Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

This thread is facilitates communication about operations between Life in Africa's communities in Kireka and Gulu, and with headquarters in Kampala.

LiA members who participate online are expected to keep up with and tell others in your location about the announcements, requests for information and/or inquiries that are posted here.

All LiA members in Uganda, please click here to put this thread on your watchlist - and check here first when you log into ned.com. If there is new information posted, please alert those near you who need to know.

Last comment added: Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:22:13 PST

Comment 1 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

What goes where on ned.com: (I've just sent the following message to Life in Africa's Ugandan community members who are also members at ned. Posting it here for reference.)

Dear LiA (Uganda) members -

Over the past few months as we've been redefining Life in Africa structures AND moving away from Onet AND resettling into a new online home here at ned, our online communications have been a bit disorganized. It's time to get organized!

In answer to some of your recent questions about what to post where, I'm proposing the following new protocol for all of us to follow:

There is now a new group called Life in Africa - Global. This group is for keeping each other and our global supporters updated about what's happening at Life in Africa on the ground.

All LiA members in Uganda are invited to contribute; program managers and reporters will have specific instructions on posting to specific threads once they are appointed. Loans editing, program planning discussions and progress reports will take place in this group. As in the past, there will be an operations thread for communication between Gulu and Kireka that you should all put on your watchlist.

join the Life in Africa global group at the following link: http://www.ned.com/group/lia-glo bal/

click below to put the operations communication thread on your watchlist (and make a small post to tell us how you are while you are there!): http://www.ned.com/group/lia-glo bal/news/6/watch

The Life in Africa USA group is for discussing our online and US-based marketing, distribution and fundraising strategies, including the Life in Africa Ambassadors and School Fundraising programs. We'll also use this group to explore how we should use some of the new websites out there that can be useful in the Life in Africa context.

All of you are welcome to join and participate in this group to learn about and contribute to Life in Africa's global marketing strategies. New program ideas and requests for what you may need in addition to Life in Africa's programs, however, should NOT be posted in that group any longer.

go here to join the Life in Africa-USA group http://www.ned.com/group/lia-usa /

The NedUganda group is like your veranda. Here you may post anything related to Uganda, including new project ideas (esp group projects) that come from any Ugandan members of ned.com.

If you post an idea that gets support from within the nedUganda group, there may also be opportunities (through ned) to raise funds for implementing that idea in Uganda. The specific procedures for qualifying to raise funds are yet to be established. Your views on that subject are required at the discussion link below.

Please note that Life in Africa USA and/or Life in Africa Uganda may play a future role in disbursing and monitoring funds on the ned community's behalf, but will not play a leading role in raising the funds for or implementing new project ideas that you propose in the NedUganda group. You will all really need to work as a team on nurturing your relationships with folks in the ned community, in order for the community financing aspect to take off and gain momentum.

go here to join the nedUganda group: http://www.ned.com/group/nedugan da/

Go here to discuss what the procedures for ned community funding should be: http://www.ned.com/group/nedugan da/news/11/

I hope this helps all of you in sorting out what should go where in your mind. Please also don't forget to give points to discussions that you would like others to participate in. The more points a discussion has, the more likely others are likely to see it!

My best to you all -

Comment 2 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

Hello Gulu -

Grace had planned to come to Gulu arriving today, but she has been very sick this week. We are now looking at her possibly traveling early Wednesday morning.

Comment 3 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

Can someone from each center please post here the names of the officers elected for your new CBO?

Comment 4 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

GULU CBO

Chairperson...................Ovola George

Vicechairperson...........Grace Ayaa

Treasurer........................Akena Mk Micheal

Secretary.........................Munnu Morrish

Members:

Okello Morris Barry

Hellen Ojara

Akot Carolyn

Katusi Denis

Comment 5 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

Hello, Kireka-Kampala cbo officers contacted but not as expected because of the chairmanship position, we the elected officers shall sit and reorganise. Thanks to the Gulu people.

Comment 6 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

Munnu, is the following adjustment correct?

