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Sickle Cell Disease-a quick update and recap!

Submitted by nikki on 13 May 2010 - 12:52pm
Meeting of Sickle Cell Disease Members Originally uploaded by Dadamac Community At the end of 2009 I became aware of John Dada's tremendous determination to tackle the scourge of Sickle Cell Disease in rural Nigeria, where he attends the needs of a community numbering more than 100,000. For those unfamiliar with this disease, it takes the form of an inherited blood disorder. It is incurable but, with good resources, can be successfully managed and controlled. Basically the condition affects red blood cells to the extent where they adopt a sickle shape - giving this nasty disease its name. The main...

Dadamac Foundation and the Internet - update

Submitted by Pamela on 12 May 2010 - 1:38pm
Hi Elaine, Frances, Henry, John, Cicely, Marcus, Andy, and Nikki Some of you know each other, some of you don't - but you will have started to know each other a bit by the time you have finished reading this. I think you will all find it helpful to have a shared picture of where Dadamac Foundation is now, regarding its use of the Internet. I will not try to do detailed people-to-people introductions, because as we work together you will learn who people are and how they fit in. Nikki and I plan to feature different projects in turn...

Good news really does come in threes!

Submitted by nikki on 7 May 2010 - 11:28pm
There was a lively and informative skype (typed) chat this week at the Wednesday's weekly online meeting between the Nigerian and the UK Team. There was indeed triple good news this week The UK were delighted to learn that the JAWS training at Fantsuam Academy is provisionally scheduled to start 28 June. Cecily, a VSO at Fantsuam Foundation also kindly emailed the UK the article written by Reuben Buhari, a reporter for This Day. Fantsuam Foundation had received a full page and with a photo! (If I can find an online link to the article from THISDAY's website I will...

Good news really does come in threes!

Submitted by nikki on 7 May 2010 - 11:28pm
There was a lively and informative skype (typed) chat this week at the Wednesday's weekly online meeting between the Nigerian and the UK Team. There was indeed triple good news this week The UK were delighted to learn that the JAWS training at Fantsuam Academy is provisionally scheduled to start 28 June. Cecily, a VSO at Fantsuam Foundation also kindly emailed the UK the article written by Reuben Buhari, a reporter for This Day. Fantsuam Foundation had received a full page and with a photo! (If I can find an online link to the article from THISDAY's website I will...

Following the Wednesday Agenda!

Submitted by nikki on 1 May 2010 - 12:11pm
Wednesday's weekly UK-Nigeria online meeting proved markedly different from many of our recent conferences - as we were finally able to follow our stated agenda! For all the right reasons, the majority of our latest sessions have been diverted off course as our friends at Fantsuam Foundation announced a string of new initiatives and successes. Please See recent blogs All of that has been extremely welcome, of course, and we look forward to many more developments. But on this occasion we were able to complete our affairs in a timely and efficient manner with a return to what might be...

Following the Wednesday Agenda!

Submitted by nikki on 1 May 2010 - 12:11pm
Wednesday's weekly UK-Nigeria online meeting proved markedly different from many of our recent conferences - as we were finally able to follow our stated agenda! For all the right reasons, the majority of our latest sessions have been diverted off course as our friends at Fantsuam Foundation announced a string of new initiatives and successes. Please See recent blogs All of that has been extremely welcome, of course, and we look forward to many more developments. But on this occasion we were able to complete our affairs in a timely and efficient manner with a return to what might be...

Bridge building - academics and practitioners

Submitted by Pamela on 26 April 2010 - 1:03pm
Dear Ismael Thank you for your rapid response to my initial comment on your blog. I am glad that you know first hand the differences in the two cultures (ie of academics and of practitioners). I agree completely that “bridging these two realities (which they are) is usually not an easy thing to do”. If there are to be any bridges it seems we have to be active bridge builders. I feel that, like you, I am sometimes in one culture and sometimes in the other, and at present my journeys between the two realities have to be made without...

A Community Pulling Together

Submitted by nikki on 23 April 2010 - 9:48pm
John Dada gave the UK team a huge boost at the latest online meeting with our Nigerian counterparts when he spoke of the generosity being displayed by local Zenith bank workers. Fantsuam Foundation banks with Zenith and John had earlier been asked to speak to their staff about the enterprising and vital work undertaken by our sister organisation. Members of the bank's staff were kindly able to pledge their support this month to 10 grandmothers on the Foundation's The Kakas Programme (Kakas translates as ‘grandmothers’ in Hausa). My understanding of this vital programme is that it serves grandmothers who have...

News update from the Wednesday Meeting

Submitted by nikki on 16 April 2010 - 10:13pm
This week's online UK-Nigeria meeting include the welcome news from John that Fantsuam Foundation (FF) has been nominated by the World Bank, through USAID, to be a food distribution centre for supplementary nutrion for children under age of 10 in Kafanchan. John went on to explain that FF will be distributing the food to other NGOs to send to their communities. USAID will provide the food and FF will monitor its effect on the children. The UK eagerly awaits seeing the photos of the food being delivered. Feedback from the various special interest groups (SIGs) was also given: Sickle Cell...

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