:Title: Hello Gulu - Hello Kireka! :Author: Christina Jordan :Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 05:04:34 PST :Modified: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 05:06:08 PST :URL: http://www.ned.com/group/lia-global/news/6/ 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. .. _`click here to put this thread on your watchlist`: http://www.ned.com/group/lia-global/news/6/watch ---- **Comments** :Author: Christina Jordan :Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 07:44:22 PST 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: 1. 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-global/ - 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-global/news/6/watch 2. 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/ 3. 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/neduganda/ - Go here to discuss what the procedures for ned community funding should be: http://www.ned.com/group/neduganda/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 - C ---- :Author: Christina Jordan :Date: Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:43:23 PST 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. ---- :Author: Christina Jordan :Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2007 04:40:44 PST Can someone from each center please post here the names of the officers elected for your new CBO? ---- :Author: Munnu Morrish :Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:53:25 PST :Modified: Mon, 03 Dec 2007 23:34:42 PST 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 ---- :Author: Ndelo Peter :Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2007 23:11:32 PST 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. ---- :Author: Christina Jordan :Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2007 23:51:49 PST 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 ---- :Author: Christina Jordan :Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:20:51 PST 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? ---- :Author: Christina Jordan :Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:39:37 PST 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. ---- :Author: Munnu Morrish :Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 05:42:19 PST 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** ---- :Author: Okello Morris Barry :Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 05:54:30 PST 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. ---- :Author: Munnu Morrish :Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2007 03:14:23 PST Grace has set off for Kampala 0130pm and I believe She be getting there abit late. Thank you all ---- :Author: Grace Ayaa :Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:55:31 PST 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! ---- :Author: Munnu Morrish :Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:06:17 PST 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. ---- :Author: Munnu Morrish :Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 22:49:34 PST 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 ---- :Author: Christina Jordan :Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 23:15:24 PST 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. ---- :Author: Munnu Morrish :Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 03:31:12 PST 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 ---- :Author: Christina Jordan :Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 06:20:56 PST 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 ---- :Author: Grace Ayaa :Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 20:47:33 PST 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. ---- :Author: Christina Jordan :Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:17:59 PST Vacancy announcement: Chief Accountant @ Life in Africa - please see http://lifeinafrica.com/jobs for further details ---- :Author: Christina Jordan :Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:35:53 PST 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? ---- :Author: Christina Jordan :Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2008 04:37:02 PST Draft job description: Childrens' coordinator (2 positions). A draft job description is online at http://www.ned.com/group/lia-global/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! ---- :Author: Christina Jordan :Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2008 12:15:00 PST ANOTHER Draft Job description: **WE Center Administrator** (2 positions). A draft job description is online at http://www.ned.com/group/lia-global/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! ---- :Author: Christina Jordan :Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2008 02:48:30 PST 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/ ---- :Author: Munnu Morrish :Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2008 03:34:29 PST I had been thinking on printing these job discriptions and have them on our notice board so as everyone is quite informed. ---- :Author: Christina Jordan :Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2008 23:44:48 PST 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/accountant1.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-global/news/6/19/) it would need to be in the morning. ---- :Author: Christina Jordan :Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2008 05:06:11 PST The Chief Accountant post application deadline has been extended to 20 Jan. ---- :Author: Munnu Morrish :Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 02:58:29 PST 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) ---- :Author: Christina Jordan :Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 01:35:33 PST Munnu, it's an online application process, so the only location they need to know about is http://lifeinafrica.com/jobs ---- :Author: Ndelo Peter :Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 02:55:17 PST By writting job discriptrions, this is another step head for life in Africa growth. ---- :Author: Ndelo Peter :Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 07:03:35 PST Hello Gulu, I wish you all happy new year and lets try to work hard for our community ---- :Author: George Ovola :Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:39:52 PST 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 ---- :Author: Christina Jordan :Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:33:32 PST :Modified: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:04:59 PST 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-global/news/3/ ---- :Author: Christina Jordan :Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:48:06 PST 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? ---- :Author: Christina Jordan :Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:50:30 PST 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? ---- :Author: Christina Jordan :Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 06:52:46 PST 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-global/news/2/ ---- :Author: Christina Jordan :Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:02:35 PST 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/uganda ---- :Author: George Ovola :Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 01:48:45 PST 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. ---- :Author: Jesca Wassa :Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:29:16 PST 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. ---- :Author: Ndelo Peter :Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 01:55:00 PST 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 :) ---- :Author: Grace Ayaa :Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:25:34 PST 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-global/ws/centeradminpost/. Wish you all the best. ---- :Author: Christina Jordan :Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2008 17:01:52 PST 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/ ---- :Author: Evvy Bryning :Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2008 20:06:28 PST Good luck to all. I will be watching and cheering for you both! ---- :Author: Christina Jordan :Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2008 19:18:30 PST 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! ---- :Author: Christina Jordan :Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:51:46 PST 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/ ---- :Author: Daniel K Mwangi :Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2008 02:01:52 PST All the best Gulu people.I loved the place.All the best ---- :Author: Christina Jordan :Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:46:06 PST 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/ ---- :Author: Christina Jordan :Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2008 05:57:21 PST 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/ ---- :Author: Ndelo Peter :Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2008 08:01:51 PST This is so systemetic and it is better ---- :Author: Christina Jordan :Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:24:23 PST Q1 2008 Interim MoU ------ http://www.ned.com/group/lia-usa/ws/agreement/ ---- :Author: Linda Nowakowski :Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2008 13:39:13 PST 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... ---- :Author: Christina Jordan :Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:07:19 PST http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tranche 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... ---- :Author: Linda Nowakowski :Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:11:36 PST Thanks! That explains why it didn't come up in my English dictionary, even if it is unabridged! :-D ---- :Author: Gayle Rogers :Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:27:47 PST "New word" - Cool - just need 4 more newies and my daily minimum target of 5 will be ticked. (yes Lars - ticked - hush!) ---- :Author: Christina Jordan :Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:43:40 PST 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! ---- :Author: Mark Grimes :Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:46:02 PST Hey, given the French helping Gabriel/Katie-Jay in Chad, french-like anything is **just great!** ---- :Author: Gayle Rogers :Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:46:19 PST I think it's brilliant!! ---- :Author: robert oketa :Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:26:09 PST :Modified: Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:29:54 PST 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 ---- :Author: Ndelo Peter :Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2008 06:03:43 PST Hello Gulu what is up there? hope you are clicking like crazy : -) ---- :Author: Evvy Bryning :Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:30:10 PST 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/ ---- :Author: George Ovola :Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 02:38:34 PST 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. ---- :Author: robert oketa :Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 04:08:47 PST :Modified: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 05:07:29 PST 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 .. image:: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2285/2247675741_c0fab4ae38.jpg?v=0 That was the moment when young boys and girls were instructed to start exploring the internet4 change home page. .. image:: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2043/2247690139_3c84439765.jpg?v=0 Exiting moment for youths to learn new things. .. image:: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2234/2247675737_198807f177.jpg?v=0 .. image:: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2043/2247687991_cc4f0351b1.jpg?v=0 .. image:: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2167/2247675747_8d3520c8dd.jpg?v=0 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 ---- :Author: Evvy Bryning :Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 12:41:02 PST 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. ---- :Author: Ndelo Peter :Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 23:57:25 PST This is encauraging I had not known that there are mob click4gulu members! big number more clicks. good luck Gulu ---- :Author: Evvy Bryning :Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:01:21 PST Yep, there is a bunch of them. Maybe this news will inspire Kireki to recruit some more clickers. Good luck Kireki ---- :Author: Grace Ayaa :Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2008 03:11:17 PST 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. ---- :Author: Grace Ayaa :Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2008 04:12:35 PST 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. ---- :Author: robert oketa :Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:59:37 PST 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 ---- :Author: Ndelo Peter :Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:40:49 PST 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. ---- :Author: Linda Nowakowski :Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:56:38 PST 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! ---- :Author: George Ovola :Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:51:50 PST 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. ---- :Author: Linda Nowakowski :Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 07:52:46 PST 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! ---- :Author: Linda Nowakowski :Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:24:54 PST 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_. .. _here : http://www.ned.com/group/community-general/news/126/ 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). .. _help : http://www.ned.com/group/help/ws/index/ 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? ---- :Author: robert oketa :Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:28:20 PST 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, ---- :Author: Evvy Bryning :Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:16:04 PST 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. ---- :Author: robert oketa :Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:53:31 PST 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? ---- :Author: Grace Ayaa :Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:24:57 PST :Modified: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:27:48 PST 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. ---- :Author: OKWERA PETER OTTO :Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 02:53:29 PST Hi grace thanks for posting that link am peter from gulu.it as impressed me so much. ---- :Author: Ndelo Peter :Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 02:08:40 PST :Modified: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 02:13:12 PST 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 ---- :Author: kilama george :Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 05:32:58 PST 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. ---- :Author: George Ovola :Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:16:48 PST 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. ---- :Author: Evvy Bryning :Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:19:40 PST Hi George, Can you explain more about the problems you are having uploading. Is it the connection, the computers or is it another problem? ---- :Author: Evvy Bryning :Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:34:57 PST 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-global/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. ---- :Author: robert oketa :Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:37:06 PST 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. ---- :Author: Evvy Bryning :Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:41:11 PST 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-global/ws/centeradminpost/ ---- :Author: Ndelo Peter :Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:59:49 PST :Modified: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:07:31 PST 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>Candles Making(contiounation) >Beads Making (contiounation) >Children's weekend programm(contiounation) >Piggery project. >Adult Learning programm. SUMMARY OF MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS Narrative Summary of the activities planned---Achievements---Reasons for deviations/success 1.Candles making-----------_managed to train----- there were only 10 members more 35members and now plus 35 make it to 45 on how to make members trained. candles. _In the month we----- the numbers are less compared produced 553sticks to that of the month of march, because of no proper market. but planning to produced more when we get reliable market. 2.Gallery production (beads,hammocks&crafs)----_beads continoused --- were produced to a greater numbers compared to that of march,just because we got some market. _hammocks remained-- out of 18 hammocks we produced in the month of march,we sold only four(4).and we are still advertising fo the market.Its still new in the region. _crafts--------------- crafts were not purchased,and we are calling for market day july. 3.Adult learning-----------------kick off--------------------the was initiated last month but now its effective this month ref;in the last message i sent. 4.Childrens'weekend programm----its an ongoing-------the children who come to the center,have been doing the following plays,debates,dramma,drawing and eating the balance diet,that is every saturdays.ther was problems of prize increament for the food stuffs in the market.but we tried to squese the budget. 