GULU CBO

Chairperson...............Ovola George

Vicechairperson...........Grace Ayaa

Treasurer.................Akena Mk Micheal

Secretary.................Munnu Morrish

Member Representative.....Akot Carolyn

Member Representative.....Katusi Denis

Gulu Rep to Kampala.......Okello Morris Barry

Gulu Rep to Kampala.......Hellen Ojara

Comment 7 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

To clarify - we had previously announced that Grace Ayaa was not eligible for nomination since she would serve as Vice Chairman on both CBO boards, ensuring consistent representation of Life in Africa Foundation in both structures. Grace was sick the day elections took place in Kampala - the community decided they wanted to elect her chairman anyway.

Grace and I both think it best for the sake of clarity all around that her role be the same at both Centers. Peter's suggestion is that all the officers elected in Kampala make the decision on how to reorganize themselves together. Those people are:

Grace Ayaa

Jessca Wassa

Peter Ndelo

Teopista Akware

George Kilama

Esther Akello

Jessica Langoya

Ndelo Peter said:

Hello, Kireka-Kampala cbo officers contacted but not as expected because of the chairmanship position, we the elected officers shall sit and reorganise. Thanks to the Gulu people.

Kampala also needs to elect 2 representatives to the Gulu board, Peter. Did you all discuss what to do about that after I left yesterday?

Comment 8 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

The question of free internet access for members has been raised - particularly during the month of December as we have reduced down to a skeleton staff and are in waiting mode for new programs in 2008. I'm wondering if there are suggestions from both centers about how to work this out.

One suggestion was that you could have an hour of free internet time as long as you used some of that time to do one thing with Life in Africa online (perhaps here at Ned and/or on Razoo or facebook). There may be other suggestions from you all on how to regulate free internet time for members. And we need to think through the timing as well - should free access for members be available during certain hours only? Let's discuss this here.

Comment 9 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

Christina Jordan said:

Munnu, is the following adjustment correct?

GULU CBO

Chairperson...............Ovola George

Vicechairperson...........Grace Ayaa

Treasurer.................Akena Mk Micheal

Secretary.................Munnu Morrish

Member Representative.....Akot Carolyn

Member Representative.....Katusi Denis

Gulu Rep to Kampala.......Okello Morris Barry

Gulu Rep to Kampala.......Hellen Ojara

yeah

Comment 10 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

So interesting discussion, the way I see there should be free time for discussing with other people on line. which should be for a half a day and at list for for 5 days in a week. We are to struggle so that we uplift our community.

Comment 11 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

Grace has set off for Kampala 0130pm and I believe She be getting there abit late.

Thank you all

Comment 12 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

As christina has said before,

Grace and I both think it best for the sake of clarity all around that her role be the same at both Centers. Peter's suggestion is that all the officers elected in Kampala make the decision on how to reorganize themselves together.

We have actually decided that the roles be changed and I have the same for both centers. So Peter will take on the Chairpersonship and I will be the vice as was thought before. Jesca then takes on Peter's elected role of Treasurer and all the others will remain in their positions as elected before, we are still going to wait for members sitting again to have the representatives for Gulu from kampala.

Peter, Congrats and all the best in this new endevours!

Comment 13 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

Thanks for the information Grace.

Yesterday we had a meeting and discussed all that was necessary but the issues of OPOK came in and one of the members suggested that the money be paid so as she could use it to pay for her loan and that became the main issue as so a committee was formed and the defaulters would be taken on later today.

More info to come as we wait for the results today form the committee moving to their homes.

Morris was needed too but He could not be found but this was not amain issue.

Iam done with typing the constitution and its attarched at the liafounders at uyahoo.groups.

Please check it out.

Thanks.

Comment 14 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

Yesterday's meeting with the mothers there was the issue of water taps which was supposed to benefit members in their communities.This issue was raised and the members are waiting for the feedback.

The loan committee resumes tomorrow for their work in the villages and perhaps by friday much would have been done to recover the loan.

Thanks

Comment 15 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

Munnu can you please check with George on the status of the water tap issue? Last time I brought it up (at the transition meetings) he said he was working on it. I've never heard anything since then.

Comment 16 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

There are four areas which the taps would be located. This will be in the areas of four divisions.

One tap would be in layibi...

