New Members Welcome Forum

Welcome to the Steve Sinnott Foundation Online Community.  It would be great if you could introduce yourself with a "Comment" just to let us know that you’ve passed this way. Scroll down to the end please to add your comment.

WELCOME to Tony Dykes - Action for Southern Africa -

Tony writes:

About Me -
Major interest in southern Africa and building solidarity in support of development, rights, justice and democracy.

Interested in global solidarity and in addition to southern Africa a personal interest in Latin America.

We need to globalise solidarity but also reduce poverty, gross inequality, discrimination and marginalisation in our own countries.

We need a better, fairer more just and sustainable world

Also like Steve Sinnott an Evertonian!

Thanks for the introduction Tony and welcome to our website. I look forward to your active participation. I will be in touch through email with further details.

Hello All.

I am the chair of HESA (Health & Education for Southern Africa), a UK registered charity just starting to get up on its feet following a period of inactivity due to lack of human and other resouces. I have just recently discovered the Steve Sinnot Foundation only to see that there is a very large community with a great passion for Africa South of the Sahara, just as Steve had.

I am a Zimbabwean born British citizen who came into the UK in my adulthood in the mid 90s. My passion is to see children and young people rise to their full potential despite their background and family circumstances.

My dream is to set up a distance education facility where children are taught by experts in all subjects, who may be resident anywhere in the world. By the end of 2010, I wish to have established a video conferencing connection between, Nottingham and Johannesburg to test the feasibility of the project.

I am looking for funding to get internet via satellite as broadband is currently unreliable. I already have a commitment from a Video conferencing specialist company who has offered to donate hardware if we can guarantee connectivity.

I look forward to discussing this project further with as many as are willing to be part of this vision.

Kind Regards

Dr. Joseph Zulu.

Welcome to the forum Joseph and thanks very much for sharing your initiative with us, which I think is quite interesting. As you can see, we have added your description of your initiative on our 'projects' page of the website, which is basically a space for you to share your projects in greater detail,provide links to your website as well as share case studies and evidences. I'll encourage you to utilise the space to the maximum.

I joined this at the NUT Conference in Liverpool. Really great idea. Best wishes.

Welcome Edward. I Look forward to your participation. Please do use the forum to tell us more about yourself, the school/schools you have worked with and if you are currently involved with any exchange programmes or education initiatives in other parts of the world.

Hello all

I joined after being a supporter who follows the twitter feed. I am chair of NUT South East Young Teachers and am inspired by the work Steve did. As chair, I hope to get involved with this movement and pledge the support of young members in our region

Welcome Daniel. Please use the online community to share with us your concerns about education or the lack of it in many countries, your ideas or any national/international work in education that you are involved with, in any capacity. 

Hello,

I am Alex Davidson of the Canadian Teachers' Federation.  I am delighted to see the Steve Sinnott Foundation has been established and hope that its work, and the work of foundations and NGOs such as this can complement and support the work of teachers throughout the world.

Welcome to our online community Alex. We look forward to working with the Canadian Teachers' Federation ! When you have some time to browse around, please do mention your initiatives in the 'Projects' section of the website. We will be in touch with you about Sierra Leone.

Hello

I have just read about your project in NUT magazine and think it's fantastic. I have just qualified as a teacher and was wondering if you are looking for teachers to help in Nepal?

Gemma

Naveed Rafiq writes on behalf of the Takmeel Foundation -

"Hello.

I am from Pakistan. My name is Naveed Rafiq. We are running an organization for poor children who do not have sources to pay their fee . We are making efforts for the education of children in every circumstances.
your encouragement will empower us to work for poor people in the country."

Jesus Refuge Orphanage South Africa: Our mission is to add value, and hope to the lives of the orphans, street kids, unemployed youths, by providing food, shelter, skill development training to teenagers between the ages of 8-18 with skills and to empower vulnerable women. Our programs capacitate Support Services to affected families and offer Home Based Care, Counseling Primary Health Care, Psycho Social Support as well as Outreach Projects within Informal Settlements in identifying Orphaned Vulnerable Children (OVC) and Student Support Services.

The provision of numeracy training for nine Early Childhood Development (ECD)  from three ECD centres in Tembisa  Plain area will give 315 ECD a solid grounding in numerical concepts.

THE MATASSA HOPE FOUNDATION (reg.nbr.G13350) is a registered non- profit charity organization in Ghana.It's main objective is to give the rural children of Africa   the hope  of a better tomorrow by giving them education.Helping to improve education mostly  in the deprived zones where poverty is  dominant.

