What's what in my WWC Area - how your basic information can benefit others

The World Connectory Project will link every place in the world's poorest countries with its own partner-place in one of the world's wealthier countries.

How that link is used will be up to the people living in the places that are linked together. But without putting some basic information about each place online, it will be hard to get started.

If you know no-one in your partner area (that's the place you'll be linked to), you will still be able to contact someone there if you are able to contact the local newspaper or radio station there.

Or it may be people in the rest of the world have already heard of your part of the world because of somewhere famous - or someone famous - who lives there. That could be a useful link.

Or there may be organisations where you live that already have international links. It may be easiest to start by building on these links.

So this is a place for sharing information about your own area's

main local newspaper

local radio or TV

special places

worldwide organisations already active in your area

Or you may just want to make some other comment on this.

Please do: share information and ideas, ask questions, add photos, get other to contribute. Do whatever you like, provided it's in true Nedster spirit!

Last comment added: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:37:34 PST

Comment 1 on What's what in my WWC Area - how your basic information can benefit others

My own Worldwide Connectory Area # is

6498 England - Cambridgeshire (Cambridge, East Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire & South Cambridgeshire)

language: English

main local newspaper: Cambridge Evening News

local radio: BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

special places: Cambridge University colleges, including King's College Chapel, seen all over the world every Christmas

world wide organisations: Rotary, Scouts, YMCA, Minority Students, lots of different worldwide faith groups and plenty of other worldwide organisations (must think about this and edit later)

Find your worldwide Connectory Area # by finding the country where you live in the listings here and by clicking on the country concerned.

I'm going to add a few I've worked out for myself - in the hope that Nedsters will then drop by and add the local information requested.

That information could be of real value to a partner area since it suggests points of contact for someone outside the area who wishes to get in touch and it also gives a flavour of what's going on there.

And add any other information you think might be of interest!

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Peter Ndelo:

WWC # 2250 Uganda - Eastern region: Tororo district

What local languages are spoken? and are there local newspapers and/or radio stations? And any notable places in your area? And what worldwide organisations are to be found where you live?

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Eric Wanjamah:

WWC # 6070 Sweden - Vastra Gotaland county: Goteborg municipality

What local languages are spoken? and are there local newspapers and/or radio stations? And any notable places in your area? And what worldwide organisations are to be found where you live?

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Jon Alexander:

WWC # 6162-6167 (which is it?):

Canada - Ontario: Toronto census division (municipal ward numbers 1-6, 13-14)

Canada - Ontario: Toronto census division (municipal ward numbers 7-10, 23-24 & 33)

Canada - Ontario: Toronto census division (municipal ward numbers 11-12, 15-17, 25 & 34)

Canada - Ontario: Toronto census division (municipal ward numbers 18-22, 27-28)

Canada - Ontario: Toronto census division (municipal ward numbers 26, 29-32, 35-36)

Canada - Ontario: Toronto census division (municipal ward numbers 37-44)

What local languages are spoken? and are there local newspapers and/or radio stations? And any notable places in your area? And what worldwide organisations are to be found where you live?

Comment 5 on What's what in my WWC Area - how your basic information can benefit others

Hi David, this real geography :) am trying to edit and add my name but it seems i have no permission. otherwise this is very interesting to know how ned people are dispersed worldwide

Comment 6 on What's what in my WWC Area - how your basic information can benefit others

Peter, good to hear from you.

You need to join the World Connectory group to edit a workspace. Go to this page:

http://www.ned.com/group/wwc/

and click on "Join this Group". Then you should be able to edit and add your name.

But to answer the questions about your local area, you don't need to join the group - just post your answers here.

Comment 7 on What's what in my WWC Area - how your basic information can benefit others

Thanks David,

Languages: Swedish (commonly used), English (used as well)

Main local mewspaper: Göteborgs Posten http://www.gp.se/

Local Radio: Sveriges Radio P4 http://www.sr.se/P4/

Special Places: Gothenburg University colleges

World Wide Organizations: Scouts http://www.ssf.scout.se/goteborg / YMCA, Faith groups and many more...

Comment 8 on What's what in my WWC Area - how your basic information can benefit others

Eric, thanks for the links. They provide the kind of useful contact points that people from a country lacking resources might use to their advantage.

Does the Goteborgs Posten publish letters to the editor? Imagine the kind of letters that might be sent to the editor from resourceful people in a poor country suggesting ways that Swedes in Gothenburg might get to know more about their partner-area and ways they might work together for their mutual benefit.

I found a website listing local radio stations in Sweden but was unable to link to it here, but it suggested that SR P4 was a music station. It could be that the best radio stations might be those which focus most on talk and news.

And what about encouraging links between radio stations in the two partner areas? That would oil the works wonderfully!

Comment 9 on What's what in my WWC Area - how your basic information can benefit others

David,am afraid Goteborgs Posten is entirely in Swedish and would have to find out whether they publish letters to the editor. There are two other daily newspapers that are provided for free, METRO http://www.metro.se/se/metroteknik/ and .SE http://www.aftonbladet.se/punkts e/ I think they are more popular that Goteborgs Posten but will check if they have columns for letters to the editor.

I will also check on the radio station and find out which one focuses on talk and news.

Comment 10 on What's what in my WWC Area - how your basic information can benefit others

Thanks, Eric.

These are only examples but I think it helps to be able to see exactly what opportunities there are in each WWC area for taking action. It doesn't need to be a letters to the editor feature, but there does need to be some way that someone could use a newspaper or radio station to get across a message about the World Connectory Project.

