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LiA CAN! group craft production program development

Posted to: Life in Africa-Global by Evvy Bryning (118), Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:23:39 PST
Edited: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 03:04:15 PST
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Tags:  artisans crafts lifeinafrica products program uganda
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This thread is discussing development of the Life in Africa Cooperative Artisans Network (LiA CAN!)

More online about this program at http://lifeinafrica.com/can/

[Edited by group owner: Christina Jordan on 27 Nov 2007 03:04 PST: .]


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By Christina Jordan (163), Sun, 20 Jan 2008 06:30:29 PST
Edited: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 06:44:59 PST
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Attention all NEDsters, LiA Kireka members and LiA Gulu members

This pre-announcement of a planned ned voting process to select Ugandan community proposed skills training projects that Life in Africa will raise funds for this year is for all of you!

WE CENTERS!!: start registering as many of your community members as you can at ned.com to enable their voting rights in this process.

I've asked Haney to take a look at the following contest description to offer some advice on how it would need to be managed. Before finalizing and announcing the start date for proposal submission I would like other folks' views as well - especially those of you who have participated in previous funding allocation processes, and those of you who might already have ideas for training you want to champion in Uganda.

Can this work? Are there any adjustments you think might be necessary? Or ways we can enhance the process described?

LiA CAN! Skills training workshop proposals (Q1-2008)

Life in Africa’s Cooperative Artisans Network program provides assistance to communities of African craftmakers for skills training, group production opportunities and product promotion.

Life in Africa Foundation is now accepting proposals from LiA partner CBOs in Gulu and Kireka, for LiA CAN! group production skills training workshop ideas. A grand total of 6 proposals for member skills training workshops will be selected through a participative programming process, to receive fundraising assistance through the Life in Africa WE Network for implementation during the 2nd and 3rd quarters of 2008.

Proposal Submission & Funding Procedure:

1. Online Champions

Every proposal submitted in this Q1 2008 round of participative Life in Africa programming must have an online champion who is a Life in Africa CBO member in Kampala-Kireka or Gulu. No project champion may represent more than 2 projects in this competition. CBOs are encouraged to strategize among your membership to develop a range of proposals that represent skills training that members want.

2. Draft submissions required by 15 Feb

All workshop proposals must be posted online by the project champion in a workspace that links to a corresponding proposal discussion in the LiA-global group at ned.com, by no later than 15 February 2008.

3. Final submissions due by 1 March

Discussion between project champions and the global community at ned.com is encouraged for the purpose of refining the proposals through 1 March and rallying voter support. All proposal workspaces will be locked on 1 March, to enable global and Ugandan members of ned.com to vote during a 1 week online poll for their favorite LiA CAN! workshop ideas.

4. Voting period at ned.com 1-7 March

Every ned.com member who is registered by 1 March 2008 will be entitled to vote for their top 2 favorite skills training workshops until 7 March 2008. Participating CBOs are encouraged to register as many members as possible at ned.com prior to 1 March to enable their online voting rights in this process.

5. LiA fundraising for top 3 voter favorites - mid march through full funding

In March, Life in Africa will launch online fundraising campaigns for the winning 3 skills training workshop ideas voted on by ned.com members. Chip-in fundraising campaigns will be established and promoted at lifeinafrica.com, ned.com, and facebook, for implementation during the 2nd quarter of 2008 (April-May-June) on a schedule of 1 workshop per month, in the order they are fully funded.

Fundraising campaigns for the next 3 winning skills training workshop ideas will be launched through the Life in Africa WE Network in June, for 1 workshop/month implementation in the order they are funded during the 3rd quarter of 2008 (Jul-Aug-Sep).

A new round of participative programming for LiA CAN! production skills development training to take place in 2009 will take place during the 4th quarter of 2008, and will invite additional LiA partner CBOs to submit proposals.

6. Center overhead fees and reporting requirements for winning proposals

In creating fundraising campaigns for the winning proposals, an additional amount will be added to each workshop budget to include a contribution to center overhead costs for hosting the training and independent internet4change event reporting.

In addition to independent reporting organized by Life in Africa Foundation, each project champion will additionally be expected to add post-event comments to the proposal discussion at ned.com that answer the following 5 questions:

  • What went right with the workshop plan?
  • What went wrong or could have gone better?
  • How many people attended & what did they learn?
  • What was the overall best outcome from the workshop?
  • What do you think members plan to do with their new skills?

Failure of any project champion to add the answers to these questions within 5 days of a workshop that has been financed through LiA will disqualify that individual from participating in the Q4 2008 participative programming process as a project champion.

7. Competitive voter selection only (no quotas for participating CBOs)

There are no award quotas for either of the participating CBOs – as long as no individual champion submits more than 2 workshop proposals, each CBO membership is invited to submit as many proposals as they can as a group, and to win as many of the 6 fundraising campaigns as they can gain local and global community support for at ned.com. The merit of each proposal will determine which CBO receives LiA fundraising assistance for which skills training workshops in 2008, and on what schedule.