We all know education is the key to a better future.

please can you help?

Thank you*

matassa hope foundation

www.matassahope.org

Tel- direct line 00233244059613

email-hopefound02@yahoo.com

I am Michael Sayo from Matonyok Nomads Development Organization - MANDO a not-for-profit making Non- Governmental Organization established in Kenya at the grassroot level for the purpose of enhancing justifiable social, cultural and economical developments in the Maasaii pastoralist communities in Kenya and beyond.

We would interested to network and partnered organization with share our mission to eradicate illiteracy and poverty by overcoming the injustices that cause them.

You're doing a great work, the greatest endeavour is to save lives and give education.

Here at MATASSA HOPE FOUNDATION we are dedicated to improving education in the rural areas,

to give the children the hope of a better tomorrow.

hi people? how are you all doing? i hope you are doing well. my names are Matthew Erot Echom, young male Christian, chair of youth group in northern Kenyan arid county called Turkana.

i am here to exchange ideas, learn more and also to see if i can find some donors to help us as a group change our home area.

NTYEI-Nyelilingi Turkana youth Empowerment Initiative, is a group of local youth who after discussing and deliberating on issues  affecting many youth in larger Turkana, decided to come together and find a possible solution that can salvage the situation, reduce and if possible eradicate the problem.

Turkana as a county is semi-arid and the majority of the population are illiterate. Many and mostly youth have close to none way of eking a living and nothing as productive engaging activity, this has given them a lot of time to indulge in many boisterous and dangerous involvements including abusing drugs, early age sex, crime and even prostitution. All is because the place is hot and withered with no available economic supporting pillar to sustain their existence and carter for their day to day needs.

i need you to help me find some donors who might be willing to get my fellow youth out of boisterous behaviors that they indulge in.

looking forward to having you all as friends-good friends

I am Annor Donyina Seth of Kingseth Group and our vission is to stop the violence world and replace with peace forever.

Our recent project is based on the hazards of drugs.

i alsmost 70% of the youth around the globe are mostly addicted to drugs (alcohol, cocaine, indian hemp, heroin and other hard drugs).

and after they are confuse with the bad treatment of the drugs, they begin do things that goes contrary to the rights of some people and the natture as a whole.

the group has therefore plane to creat the awareness of harzards of drugs in a special way with special education to alert the people around the globe the harm that drugs can cause to our have an the enviroment.

We will be very much grateful any surpport towards this programe from any individual or organisation from world wide

We will need website, funding, vehicle, funds for music and video production including TV, radio, newspappers adverts, platcards, banners, custumes and anything at all you wish support with.

you can call 00233247998836

or email me annordonyina@yahoo.com

Hi, I am a Director of Planning, Finance and Administration of ALISOD. We are struggling to ensure development of modern information environment that highly integrated with ICT application in Tanzania. This is because, Information sector particularly Libraries has been given low priorities to most of institutions in developing countries despite of its necessity in daily human life.

Firstly  I would like to be linked to possible sources where they can support this efforts through. Secondly, I prefer to have a Tanzania Discussion Forum at least we can share different ideas on our efforts on attaining Millennium Development Goals.

Safisha welfare foundation(SAWF) do welcome all well wishers who would participate for the programs to fulfill the millenium development goals so as to eradicate poverty.We deal with education and are committed to fulfilling the objectives of the organization which are;-

to foster education among the poor in the community and provide sponsorship

to establish schools and education centres

to provide education materials,

to campaign for education.Sawf has established a safisha academy that has enrolled 65 children and is offering free education.

email.info@safishaafrica.org

Hi Everyone,

This is a really interesting and inspiring foundation. I hope I might be able to volunteer my services. I am currently in the middle of a PGCE in Geography and have experience of teaching English as a foreign language in South Korea. I would love to join a project (especially in Africa) where I could teach and make a contribution. Could you point me in the right direction? 

Welcome everyone. Individual and group initiatives like yours are filling a key gap in the provision of education in various countries and it is inspiring to read about your efforts. The purpose of our online community is to provide a platform for promoting such efforts and matching them with whatever support that can be generated. At the same time, we encourage you to visit the discussion forums and add to the knowledge and awareness that we are trying to generate through this community, in support of the millennium development goals for education.

I am Dr. Adeolu Olusodo, the Chief Steward of STARS MINISTRIES. We are a Faith - based organisation that is geared towards lighting up our corner. We presently run a Not-for-profit health clinic. 

We just adopted about 11 slums (blighted communities) close to our operational base in Lagos, Nigeria. Part of our plan is to set up a school in each community for children that are out of school. 

