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Cormac’s African Diary June 26th-June 29th 2010
CORMAC’S AFRICAN DIARY
JUNE/JULY 2010
One of my main objectives in writing this diary is to give people,
unfamiliar with the developing world, some sense of the realities
faced by Camara in trying to deliver our educational program to
schools in Africa. Occasionally the problems we face, and that I
describe in all their gory detail, might paint Africa (and [...]
The Development Book Corner
This is pretty self-explanatory. All part of my endeavours to make the Africa section a bit more interesting by the day
If you’ve any comments please post below
New Africa Stuff on the Website
A bunch of new stuff has just gone up under the Africa section. Firstly all of the Mainstreaming material that’s been developed is under Our Work in Africa/Development in Africa. There’s also a really good new Jeffrey Sachs video up where he talks about the importance of ICTs
Children see computers for the first time
Greetings on behalf of the Pupils and Staff of St Mary’s Primary School Papiri, Niger State, Nigeria. Last summer I collected 40 Laptops from you at Camara and shipped them to Nigeria. They arrived in December and I was able to install them in the School before Easter of this year.
Since there is no electricity [...]
I found this pretty funny
And because it’s got excellent Development credentials I’m ok to post it!
http://aidwatchers.com/2010/08/be-careful-what-you-get-searched-for/
How ‘good’ is Camara?
I’m thinking a lot about this stuff at the moment. Whenever people are deciding to donate to a charity or support them in any way, they always make some sort of value judgement about them.
What I find frustrating at times is that many people form these judgements based on the brand of an organisation. [...]
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No thanks! ;)
Once a month, the wheels turn and the process of loading the container occurs. We would like to thank all of those who contribute to turning these wheels. If your mentioned, pat your own back, your brillant and thank you.
Thanks Ita for processing the laptops. We believe that a busy volunteer is a happy volunteer [...]
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Camara epic poem
This was genuinely for an application. An ‘epic story’ in 2 pages about Camara under the set headings. Yes I am a 12 year old
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Saturday Closing
As the staff member rostered for this coming Saturday, I would like to wholeheartedly welcome the courageous and insightful decision to close the workshop on that date…
Cormac’s African Diary June 30th-July 2nd 2010