8. Proposal Template & Instructions

Your proposal must include the following information 1. proposed workshop subject 2. leaders, participants & skills involved 3. proposed trainer(s) and training schedule 4. itemized workshop budget 5. member opportunity analysis

Proposals are also welcome to include links, photos and/or video to enhance the proposal workspace presentations.

Find additional tips and instructions in the LiA CAN! training workshop proposal template at Q1_liacan_workshop_template

(haven't made the template yet... awaiting feedback on the contest structure outlined above from all of you)


By Christina Jordan (163), Sun, 20 Jan 2008 06:59:31 PST
Edited: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 07:01:19 PST
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Here is a specific questions I'd like some opinions on:

Would we rather discuss all of the proposals in one thread or discuss each proposal in a different discussion thread? If you have a preference, please explain why. I am on the fence.

By Linda Nowakowski (196), Sun, 20 Jan 2008 13:53:22 PST
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Just for the sake f time commitment potentially) I would prefer separate threads. If I am interested in one or two projects and don't have time to sift through a single active thread, I could still provide open support for the projects I was interested in.

By Ndelo Peter (89), Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:23:18 PST
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I too think it is better on separate threads because it gives some one time to focus on a specific proposal other than going through many proposals on thread and you end up misplacing the comments.

By Jesca Wassa (110), Mon, 21 Jan 2008 05:30:07 PST
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It's more easy to have it on separate threads so that members are not confused to deceide where to go and to see where they are intrested in these proposals.

By Christina Jordan (163), Mon, 21 Jan 2008 07:48:34 PST
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ok that's what I thought too. But now another question. Where would it be best to conduct the proposal process?

In the LiA Global group?

In the NedUganda group?

In a special group set up for LiA community proposal processes?


By Linda Nowakowski (196), Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:50:25 PST
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NedUganda seems like the right place to me.

By Grace Ayaa (91), Wed, 23 Jan 2008 04:25:18 PST
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I also think NedUganda will be okey, may be this will help us keep to the already exsisting threads, since people sometimes tend not to visit all the threads when they have alot to do.

By kilama george (8), Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:13:01 PST
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I just want to comment wthat people they prefer separate threads. project some time is good but at timesi is not good, the reason why am saying that is , if the majority dose not want those particular projec, they may go where they want. so is better to move with people together whenever they want.

By Ezra obiga (146), Fri, 08 Feb 2008 01:40:20 PST
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thanks all for the comments,i would like to know,if there is any kind of help please it will be very grateful. -is it possible to help this community member to improve thier lives positively by buying the crafts that they make like the beads consterntilly? - can some one come up with any kind of product,weather in crafts or any thing that the members can make to rise funds that can bring a big impact to there lives? i asked this because for the type of the community that we have is a community of people how need to see that there is something to do and they will do it for as long as it will change thier lives positively but if you tell them to think for what they can do,it wont be very easy. most of these people from the displaced camp over here cak do well thing to with craf,they do not need things to do with coping notes cause the majority of them dindn`t go to school so it is realy ont easy for the to do things out side craft.

By Grace Ayaa (91), Fri, 08 Feb 2008 04:21:46 PST
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Ezra am sure there are skilled people like you and many others who are there to help them make plans on what to do, to achieve business skills would not require someone to first go to school, so if all of you sit down with the members and think of what items can be locally sold here for example the soap project which can easily be sold here and maybe candles. These do not require so much level of education if not non at all. Or possible I may not know this very well, Is there a lot of writing in the training for the above mentioned items ? Then let's try and think of those that will not require so much literacy.

By Ndelo Peter (89), Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:10:44 PST
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Apart from craft that has less local market, the only thing that the community can produce for local consumption are soap products, candle and tie and dye atleast these can be consumed locally. another thing that the locals can do but not craft is bakery but all these need survey on how it works including primary and secondary factors.

By Evvy Bryning (118), Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:23:57 PST
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Good suggestions Peter. I really think we need to get some plans going as soon as possible. Someone there has to take the initiative and write up a simple proposal with a starting budget.

By Jesca Wassa (110), Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:57:25 PST
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Here what i can add is that if we have come up with some thing we know that it will work out and no one knows how to do it, we can send some one to be trained than comes back to train the community. I mean the product the will make the community to benefit from it.

By kilama george (8), Wed, 13 Feb 2008 06:22:25 PST
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You guys your giving a very good ideas we have very many things which atleast if we can come up with one or three we can do something wonderful .

like Fruit preservation, like pinaple,pwopow,bananas, mango ,etc and maybe if we can also start the produce the community can benefit out of it. And maybe like motor circle ( boda boda ) the community can benefit.


