Life in northern Uganda implies living within what essentially amounts to genocide. Since 1987, the Lords Resistance Army has been engaging in activities to overthrow the Ugandan government, with innocent civilians bearing the brunt of their brutal tactics, often via the forced kidnapping and recruitment of child soldiers. This piece documents how one organization, Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief (CPAR) has been training those released from captivity to use information and communication technologies (ICTs) to rebuild their livelihoods.
This short film documents a training workshop in Zanzibar, Tanzania organized by the Association for Progressive Communication. The three day workshop trained over 40 people from throughout eastern Africa on how to build and maintain wireless networks for their own projects, and among other skills, taught them how to make their own wifi antennas out of fruit tins.
2006. Length: 7:22. English/French with English subtitles.
Between November 28 and December 2, 2006, over 100 telecentre practitioners met in Porto Novo, Benin for the Telecentre Leaders Forum. The aim of the gathering was to develop a spirit of networking, learning and collaboration within the African telecentre movement, but also to share and address common challenges, and to gain practical skills. The forum was unique not only for the breadth of participants and the context they work within, but also the participatory methodology used to determine the agenda throughout the five days. This piece illustrates both this process and what happened over those five days.
2006. Length: 16m51s. English/French with English subtitles.
Between November 28 and December 2, 2006, over 100 telecentre practitioners met in Porto Novo, Benin for the Telecentre Leaders Forum. The aim of the gathering was to develop a spirit of networking, learning and collaboration within the African telecentre movement, but also to share and address common challenges, and to gain practical skills. The forum was unique not only for the breadth of participants and the context they work within, but also the participatory methodology used to determine the agenda throughout the five days. This piece illustrates both this process and what happened over those five days.
2006. Length: 12m11s. English/French/Arabic with English subtitles.
Between December 5 and 7, 2006, telecentre stakeholders from North Africa and Middle East met in Cairo, Egypt as part of an ongoing telecentre.org study on the status of telecentres in the region. Thirty-five participants from key initiatives and development partners attended the workshop, which marked telecentre.org’s entry into the region. Participants agreed to network within the region, as well as to connect with other telecentres around the world. Activities that emerged from the workshop include the translation of telecentre.org site into Arabic, the creation of an Arabic version of Telecentre Times (http://www.ugabytes.org/telecentretimes /), and content development and telecentre training.
2006. Length: 12m11s. English/French/Arabic with English subtitles.
Between December 5 and 7, 2006, telecentre stakeholders from North Africa and Middle East met in Cairo, Egypt as part of an ongoing telecentre.org study on the status of telecentres in the region. Thirty-five participants from key initiatives and development partners attended the workshop, which marked telecentre.org’s entry into the region. Participants agreed to network within the region, as well as to connect with other telecentres around the world. Activities that emerged from the workshop include the translation of telecentre.org site into Arabic, the creation of an Arabic version of Telecentre Times (http://www.ugabytes.org/telecentretimes /), and content development and telecentre training.
In 1998 war broke out in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Since then, ountless millions of people have been displaced, denied an education or access to health care. As many as four million people have lost their lives.
More than 20 years since the discovery of the AIDS virus, and despite huge advances in the prevention and treatment of the disease, AIDS is still decimating communities across Africa. This is the story of one such community.
More than 20 years since the discovery of the AIDS virus, and despite huge advances in the prevention and treatment of the disease, AIDS is still decimating communities across Africa. This is the story of one such community.
In the first of a series of mini-films, Excellent Development explains how its approach to creating development through conservation is benefiting communities in Kenya.
In addition to exploring each individual element of the charities holistic approach to soil and water conservation, these films also offer a valuable insight into how Sand Dams, a key element of Excellent Development’s approach, represent an effective and necessary small-scale approach to strengthening communities’ long-term sustainability.
Whilst being critical to improving water supplies, food production, health and incomes for communities in semi-arid Kenya, sand dams are also a grassroots answer to fighting climate change, a benefit recently reinforced by the release of the government commissioned Stern Report.
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