We hope to do this so as to also assist in the achievement of the Millennium Development Goal.

Hello there

Just making myself known (on your website). I have retired from teaching now and may be of use to the Steve Sinnott Foundation, eg I have been working with students in North Devon Schools through The Piper Calls Project. Please have a look at my website and the comments in the About Me, What People Say menu in particular.

I will be returning to Palestine, hopefully this year and intend to bring music and song to students there. I have a number of friends there and have been discussing possibilities. They have all my CV details etc. 

I would like to continue to make use of nearly 30 years of classroom experience. 

In solidarity

Dave Clinch

Facebook: thepipercallsproject Clinch

Website: www.thepipercallsproject.co.uk

  hi allow me to introduce myself to your site and more so what i do.at 22 years i started a project to support youth in kenya.have been working with the youth who were not lucky enough to get formal education teaching them on enteprenuership skills.we have over 850 trained youth and active in business.430 youth are on rabbit keeping projects.we are seeking funder or a partner to help us set up rabbit meat outlet to offer market for our youth. have the passion for youth coz in them things can change.can be reached though;rabbitamfarmltd@yahoo.com.

Welcome to the online community a former colleague Dave Clinch. Glad to have you with us Dave. Get lots more NUT members to join.

Welcome too to John Mbugua. Let's hear more about your work John on the PROJECTS pages and maybe too in the Kenya Group Forum.

Welcome to the online community Edith. Please tell us more about your work in Ghana.

We are inspired by your great works in Nepal! We are currently working on an expansion project at our school to increase children's capacity. a project proposal is already  done and awaits posting to prospective funders the Australian embassy, in Zimbabwe

A new project possibly next year would be to establish a computer lab in order to introduce ICT lessons to the children. This may require some help from well wishers too through SSF

I am Marcellina Ehidiamen from  Nigeria, I am the founder and coordinator of  "the future champions"

 Thanks Steve for this platform. 

Hello Steve,

The plight of children is a major concern for all of us given the role they will in turn play as tomorrow's adults. It is very sad to see that over 60-million children are unable to attain first school level of education in the 21st century. My organisation; Centre for Reconstruction and Development based in Cameroon currently works in a community where over 60% of the inhabitants cannot read or write. This makes my work difficult, since they do not understand us well as a result of poor communication. Classrooms are inexistent in some schools let alone benches on which to write. Most pupils complete attending school without having owned a textbook in their life. Education should not be perceived by children of the poor to be luxury, but seen as a tool for the advancement of human development. I see it as a moral obligation for us to concertedly work together in this social network and change the world to be a better place for the underprivileged.

Thank you.

RUBRO is basically the abbreviation of RURAL URBAN BASIC REQUIREMENTS ORGANIZATION. Theme behind the establishment of this organization is to identify the basic requirements of the people of district Dera Ismail Khan, which is one of the most backward as well as populated district of Pakistan. At the same time, Dera Ismail Khan has the soil which is matchless in its agricultural  capabilities, and, at the same time, it has the people who are not less than any other as far as their mantle or intellectual capabilities are concerned. To study the main deprivations of these people, RUBRO conducted a brief survey to evaluate basic needs of these people. And the outcome of the survey was, that EDUCATION was the main point which this wise population is lacking of. secondly, HEALTH sector was not even into the picture, specially in the peripheries of Dera Ismail Khan District. Thirdly, sense of SANITATION is also one of the major issue over there. in this regard, concept of having Toilets in the house is quite a new thing to these people of 21st century.   To address these main issues, RUBRO taken few positive steps. first of all, it arranged some sports festivals on different places to engage the YOUTH of the area to participate in the future, in the activities RUBRO was planning for them. secondly, RUBRO arranged places/buildings to start at least basic education which can give some food for thought to the people of these areas to attract to EDUCATED WISDOM, they are lacking of. Our team, with help of local volunteers, working day and night to provoke parents as well children to help themselves by supporting RUBRO to get what they deserve. rubro192@hotmail.com

Hello all,

My name is Dominique Vidale-Plaza, I work for a grassroots organization based in the US - Women in War Zones. I am currently in Bukavu, DR-Congo working on the Women in War Zones initiative: the Wamu Project. The Project is named after Helene Wamuzila, a woman who was brutally raped by militia, featured in our documentary, filmed at Panzi Hospital. Helene craved an education and was a truly motivated woman, capable of great things, despite her illiteracy. Helene passed away shortly after the release of the documentary and so we named the Project after this woman who truly believed in the power of an education, even though she never had the opportunity to receive one.