By Linda Nowakowski (196), Wed, 13 Feb 2008 06:41:05 PST
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Christina is very tired after touring farms and lecturing about 70 people all about you all.

BUT She wanted me to write a note and tell everyone how proud she was to see all the LiA activity on here!

It is late here and we were up talking last night til 2 am and I am beat so headed off to blankets and bed.

Be well and thank you for allowing me this time to share with Christina and Norbert!


By Lars Hasselblad Torres (102), Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:37:26 PST
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What fun! glad to know you are together, learning and sharing. I look forward to seeing how this effort plays out.

By Grace Ayaa (91), Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:49:19 PST
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George and Ezra , it would really be nice to see you two taking on the lead to work on the feasibility of all these items that we are talking about. I know the soap had already widely been talked about in the past so it's just a matter of rekindling it.

By Ezra obiga (146), Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:38:31 PST
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Thanks so much madam Grace,on the soap,i think munnu did a big job by giving out all the details concerning soap whwere every one was so excited about it to an extent that he was only waiting for the money/capital for the production to commence so, here now we are,that we have now to take another person for the training to get the skills so that he/she can go forward with the soap project from where munnu stoped. As for the candle,know one knows what is going on,up to now it hasn`t yet started to so,here i had thought about making,presaving of fruiets such as the pinaples,powpow,mangos,bananas and then pack them and then sale them.I choose this because i think it can have both the local and international market.here in uganda-kampala,i know so far afew people doing this kind of bussines otherwise, alot can be said that it can be made but it`s time we did some thing to so the impact ot it to the community and the people in it thanks to you all the discasants and if there is any kind of correction in all that i said plaese fill free to correct or add your views on what i said to build this world a better place to live in chao.

By Evvy Bryning (118), Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:44:12 PST
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We have talked about doing a fruit project before. Are you talking about drying fruit? Or a different method of preserving the fruit.

Put together a description of the program and figure out how much it will cost to get started. Include how many will be involved in the beginning and how much you think you can make.

This is what you have to do to get a project funded or even considered for funding. Go back and look at the soap proposal that is already done. This will give you an idea of how to write it up.

We should do this for all the ideas like candle making and so on. If we hope to get some projects funded and running then we need to step up and get them organized. I am here to help if you need it.


By Ndelo Peter (89), Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:07:43 PST
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Hi all I was offline for one and half days due to insuffecient internet but also gave me time to do other offline work. today am back and have come up with a number of proposals ie soap, internet and solar,fruit preserving and tie and dye. we are collecting data and soon the details will be posted for comments. I believe we shall walk the talks.

By Evvy Bryning (118), Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:18:52 PST
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Wonderful news. Glad to have you back.

By John Powers (122), Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:09:27 PST
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I don't know if this Web site called Toys from Trash will be too slow loading to look at. It's fun to look if it works. Something that's good to know is the man who made the site, Arvind Gupta, is a great scientist. All the toys are intended to show something about science, so they are fun but also for learning.

This area of craft is something I haven't seen talked about in this thread. Mango Tree is a company in Kampala which has looked at the potential for making educational materials. Their business plan is something to look at. For one thing the plan connect so many dots that international support has been forthcoming.

Even if Gupta's toys don't make a good business, there are ideas there so that children can make and have toys without money.

Sometimes the idea is to sell crafts abroad to make money. But it's real trouble to have to actually ship stuff. So it is possible to encourage money your way simply by sharing ideas on the Internet. Not easy, but possible.

One of the toys I love are Tangrams. It's a simple puzzle where figures are made with the shapes. The number of figures possible is only limited by the imagination.

I'm not claiming this a good idea, but an example of how you might make money from ideas. So the idea is to have a tangram site (blog) where everyday a new figure is presented . The next day the solution for the figure is given and a new figure presented. This site could generate traffic and might get enough traffic to make a bit from ads on it. But it also is a place to develop a community of people who might chip in for fund raising or be interested in other money making ideas.


By Grace Ayaa (91), Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:30:59 PST
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I really also like the idea of fruit preservation (mainly Drying) . This may not be too complecated since it's just solar drying , the major problem or most expensive thing maybe the solar system for the drying, but everything will just be without any additives. It will just be natural isn't this really cool !

And briefly here is an outline of what your prosals would possibly look like. Evvy had earlier on given abit more details on it.

Make sure your proposals have the following

1- The Title of the project

2- Background/Description

3- Justification

4- Admin/management

5- Objectives

6- Budget

7- Workplan


By Evvy Bryning (118), Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:47:21 PST
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Hi John,

I will check out the other website as soon as I have some time. I actually have met Craig from the Mango Tree http://www.mangotreeuganda.org/c ontent/view/10/29/

I even got to visit his first factory/workshop. He is a really nice guy and was/is doing really interesting things with such things as bottle caps, drinking straws, old worn out flip flops and empty charcoal bags. He is an Ashoka Fellow from the same time as Christina and he has done quite well with his project.


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