
The (OKN) project, which ALIN and AfriAfya
are implementing with support from One World International, UK,
was officially launched at the World Summit on Information Society
Conference in Geneva on 10 December 2003. During the launch the
project showcased how local content sharing has already shown
practical benefits to disadvantages communities where it is being
implemented.
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Dr Kulubi addresses participants
during the workshop |
The development of the information and communication
sector has continued to influence ALIN's operating environment.
In this regard, ALIN-EA
has teamed up with other Kenya Civil Society Organisations to
form the Kenya WSIS Civil Society Caucus to lobby for an all-inclusive
sustainable ICT policy in Kenya and to join other African CSOs
in defining an all-inclusive information society at the World
Summit on Information Society (WSIS). With support from the International
Development Research Centre (IDRC), the Caucus organized, a 3-day
national ICT policy-training workshop for civil society organizations
in Kenya and 2-day Stakeholders Consultative Forum .
Click
here for the workshop report (Pdf 834 KB)
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Participants in a group discusision |
ALIN-EA organised
a networking workshop in July this year. The main objective
of the workshop was to encourage the network's members to
share experiences and lessons learnt, deliberate on sustainability
of the network's focal groups approach and to develop a
joint regional networking action plan.
Click
here for the report (Pdf 1.63
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ALIN-EA promotes
the Worldspace satellite technology which, enables people
in remote areas in Africa, Asia and Latin America to access
web-based text and images from the satellite without the
use of phone line, as a viable option for remote areas in
Eastern Africa.
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By donating a radio to ALIN
for placement, you will enable thousands of marginalized
communities in access useful information on development.
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BAOBAB
is
ALIN-EA's main tool for information dissemination. It is
published three times a year and is written by the members
for the members. subscribe
here»
You
can now read Baobab 39, the latest edition of ALIN-EA's
networking journal that is published three times a year.
Drip Irrigation
Extension Manual.
This
manual was developed at a participatory workshop that brought
together drip irrigation practitioners from 14 different
organisations in the East Africa region to share their approaches
and experiences.
CD-ROM
on dryland agricultural practices.Contains
a collection of articles previously published in our network
Journal, Baobab over the past 15 years and features simple
technologies and approaches tried and tested by different
communities across the Sahel.
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