The second in Industrial area where members are very many located at Otii Gino's Place

The third would be in Bar-dege

And the last one In Laroo possibly.

But this would depend on the cost on having it fixed in the areas or if its abit cheaper,then more of the taps would be allocated in the concentrated areas.I mean the areas where there are many members.

MERRY XMAS to you all

Comment 17 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

Last time we spoke about this the next step was to be budgets for Kampala and Gulu. We'd talked initially about hoping for 2 at each center so some decisions will need to be made. The amount available for both centers combined is shs1m

Comment 18 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

I am also sure that what was remaining was the budget for both centers , here in Kampala, George Kilama was supposed to work with the ladies to come up with the location and the budget , and in Gulu George Ovola was the one in charge and as there has not been any feedback from both centers, We thought it was still being worked on.So maybe what we should talk about now is the budget according to the availability of the funds( 500,000/= for each center).Please let the members have this done and am sure there will be way forward from there.

Comment 19 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

Vacancy announcement:: Chief Accountant @ Life in Africa - please see http://lifeinafrica.com/jobs for further details

Comment 20 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

Hello Gulu - please be informed that Evvy and I will be tentatively visiting Gulu (with my niece and nephew) Jan 11-14, arriving around lunchtime on the 11th and leaving early on the 15th.

We hope to spend Fri afternoon, Saturday and Monday with members at the WE Center.

Evvy would like to offer an earring making workshop to the craftmakers (she has brought supplies)

Megan and Aaron (my 14 yrs niece and 13 yrs nephew) would like to join the children in some activities. They have brought some new art supplies

We would like to have a meeting with the CBO officers to work on finalizing the constitutions & discuss expectations & next steps

I would be grateful if the members could be made aware

Grace can you please plan to travel with us to Gulu that weekend?

Comment 21 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

Draft job description:: Childrens' coordinator (2 positions). A draft job description is online at http://www.ned.com/group/lia-glo bal/ws/childrenscoordinator/. LiA member and supporter comments and improvements are requested. We hope to begin advertising this post by 16 January so please provide your feedback in the workspace by then. Thanks!

Comment 22 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

ANOTHER Draft Job description:: WE Center Administrator (2 positions). A draft job description is online at http://www.ned.com/group/lia-glo bal/ws/centeradminpost/. LiA member and supporter comments and improvements are requested. We also hope to begin advertising this post by 16 January so please provide your feedback in the workspace by then. Thanks!

Comment 23 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

CBO Constitutions: David Braden makes some interesting comments over here - interested members please respond with your views: http://www.ned.com/group/lia-usa /news/3/

Comment 24 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

I had been thinking on printing these job discriptions and have them on our notice board so as everyone is quite informed.

Comment 25 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

That's a very good idea Munnu, but I am still waiting for some feedback from a friend on the draft descriptions for the admin and childrens coordinator posts. The only one ready to post now is the chief accountant position that is at http://lifeinafrica.com/jobs/acc ountant1.htm. The deadline on that was supposed to be today but I think we may extend it - will discuss with Grace later today and let you know.

Also - we've decided to travel back to Kampala from Gulu on the afternoon of Mon 14 Jan instead of Tuesday morning. So if any of the planned activities are scheduled for that day (see my post above http://www.ned.com/group/lia-glo bal/news/6/19/) it would need to be in the morning.

Comment 26 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

The Chief Accountant post application deadline has been extended to 20 Jan.

Comment 27 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

ok. I print it today and have it posted and how about the radio stations?I mean announcing it:would it be very expensive? this is because not many people might know our whereabout so there will be need to fully locate them.(my idea)

Comment 28 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

Munnu, it's an online application process, so the only location they need to know about is http://lifeinafrica.com/jobs

Comment 29 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

By writting job discriptrions, this is another step head for life in Africa growth.

Comment 30 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

Hello Gulu, I wish you all happy new year and lets try to work hard for our community

Comment 31 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

hallo kampala happy new year, on sad note i have to inform you that munu has joined the army he is for the trianning in kabamba.so we have big gap. thanks

Comment 32 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

Internet4Change & Click4Africa training @ Kampala and Gulu

As discussed in meetings with the CBO boards of both centers, I am offering 2 internet training workshops at each center before I leave to Thailand on 6 Feb.

