations to Sabo! Sabo has been choosen to be one of 3 Nigerians to meet President Obama. I can think of few people who could represent his country's needs and aspirations better....go Sabo! Please see Ifedayo Adebayo's article and Jane Morse's article I first 'e-met' Sabo in 2008 when he was working with John Dada at Fantsuam Foundation . He was instrumental in helping Dadamac set up the first GIMP (photo editing) course at FF. This later developed into devising a Cameras4Communication course. It was from these...

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