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In the Kindling thread, Kayiwa Fred posted about the WWC areas around where he lives. I've copied it here too. I really like this thumbnail sketch approach. Perhaps I should try doing this for the all the England areas. It's a thought.

Kayiwa's post:

Uganda - Central region: Kalangala district and Masaka district (Bukoto county and Masaka municipality)

This is the County were i wasborn an my mother and my father Bukoto-masaka distric. Kalangala district was demacted from Masaka and it is an Island part of lake victoria Both districts are in Buganda Kingdom and the languange spoken is LUGANDA.

Uganda - Central region: Kampala district (Central division - north of Namirembe Road and Rubaga division)

Kampala is the capital city of uganda and its mayor is called Nasser Ssebagala. Kampala cental division is in the city center and its Chairman is called Godfrey Nyakana former Boxing Champion. Rubaga dision is in the North Of Kampala and this is were my university that i go to every day is found.

Uganda - Central region: Kampala district (Central division - south of Namirembe Road and Makindye division)

This is the headquaters of the military police of uganda

Uganda - Central region: Kampala district (Kawempe and Nakawa divisions)

This is were the Industrial area is and many factories of uganda are found in this division.

Uganda - Central region: Kiboga and Mityana districts

These are the districts in the cetral Region were they keep many cows and they are pastrolists.

The languange used is Luganda.

Uganda - Central region: Luwero and Nakasongola

districts

This is were the guorila war that brought the current President of uganda in power started and there died many people when you go there you will find many skulls.

Uganda - Central region: Masaka district (Bukomansimbi and Kalungu counties) and Sembabule district

Pastorist people leave theere and the main activity is Agriculture languange spoken is Luganda but in parts of Sembabule they speak Lunyarwanda and runyankore

Uganda - Central region: Mpigi district

This district is full of Agriclture and forestly. languange luganda

Uganda - Central region: Wakiso district (Entebbe municipality and Kyadondo county)

This is the district were i currently reside and stay it has got part of lake Victoria and the Airport, zoo, it has got the beautifully Beaches in Uganda beatiful road and the organised municiparity Entebbe municiparity its mayor is called Steven Kabuye we go to same church

Comment 12 on What's what in my WWC Area - how your basic information can benefit others

main local newspaper

http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon ian/ (state daily)
http://wweek.com/ (alternative weekly)

local TV and radio

special places

worldwide organisations already active in your area

Mercy Corps (there are hundreds if not thousands, MC comes to mind first)

Comment 13 on What's what in my WWC Area - how your basic information can benefit others

Wow, Mark, what a model answer! Thanks for all the links.

Oregon is part of the very last WWC area to be divided up. I should be doing in early May 2008 if all goes according to plan.

I'll make sure we include Mercy Corps in our nonprofitslist along with as many as possible of the "hundreds if not thousands" worldwide organisations already active in your area that you may be thinking of.

I don't quite know how to distinguish between organisations on the one hand like Mercy Corps (that are ideal for listing in the nonprofitslist) that may well have projects worth supporting in a number of different locations across the world, and - on the other hand - those like the Scout movement, International Federation of YMCAs, Superstar and sports team's fan clubs, the Mothers' Union, Volkswagen Owners Clubs, organisations of fellow-professionals etc etc where there is a worldwide membership with a similar type of branch organisation wherever you go in the world.

It's very frustrating - I don't even know how to Google for this kind of worldwide organisation. I know what I mean, but that's not much use if no-one else understands what I mean! The point is that where there is this second kind of worldwide organisation, there is already a ready-made link that some members in any WWC area partnership will immmediately be able to use to make contact.

Any tips, anyone?

Comment 14 on What's what in my WWC Area - how your basic information can benefit others

You bet David, for the second type of organization do you mean more like clubs and groups?

Comment 15 on What's what in my WWC Area - how your basic information can benefit others

That's helpful, Mark.

Googling on (1) worldwide, clubs, groups gives very different results from (2) worldwide, organisations.

Using search terms (1) results in clubs and groups engaged in a wide range of hobbies and leisure time activities, undertaken very disproportionately by people living in developed countries rather than by those living in economically poorer places. And many of the clubs/groups found appear to use the word "worldwide" in a very limited sense. Rather like Baseball's self-styled World Series.

The results from Search terms (2) are mostly businesses interested in a worldwide market

However, by using the terms (3) worldwide, clubs, groups, organisations you get results much closer to what I had in mind. For example, Rotary International comes close to the top of the list.

I'll re-visit this and search more systematically when I have more time.

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Thank Mark For Those Links

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Hi David - my info (thanks very much for asking!) - an admittedly very incomplete picture of the WWC Area where I reside and work:

6165 Canada - Ontario: Toronto census division (municipal ward numbers 18-22, 27-28)

languages: English 52%, French 2%, Other 46% (source: Wikipedia)
main local newspapers: Toronto Star (daily), NOW Magazine (free progressive weekly) also national dailies that tend to cover Toronto heavily: Globe and Mail, National Post
local radio: CBC Radio 1 FM (CBLA), many others
special places: Trinity-Bellwoods Park (first historical home of our own Kings College(!) that became the University of Toronto), the Canadian National Exhibition grounds, Little Italy (Toronto has one of the largest ex-patriate Italian communities in the world), Little Portugal (my own neighbourhood), the Toronto Islands' community and park
world wide organisations: whew! like others posted here, lots of different worldwide NGOs, faith groups and plenty of other worldwide organisations - I'll have to work on that...

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