Click4Africa

This course will introduce ways for beginners to participate in earning internet time for your center by participating in specific activities online. All members who have email addresses and accounts open at facebook and ned.com are qualified to attend. This course will be perfect for beginners, but they will have to have active email, ned and facebook accounts opened in order to begin.

The Click4Africa course will consist of 3 x 1.5 hours of lecture time plus assignments. Participants should schedule an additional 1 hour of connected time each per lecture (outside of the lecture time) to complete assignments.

Please sign up no more than 3 people per computer for this course.

Internet4Change 2008

This course will discuss formats for member profiles and online proposal / reporting content that can be created to serve your community via the Life in Africa WE Network online.

Members with the skills and potential to serve as online proposal champions for the community should attend, as should those who would like to participate in the verification and monitoring of online-funded initiatives at LiA (and other) CBOs in Uganda on behalf of online project supporters.

Active email, facebook, ned.com and flickr.com accounts are required.
Participants should also pre-arrange an interview with 1 community member immediately following the first course meeting, (not another trainee) whose profile they will work on building as an assignment.

Please sign up no more than 2 people per connected computer for this 3 part course. Each part will include a 1.5 hour lecture and practical assignments. Participants should expect to spend an additional 2.5 - 3 hours on assignments after every course meeting.

Yes - one member may participate in both courses.

Workshop Schedule

Click4Africa

Kampala

Thu 24 Jan, Fri 25 Jan, Mon 28 Jan, meeting from 3-4:30 pm

Gulu

Thu 31 Jan, Fri 01 Feb, Mon 04 Feb, meeting from 3-4:30 pm

Internet4Change 2008

Kampala

Wed 23 Jan, Fri 25 Jan, Sat 26 Jan, meeting from 10-11:30 am

Gulu

Wed 30 Jan, Fri 01 Feb, Sat 02 Feb, meeting from 10-11:30 am

An overview of what this means for your computer room at each center is as follows:

Kampala

Wed 23 Jan Internet4Change 10-11.30 am

Thu 24 Jan Click4Africa 3 - 4.30 pm

Fri 25 Jan Internet4Change 10-11.30 am / Click4Africa 3 - 4.30 pm

Sat 26 Jan Internet4Change 10-11.30 am

Mon 28 Jan Click4Africa 3 - 4.30 pm

Gulu

Wed 30 Jan Internet4Change 10-11.30 am

Thu 31 Jan Click4Africa 3 - 4.30 pm

Fri 01 Feb Internet4Change 10-11.30 am / Click4Africa 3 - 4.30 pm

Sat 02 Feb Internet4Change 10-11.30 am

Mon 04 Feb Click4Africa 3 - 4.30 pm

A 3-4 day follow-up workshop will be held in late March at both centers, to consolidate and expand upon what is learned this time around, and to troubleshoot practical issues that may arise in using these new skills.

Questions?

please ask them in the internet4change program thread over here: http://www.ned.com/group/lia-glo bal/news/3/

Comment 33 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

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Comment 34 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

btw - George, I've been trying to reach you by phone with no luck. Did you have a chance to look through the books Munnu left as discussed? Can you organize yourselves to fill the gap for the next 3-4 weeks until an administrator is hired?

Comment 35 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

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 online 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.

This plan is not yet finalized - I am requesting your comments on a proposal of how to select training workshops to raise funds for that the communities really want, in a participatory process with some of our global supporters.

For more details on what I've got in mind, and to add your views on important aspects of the proposal process, please go to http://www.ned.com/group/lia-glo bal/news/2/

Comment 36 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

New i4c Uganda start page

Hello LiA -

I've been working on a new internet4change start page. It's not quite finished, but good enough to start making your surfing a lot easier. Happy exploring!

http://internet4change.com/ugand a

Comment 37 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

well this sound nice hoping after the training we shll have atleast good memmber with the skills which will help us in ic4. thanks christina for the eye openner.