5.Piggery----------------was not started------------------- we planned to start it immediately we get the funding. Finally for the school fees i refer you under the it web line. And i need help on how to draw table here please! ---- :Author: Mark Grimes :Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 08:39:26 PDT It seems that before production gets into full swing for any new product, sales/market research could be very helpful. Making candles, liquid soap, hammocks is all great...but without sales at the end of the production cycle no one makes money. Once the products are made withing a production team who are the people responsible for selling them? How to they go about making sales, or trying to make sales? ---- :Author: Grace Ayaa :Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 19:19:45 PDT Mark for sure that is an area that has really been bringing all the production program to a standstill the times that we have been trying the jewelry. I know it's somehow hard to make sales here, but it really would make a lot of sense if the marketing department is developed even more than the production itself.as per now, there's no particular person who is handling sales. anybody who thinks he knows where to sell something would try and contact that market. I remember in a bid to try to put this in place, we once hired Freda who left before anything was developed at all.so maybe if our next step in the production would be to have first a very strong marketing team, that would help us determine how much of a product to start with. I know this is a very hard task and really needs a qualified person who will dedicate his/her time just for this and where we are right now as the CBOs, we are not yet in the capacity to hire one, due to our financial status. though I understand that sometimes a marketing person gets a percentage of what he would have sold, the difficult part would be the commitment to such a person. Mark maybe we can resume developing this department together as we had once tried before. ---- :Author: Ndelo Peter :Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 05:04:21 PDT :Modified: Mon, 19 May 2008 04:57:28 PDT Market remains the biggest issue for any business to run. That is why I had to survey on ligiud soap and vanish that I would have started by now but as soon as I get start up capital where we expect, I think it may do better. Basing on the community activities and reports, The weekly children's activities still remain music dance and drama alonside nutrition. The idea behind music dance and drama is train them to a level that we can invite some quests, say area memeber of paliament, mayer etc so that their performances go with founderaising. With respect to sales, the crafts sales is still almost nothing and cafe still remains between 6000/= to 12,000/= a day or sometimes below that a day. perhaps people have not learnt about it and we are working to put a sigh post soon and more banners. related to other product development, the ladies are trying to make sampless of cellphone bags that we shall try explain to mobile telephone network company its cause so that they purchase them for their promotion. The performances of the sponsered kids were both good and fair and we argue those who fairly did to work hard next term for better results. below are the sponsred kids names and their performances: ================ ========== ========= ============ Names Class Position Remarks Amaro Florence s.2 42 poor Aluku Joseph s.1 25 Fair Anyero Sharon p.1 28 Good Nayiga Linda p.5 10 Good Opio Smon p.1 38 Fair ================ ========== ========= ============ When we recieve the report forms for the other two pupils, I will update also. However we shall always encourage them to do better as some are just trying to adopt school life or other levels of education. Regards to our sponsers. ---- :Author: Mark Grimes :Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 20:28:42 PDT Grace, I think sales training for a person or people who want to really make sales calls is a great idea. There does need to be a generous sales commission plan in place to compensate the person or people for their sales efforts. Great sales people are crucial to almost every successful organization. ---- :Author: Grace Ayaa :Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 21:39:32 PDT Would it then mean this person should be already trained at the time of employment or it would be the organizations who get him/her trained, I know both ideas would work only that the first one may be more demanding and calls for a commitment. Okay if we are to go by the second one would someone have to go through a formal training or are there some people out there with marketing skills who would like to give us some guidelines that would help us set the training kits for these people. It may not be too difficult , but needs someone with the skills .Am sure if we could get this particular area worked on, our sales may go up in all the products that we are looking at. Technical know how matters a lot and I believe that with some guidance here and there we shall have this sorted out. ---- :Author: okello francis :Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 06:01:16 PDT Mark,thanks for your contribution on our production and sale/market.It make its had for us to produce in more when we do not yet have proper market.Due to financial constrain with the CBO's(Gulu and Kampala) ,at the moment its become hard to recruit trained saler/salers/marketing officer,but never the less we have resolved for the time being with the community members that each and every individual is entitle for marketing both locally and internationally,Mark let you also be part of them. We are calling for more volunteers to join hands with us. ---- :Author: Mark Grimes :Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 17:54:51 PDT Well, it's been a few years... but I've trained hundreds of sales people over the years. Never online, and never in another country. A good sales person will always have a job. Why? Because when they can sell well, and earn a commission, they will always find doors open to them. Also, salespeople are usually the best paid? Why? Because they are "rainmakers" meaning they make things happen. Qualities of a good sales person? Good communicator. Good listener. Likes people. Good with people. Easy communication style. Not afraid to "ask for the order". Takes on and understands *sales* as a *profession*. Good sense of humor. Believes in his/her product/service. Understands what the customer wants. Overcomes objections. ABC. Always be closing. ---- :Author: Linda Nowakowski :Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 21:34:08 PDT I might add that a good sales person also knows how to accept a "No." Sales is ultimately a numbers games and people **WILL** say no. Be able to say (with a genuine smile) "Thank you, maybe another time" and move on! ---- :Author: Mark Grimes :Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 21:46:40 PDT Oooooo. Yes, exactly. A numbers game. X out of Y will say yes. 1 of 10. 