International Development/Peace Building stuff... Mostly
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According to blogroll links it ranks 8430 and 8338 according to the amount of links within Afrigator blog posts
A month old, but very exciting news for JfJ in Uganda: Google SMS to serve needs of poor in Uganda From the Google blog: Today is a big day for the Google Africa team for several reasons. We’re announcing an exciting partnership between MTN Uganda, the…
Senate may modify foreign aid policy | Agweek: Still not my grand return, but I saw this on Aid Watch’s twitterfeed, and wanted to comment. The Bumpers Amendment is in no way a support of international development. To refuse to allow aid money from USAID aka United States Agency for
Foo Fighters, HIV Deniers: This isn’t my grand return to blogging. That will be made with my critique of IC, post Gulu meeting. It’s coming. I promise. I just felt this needed to be shared in as many outlets as possible. It’s insanely dangerous for a band with the exposure
Once I get my life in order, I’ll have real posts. Until then, it’s good to be home.
I’m currently sitting in Amsterdam, waiting on my connection to Entebbe. I said I would have a couple of posts the other day, but it didn’t happen. Desole. I was considering and even began setting up a separate blog for my time in Uganda, this summer, but I decided that
Poverty is not a human rights violation -- Aid Watch: This is a great post by Bill Easterly, of White Man’s Burden fame, over at his blog, “Aid Watch”. It deals with the problems faced when attempting to lump poverty and human rights together, as Amnesty International has done in
It appears that Educate!, which I’ve talked so much about, is getting some much deserved national recognition. Educate!’s founder, Eric Glustrom (who founded the organization when he was only 17-years old), will be on the CBS Early Show, tomorrow morning. Congrats to Eric and everyone at Educate!. Also, be sure
“This week, it is time for young artists of Goma to EXPRESS themselves. They are drawers, painters, musicians, dancers, and they have decided, through their art, to spread the word about the war that is ravaging their country.” - Voices of the youth from Eastern Congo: “EXPRESS” — Condition: Critical
I know I’ve mentioned Educate! a few times, and there’s good reason. Educate! is an awesome organization using culturally relevant social enterprise projects to empower students in Uganda to be leaders for their community. You can check out what I’ve said about them before, here. Well, I’m mentioning them again because,
Uganda: Police Deploy More Traffic Officers: My favorite line is: He explained that the deployment was made after the Police realised that some drivers do not respect traffic laws when they are out of the city centre. Am I to assume that Kampala police think that motorists obey
Not following anyone at the moment.