Comment 38 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

Learning i4c is going to make our work more easy and fast. Lets keep going for the classes. And please no one should not miss this chance.

Comment 39 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

As you/we are learning, let us know our targets/get assighments done. all the click4kireka so far you know the treee sites which will determine your contest result and also get for the center free connectivlty. not foregeting all the lia programs. the good thing with computer, its a teacher by itself :)

Comment 40 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

Thanks christina for this effort, the page really looks lovely, Iam sure this must have been a really hectic work. Bravo !

On a different note, a new job description for the centre Admins posts for both Kireka and Gulu, has been posted and anyone who feels he/she is qualified, is welcomed to apply on line according to the instructions given at: http://www.ned.com/group/lia-glo bal/ws/centeradminpost/. Wish you all the best.

Comment 41 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

Click4africa

Hello LiA Kireka and Gulu. We've talked about it, you've prepared for it, now it's here...

On your mark, get set, cLiCk! http://www.ned.com/group/lia-usa /news/8/

Comment 42 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

Good luck to all. I will be watching and cheering for you both!

Comment 43 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

Attention Kireka and Gulu CBOs

I've started workspaces for each of you to create an organizational description in the LiA USA group. I've already linked to these workspaces at lifeinafrica.com, and for online fundraising purposes you really have to have a page to link to that describes your community.

Peter and George please think about what you want to include there - I've put in some ideas to guide you, and I'm sure some of your supporters on Ned will have some ideas if you ask for advice. I'd love it if these were completed by you or members you appoint by the 15th of March please.

LiA Gulu: http://www.ned.com/group/lia-usa /ws/lia_gulu/

Lia Kireka: http://www.ned.com/group/lia-usa /ws/lia_kireka/

Be creative, and have fun!

Comment 44 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

CBO Documents

Our friend David Braden has developed a gorgeous checklist of documents for all of us to have together by the time we sign the final MoU in the 2nd half of March. Let's please endeavour to make sure everything on this list is complete by then. http://www.ned.com/group/lia-usa /ws/index_of_cbo_documents/

Comment 45 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

All the best Gulu people.I loved the place.All the best

Comment 46 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

LiA 4 Kids Program Guidelines & Feb 08 Disbursals

LiA CBOs please note the Li4Kids program information posted at the following links:

Kireka: http://www.ned.com/group/lia-usa /ws/K%20-%20LiA%204%20Kids/

Gulu: http://www.ned.com/group/lia-usa /ws/G%20-%20LiA%204%20Kids/

Comment 47 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

Electronic signatures needed

Gulu and Kireka, please electronically sign for receipt of funds by having the person who received the funds (or verified their receipt in the bank) sign into ned and add their name to the disbursals workspaces here:

Life 4 Kids nutrition program: http://www.ned.com/group/lia-usa /ws/life4kidsclub_disbursals/
School Fees 2008: http://www.ned.com/group/lia-usa /ws/schoolfees2008_disbursals/

There is also an extraordinary disbursal for Gulu of funds raised for school fees last year posted at http://www.ned.com/group/lia-usa /ws/extraordinary_disbursals/

Comment 48 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

This is so systemetic and it is better

Comment 49 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

Q1 2008 Interim MoU

http://www.ned.com/group/lia-usa /ws/agreement/

Comment 50 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

What is a tranch? As in:

The loan is to be disbursed by Life in Africa Foundation to each CBO in 2 tranches of shs3,500,000...

Comment 51 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tra nche

Linda Nowakowski said:

What is a tranch? As in:

The loan is to be disbursed by Life in Africa Foundation to each CBO in 2 tranches of shs3,500,000...

Comment 52 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

Thanks! That explains why it didn't come up in my English dictionary, even if it is unabridged! :-D

Comment 53 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

"New word" - Cool - just need 4 more newies and my daily minimum target of 5 will be ticked. (yes Lars - ticked - hush!)

Comment 54 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

Gayle Rogers said:

"New word" - Cool - just need 4 more newies and my daily minimum target of 5 will be ticked. (yes Lars - ticked - hush!)

I really just meant to say "pieces" but I guess too many years of global living made it come out kind kind of french-like. Sorry for the confusion!

