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Dadamac Foundation is a registered charity and we used to think it only had "something to report" if it had raised some money (such as in 2012 when we supported the " Fast Tractor " appeal). We were wrong to think that, and now we know better. We (the three current trustees) considered what would be lost if we wound up Dadamac Foundation and stopped all the related things we're doing. We recognised that what we do is more about information and communication than raising money - but at present the "non-financial" work doesn't show up under Dadamac Foundation, despite...

World Health Day celebrations Fantsuam celebrated World Health Day by inviting some of the Kakas, the elderly grandparents whom it supports, to a discussion on health matters over lunch. Mercy, Fantsuam’s communications officer, was fully occupied in making all the logistical arrangements including providing transport and lunch to make the day a success. The theme for this year’s World Health day was vector borne diseases and the Kakas learned about two diseases which were particularly relevant to their community - malaria and river blindness. The Government needs to be aware of the needs of the elderly when considering measures to...

Hi Andrius - I'm gathering together some thoughts and resources ready to start studying under your supervision. 1 - An online learning experiment 2 - Expectations 3 - Various levels of complexity and area(s) of study 4 - Previous work - and some ongoing work 1 - An online learning experiment We've agreed to doing this online learning experiment together, and we've exchanged a couple of emails about it (in the public domain) and had a couple of Skype calls. We've agreed that I'm your student and you are my supervisor. Exactly what that will look like will emerge over...

Walking home tonight I was imagining how different my life would be if I had my own information ("info") agent. How would I describe the job to a potential applicant for a start? I guess the easiest thing it to compare it to a diary secretary - but instead of filling in the diary before-hand my info-agent would fill it in for me afterwards. More like Samuel Pepys diary - but with tags and suchlike Thanks to my info-agent I'd have the kind of journal that Samuel Pepys had as his diary - but I wouldn't have to write it...

Dadamac is at another transformative stage. It's time for a review of who we are, where we are, and where we seem to be going. This description is a "beginners guide" and also an overview for people who already know some parts of Dadamac well and want to see where they belong in the bigger picture. It covers how things flow together and where they go separate ways (so it's not short). The sections are: 1 - Dadamac - the name 2 - John and Pamela working together 3 - Other influences and Dadamac Open Knowledge 4 - Dadamacademy 5...