1 of 20. Every no is closer to a yes. Perhaps next time. Good one Linda. ---- :Author: okello francis :Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 02:06:49 PDT Monthly progress report for the month of May.The activities implemented iin the month of may are;Candles,beads,hammocks making,Adult learning education and the children weekend program continues.for all the details study the table below, ====== ========== ============== ================= ================ S/NO ITEMS PROGRESS CHALLENGES REMARKS ====== ========== ============== ================= ================ 1. CANDLES We have yet we still need we weren't gotretailers a loton mark- able to make who are buy- ting. more b,se of in small nos the none reli- able market.at th same time 47 members le- arned making. ====== ========== ============== ================= ================ 2. BEADS itsdoneevery No proper I think itsn't wenesdaysbut market but reasonable to thelevel has we aretying to produce more gone down. markets. before getting proper market. ====== ========== ============== ================= ================ 3. Hammock We made nine Sold each at Weshall prduce on orderfrom 25000UGX.Still when Gulu war child thereisneedfor University proper market comebackduring August,they admires. ====== ========== ============== ================= ================ 4. Adults the turn up Noproper There is still Learning ranges from modivation for needs to modiv from 12-17 two volunteers atethem,sothat everyfridays (teachers)to en we call those olled more whoareadmiring ====== ========== ============== ================= ================ ---- :Author: okello francis :Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 03:09:26 PDT REPORT ON SCHOOL FEES FOR TERM ONE FROM THE MONEY GIVEN AND OUT OF THAT 20% FOR OFFICE RUNNING. ===== ================= ======== ========== ================= S/N NAMES CLASS FEES REQUIREMENT ===== ================= ======== ========== ================= 1. AKELLO JANE S1 145,000 NIL ===== ================= ======== ========== ================= 2. APIYO EVALYN S3 142,000 NIL ===== ================= ======== ========== ================= 3. LABONGONYINGE S3 164,500 NIL ===== ================= ======== ========== ================= 4. ALANYO NANCY P7 84,000 NIL ===== ================= ======== ========== ================= 5. ACAA FRIEDA P6 101,400 NIL ===== ================= ======== ========== ================= 6. AJOK IRINE P6 84,000 NIL ===== ================= ======== ========== ================= ================== ============== TOTAL= 720,900 UGX ================== ============== TRANSPORT COST= 25,000 UGX ================== ============== AIRTIME= 10,000 UGX ================== ============== B/F = I2,100 UGX. ================== ============== ---- :Author: okello francis :Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:43:49 PDT Hey comrades,could some one help me edit the two tables to look good and easier for one to follow.hoping for your usual co-operation.God bless you abandantly. ---- :Author: David Bale :Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2008 09:30:41 PDT okello francis said: REPORT ON SCHOOL FEES FOR TERM ONE FROM THE MONEY GIVEN AND OUT OF THAT 20% FOR OFFICE RUNNING. ===== ================= ======== =========== ================= S/N NAMES CLASS FEES REQUIREMENT ===== ================= ======== =========== ================= 1. AKELLO JANE S1 145,000 NIL 2. APIYO EVALYN S3 142,000 NIL 3. LABONGONYINGE S3 164,500 NIL 4. ALANYO NANCY P7 84,000 NIL 5. ACAA FRIEDA P6 101,400 NIL 6. AJOK IRINE P6 84,000 NIL TOTAL 720,900 UGX ===== ================= ======== =========== ================= TRANSPORT COST ................. 25,000 UGX AIRTIME .............................. 10,000 UGX B/F .................................... 12,100 UGX *Is that better, Francis?* *Just one Query: shouldn't it be B/F ..... 109,180 UGX ? - that would be the balance of 144,180 UGX, which is 20% of the total fees* ---- :Author: okello francis :Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2008 02:52:10 PDT David thanks a lot for your big support in table two.B/F is 12,100 UGX.you know, money for school fees is always given 960,000 UGX so out of that we remove 20% for office running,and 80% for paying school fees for the kids.David keep up with your co-operation.Bye!!!!!!!!!. ---- :Author: Ndelo Peter :Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 09:38:44 PDT Hi, every body, am just missing the online activities because of internet connection but am working hard to see that we get. However before we get our own I will try as much as possible to apear. Thanks ---- :Author: Samuel Ngotho :Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:39:13 PDT And to echo on the sales, a good sales person out of 10 NOs should be able to turn 2 around to be YES. Thats what to me makes a wonderful sales person due to interpersonal skills. ---- :Author: Ndelo Peter :Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:13:55 PDT sales need a very good marketing skills and also there should be available market because much as you have good marketing skills, if there are no consumers, it is impossible ---- :Author: Samuel Ngotho :Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2008 06:06:16 PDT Do a fisibility study to ascertain the volume of the market. Before start on the marketing then it would be recomended that u understand the needs of the target group to achieve your targets. ---- :Author: Okello Morris Barry :Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:50:50 PDT Why, Lia members, doesn't enter online line this days. Peter there is a SPRING forms online. Pick and fill it. ---- :Author: George Ovola :Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 01:33:13 PDT Its has been long,members out side does not out mind,we have taken long so lets come up revive and see way of overcoming challenges . ---- :Author: Linda Nowakowski :Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 03:13:07 PDT Welcome back George... ---- :Author: Ndelo Peter :Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:22:13 PST Hi all, it s good to hear from you all. by the way Okello How can get that spring form? I cound not find it here. Hello George, how is Gulu. ----