Comment 55 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

Hey, given the French helping Gabriel/Katie-Jay in Chad, french-like anything is just great!

Comment 56 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

I think it's brilliant!!

Comment 57 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

Hello Kireka, Gulu is saying hi to you all, We had a very wonderfull training for Click4 Africa (Internet4 Change) .Thanks so much to the Facilitator Christina Jordan for the training.

My only advice is that, We should all use the taining to help us develope our good writing skills.

Christinana has left the center to Kla at 09:40am

Good luck on her journey. Best regards to you all

Comment 58 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

Hello Gulu what is up there? hope you are clicking like crazy : -)

Comment 59 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

Here is anew tip for earning points

http://www.ned.com/group/lia-usa /news/8/4/

And a new discussion thread that I hope you will participate in

http://www.ned.com/group/lia-usa /news/9/

Comment 60 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

Evvy this is really graet for us.thanks for the motherly encouragement.we shall try our best to post,and also try not to leave out those who have joined to dicusses and share on line,thanks.

Comment 61 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

Thats` so good Evvy, I for myself used to have such a problem but I tried to overcome it by being always on ned and reading properly what has been posted before wring any thing.

Your advice has come at the right time when we have just trained over 15 youths for Click 4 Africa. The training was facilitated by Christina at Gulu We center. I thas given a lot of Encouragements and skills in exploring the online Global connection networks.

Good stuff, Continue encouraging.

PHOTOS DURING THE CLICK 4 AFRICA TRAINING AT WE CENTER GULU. FROM THE 30/01/2008 TO 02/02/2008

In this Christina was trying to explain more on Click 4Africa

That was the moment when young boys and girls were instructed to start exploring the internet4 change home page.

Exiting moment for youths to learn new things.

Looking at all the excitements that the above youths has got with Lia, there is hope to get an impack of their training to the community.

NOW NAN ANY ONE TRY TO POST IN MOST INFLUENTIAL LINKS OR AREAS WHERE THEY SHOULD ALWAYS NOT MISS TO CHECK?

More people should keep encouraging new users like Evvy did and she deserve a credit

Comment 62 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

Robert, Thank you so much for posting the photos. They are wonderful!!!

Everyone does look excited and interested. How I wish I was there right now to meet each and everyone of the new trainees in person. But we shall meet on line and I know I will meet them in person on my next visit.

Comment 63 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

This is encauraging I had not known that there are mob click4gulu members! big number more clicks. good luck Gulu

Comment 64 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

Yep, there is a bunch of them. Maybe this news will inspire Kireki to recruit some more clickers. Good luck Kireki

Comment 65 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

Peter this should be an eye openner for you guys at kireka, because you can really make , there are lots of people who really would like to learn new things and in so doing can thus become participants of the C4A . I know you will make this.

Comment 66 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

Hey Gulu ! Have you made advertisements for the center Admin post? Because I have not seen any applicant from that end and days are running fast, if not yet may someone help out and have this done please . Maybe over the radio orwhatever means possible to get the words out. there are only about five days left. And kampala do encourage others to apply also, let's get this moving please.

Comment 67 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

Thanks Grace, Peter and Evvy for contributing here but there is one thing ,Can any one try to frame a program irrespective of the time for the new trainees? Say On manday they should do A, B ,C Ds .This will help them to be organised and explore all the work spaces

Linda , Can you say some thing here? Love your I dear

Comment 68 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

Hi Robert, personally I think you arrange with the trainees to schedule the time because you can easily know when they are very busy with other domestic work. However that does not deny one to schedule the trainees time.

Comment 69 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

I am headed out right now to pick Christina and Norbert at the airport. We will talk about possibilities.

WOO!!! WOO!!! They are almost here!

Comment 70 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

hallo Grace.we made an advertisement and we are trying wait,i just want to know if i can apply too.as chair person for the cbo gulu.i have two members,who wants to aplly,but the procedure of downloading their,cv.

Comment 71 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

Hello...

Christina and Norbert arrived, we talked, we ate, we talked. I got lovely gifts from my friends in both Gulu and Kireka! You do know me! Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Christina and Norbert are down for the night and I have finished the dishes and am ready to head to bed myself.

