Kasinja, I wasn't really suggesting you start by making books about culture in Uganda. From what I here from you all you're interest is in science, water and agriculture. Those books are so important.

Remember brainstorming isn't a time for making decisions, it's a time for generating a list of ideas. Once we generate some ideas we can chose one or two to concentrate on and to work out in detail.

I brought up the idea of stories and folklore because lots of people know these stories. They've been told them over the years and are part of the culture of Uganda. Now in Uganda there are many different cultures, some of the stories are shared across cultures, but some are particular to particular people. Also some of the stories are always, or almost always, told in home languages. So there are ways of sharing stories among Ugandans, but when it comes to sharing stories with people outside Uganda, that's a a little harder. One of the reasons is that the stories fit together with all sorts of other things you know. So part of the trick of sharing stories with people outside Uganda is giving them a way to fit the stories together. Because it's only together that the meanings of the culture begin to make sense.

Something about Uganda is people often move from their part of Uganda to places like Kampala to go to school. So people move around. And often people meet and fall in love with people from other parts of Uganda with different traditions and a different language. Finding the ways of sharing cultures with the blending isn't always easy. The ethnic tensions in Kenya are a good example. But people need positive ways to share their cultures. And people like to share stories.

I think it is possible that Ugandans might share stories online. One of the ways that I thought they might do that is with a blog about Ugandan stories.

There are some issues to think about in making a blog. But one thing to say about blogs is it's worthwhile to see other Ugandans writing blogs. It's nice because you can leave comments on their blogs. If you have a blog or Web page when people see your comment many will click to see what you write too. So over time conversations and connections develop. Making lots of connections in Uganda is really an advantage for your organization.

There are issues to talk about with a blog. But I talk too much. The main thing in my example was to show that the Internet can be important in making ideas sustainable.