Did I tell you we talked? I don't think we are done!

Comment 72 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

robert oketa said:

Thanks Grace, Peter and Evvy for contributing here but there is one thing ,Can any one try to frame a program irrespective of the time for the new trainees? Say On manday they should do A, B ,C Ds .This will help them to be organised and explore all the work spaces

Linda , Can you say some thing here? Love your I dear

I wanted to pop on here briefly and make a comment. The people have to make a commitment to get on. They have to make a commitment to read. They have to get up the courage to write something. As has been said before, don't worry about the spelling, punctuation grammar etc. Just try to communicate what is in your head and heart. I would suggest a good place to start is to introduce yourself here.

Another thing that would be nice is to write up something interesting about yourself and post it on your profile. Maybe even include a picture! (if you need help use the help files).

Start to look around and find things here that interest you. click on the groups link at the top of the page. That will take you to a list of the most active groups. See if anything looks interesting. Go read what has been posted in the group. Look at the all groups tab for other groups. If you find a discussion interesting but have nothing to add yet, introduce yourself in the thread and say you think the conversation is interesting and you are following it even if you are not contributing. If you don't understand something..... ASK A QUESTION!

If you find someone who says things that make you feel like you think alike, give them feed back points and that way you will have them on a list of people that are easy to "follow around". If you are on the "my ned" page and you click on top activity, you will see the posts of the people that you have given points to. At the top of that list you will see a box called "Feedback threshold:" You can set that to what ever number you are interested in. I give a lot of 1 ad 2 points feedback to brand new members when I greet them. I have set my threshold to 3 and the people I want to "follow around" have at least 3 points.

Do you think those ideas will help out?

Comment 73 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

Very, Soo good Linda thats why i was expecting a motherly word from you, Exactly you have it.

Exiting to here a save arrival of Christina and Nobert say hi to them, For me as a photo lover, i would wish to sea their arrival pictures if it is there.

Thanks Peter for contributing too,

Comment 74 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

Linda has made some good suggestions. The one I like best is to add something to your profile. Most of of you have posted only your age, gender and not much more. How about telling about yourself.

Where do you come from, what is your family like, what do you want to accomplish, or what have you already accomplished.

You could also be our reporters. Start a new thread and let us all know what changes are going on in Gulu and Kireke (Kampala). Some of us have been there and we would be interested in the changes that are going on. Or talk about how the peace talks are affecting everyday life in your area. You are there and you are the best ones to report on these things. Share them with us.

Comment 75 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

Thanks so much Evvy for your big trust. May be I have to Bring some thing small about the situation in Gulu at the moment.

If reporting say a situation in(Gulu) northern uganda where can i report or which work space can I use?

Comment 76 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

Hello all , I have posted more tips for the click4africa teams here http://www.ned.com/group/lia-usa /news/8/ please check out and get the most out of it.

Comment 77 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

Hi grace thanks for posting that link am peter from gulu.it as impressed me so much.

Comment 78 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

Kireka members and other ned members, i have tried to edit the cbo constitution and put it in more detailed way but I call for your comment, addition/subtraction here http://www.ned.com/group/lia-usa /ws/lia_kireka/?e=editpage

Thanks in advance

Comment 79 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

Thanks you peter and grace for the wonderfull work your doing keep it up. I will post my proposal next week, and for the cbo we shall join hand next week shall be finish.

Comment 80 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

please member i have members who need assitance.they have been trying to write application for the post of centre administrator but up to now have fail to upload the on line so they have decided to submitt there application to me as to beat they the dead line,they are three, and requesting to continued trying uploading,can some body help me. they are robert oketha,olyech george william kitara,akidi susan.

Comment 81 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

Hi George, Can you explain more about the problems you are having uploading. Is it the connection, the computers or is it another problem?

Comment 82 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

George Ovola said:

please member i have members who need assitance.they have been trying to write application for the post of centre administrator but up to now have fail to upload the on line so they have decided to submitt there application to me as to beat they the dead line,they are three, and requesting to continued trying uploading,can some body help me. they are robert oketha,olyech george william

kitara,akidi susan.

I just checked and one of the first things that all must do to apply is to join the Life in Africa Global group. I do not find any of these names listed as members. Perhaps that is why they cannot upload their applications. Go back to the instructions here http://www.ned.com/group/lia-glo bal/ws/centeradminpost/ and follow the directions exactly in the getting started section.

We can give some extra time to do this.

I hope this helps.

Comment 83 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

We tried to follow all the procedures but still failled. All the brains within thwe computer rooms tried and failled. I do not know what exactly the problem is? The other applicant did it from the place we do not know.

Alwasy if we try to follow the procedures , I tell us that we do not have access to that page.

GEORGE IS TIRED AND HAS LEFT FOR HOME ,ONLY ME STILL IN THE COMPUTER ROOM TO CONTINUE TRYING.

Comment 84 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

You do not have access to the page because you are not a member. Go back to the instructions. Getting started clearly states that you must join LiA Global in order to apply. http://www.ned.com/group/lia-glo bal/ws/centeradminpost/

Comment 85 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

As long as you follow the instruction without missing even a single step, it takes only five minutes to upload the cv and letter of intent. Okello Francis from Gulu uploaded. Oketa should have done this. Susan and other seems have not even joined ned><uganda.

Guys just try and follow the link that Evvy posted, am sure you will find your way. Another thing Perhaps with Oketa who is using the center computer, those linears are not like windows xp so first save your cvs and letter of intent in shared folders then it will be easy for you than when you have them on flash disk. but if needs be to beat the deadline try window xp computer some where.

Good luck

Comment 86 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

Thanks Peter, that is exactly right.

Comment 87 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

Sorry teams, I am a bit behind on counting up the points. I will get it done this weekend and have the standings posted by Monday. I have been knee deep in sorting jungle beads and getting things ready to start selling on this end. Keep your fingers crossed. Now if the weather will just hold I might be able to get out and about a bit more.

I have some auction sites going up in the next few days and will send you the links when they are done. I have also sent out over 400 letters to churches and local groups to get support for the kids programs. I am also trying to get some local media coverage about our programs. All this is keeping me very busy but it is a good kind of busy.

Keep clicking!!

Comment 88 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

It's so nice Evvy that you are working so hard to see that all these happen. i have actually already put together everything for ned and sent it by email to you.

As for the centeradmin post, it's very unfortunate that many are failing to upload their applications. Robert have you tried again after joining the Lia global group ? if you still are not successful, then I just do not know what the problem is. However we are also extending the deadline so as to give more time to the people who have been trying and did not succeed.

extended to 25/02/2008

interviews maybe around 1/03/2008

anticipated date of starting 15/03/2008

Please try your best to take this opportunity once again. I will be in Gulu next week and maybe can help solve this problem.

Comment 89 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

I started to put together the points so far for round 1 but I am not going to continue. Only two people are qualified to be counted. They are Peter and Jesca of Kireka. Good job to both of them!!!!

I have posted a listing over here http://www.ned.com/group/lia-usa /ws/click4africa___round_1/

This shows what steps are missing to get qualified. If your name is not on the list it is probably because you did not tag your profile so I would have no way of knowing who you are. If you are not on the list you will have to send me a pm to get added.

For Igive, you were asked to send the log in information. However, I can see all the names who have signed up for our cause. If all of you would just go to your account, click on stores visited and it will give you a list of all the stores. Copy the list in an email and send it to me at evvy4lia@yahoo.com and I can verify your visits. Maybe this will be easier.

I am going to five you all until Wed. of next week to get qualified. Then I will do the point tallies.

If you have questions, contact me.

Comment 90 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

So after sending you the visited stores, shall we be sending you the daily visited stores or it will be after certain period of time?

Thanks

Comment 91 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

Thanks Evvy for the imformation put,it is so clear that we can know what to acomplish thank once again.

Ah,.....yes,before i close,when will/shall we be sending you the stores that we have finished visiting?.

Comment 92 on Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka!

Good day Evvy, I have sent all igive.com Visted stores to your Email.

Is it going to be on daily, Weekly or monthly basis of reviewing the shops.

thanks