The Wamu Project is geared toward ensuring the education and literacy of survivors of sexual violence and the conflict in the DRC. We believe that education is important in the psycho-social recovery and re-integration into society of the women we serve and that education empowers. Empowered women is key to the overall rehabilitation of this country, and bringing peace and conflict resolution to a country much in need of it.

I hope to learn more about your ongoing projects and perhaps partner with other related groups. Any questions? Contact me at dominique@womeninwarzones.org

Macmillan Karanu Nyaki writes:

Hi, I am Macmillan Karanu Nyakio a male from Kenya, East Africa. I am involved in a project to make our people have an affordable access to quality educational resources as a cornerstone to sustainable poverty eradication strategy. We are also involved in sustainable wealth creation and wealth management. Let us keep in touch and exchange ideas on how to make our world a better place for each one of us. Thanks

Hello good people,

My names are Samba Nixon the Chairman & CEO of YOUTHS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (YUSUD)Located in Kisumu city, Kisumu County, Republic of Kenya.

YUSUD is a registered non-profit making, non-religious and non-political youth led Community Based Organization (CBO) that provides a forum through which the youth can articulate their issues and work together for their holistic developmentas they prepare to become honest and responsible leaders and agents of positive change.

We are a Youth led Community Based Organization promoting the "Social Entrepreneurship Concept" by combining the passion of a social mission with business disciplines, innovation and determination and is therefore strategically using Business Model Approaches in responding to Social Problems such as HIV/AIDS pandemic, Poverty, Unemployment, Under-Employment, Drug and Substance Abuse, Teenage Pregnancy, Prostitution, Crime, Environmental Degradation etc which have hit hardest on the young people and the vulnerable members of the society in Kenya

Kisumu has a very high poverty level, combined with high unemployment and HIV/AIDS that have hit hardest on the young people and the women. In response, YUSUD has developed tailor made programmes to tackle the impacts of these social ills.

We would like to link up with like minded organizations and individuals, both local and international, that can support our course through knowledge sharing, financial and non-financial resources support, technology transfer etc etc.

Thank you good people and keep up the good work

Hello good people,

My names are Samba Nixon the Chairman & CEO of YOUTHS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (YUSUD)Located in Kisumu city, Kisumu County, Republic of Kenya.

YUSUD is a registered non-profit making, non-religious and non-political youth led Community Based Organization (CBO) that provides a forum through which the youth can articulate their issues and work together for their holistic development as they prepare to become honest and responsible leaders and agents of positive change.

We are a Youth led Community Based Organization promoting the "Social Entrepreneurship Concept" by combining the passion of a social mission with business disciplines, innovation and determination and is therefore strategically using Business Model Approaches in responding to Social Problems such as HIV/AIDS pandemic, Poverty, Unemployment, Under-Employment, Drug and Substance Abuse, Teenage Pregnancy, Prostitution, Crime, Environmental Degradation etc which have hit hardest on the young people and the vulnerable members of the society in Kenya

Kisumu has a very high poverty level, combined with high unemployment and HIV/AIDS that have hit hardest on the young people and the women. In response, YUSUD has developed tailor made programmes to tackle the impacts of these social ills.

We would like to link up with like minded organizations and individuals, both local and international, that can support our course through knowledge sharing, financial and non-financial resources support, technology transfer etc etc.

Thank you good people and keep up the good work

I am the Secretaire general of Cefer, a Senegalese based Ngo involved on street issues in Dakar.It is with a great interest that our organisation is became a member of your organisation.Our concern is to save several thousands of children from atrocities,unfortubately our tools are very limited to meet our objectives.We are seeking for volunteers and sponsors who can help us in our activities.

Many thanks to you

We must ask contributors to this forum please to identify themselves at least by name and preferably with contact details. It is better that contributors should also register as community members using the Register and Sign In options at the top of the page.

My name is Navdeep & I am a young global campaigner for education. This website is brilliant and have even set up a page on which i can download pictures and stories from when i travelled to Guatemala in February! I would love it if everyone would take the time to check it out!
Thanks, Navdeep

Hello! I am Raymond Kyaw Aung from Burma, a poor country. I am  a missionary. I have a vision to promote education for poor children who are in Rural area of Burma country. There are so many poor children who cannot go to school in rural areas of Burma. So I am looking for project in order to launch a community for poor children in rural area of Burma. To educate poor children is a great merit in this earthly life, said by St. Augustine.

Thanks,

Raymond Kyaw Aung

Email: aung118061@gmail.com

Dear All, I am a trustee for Manisha UK which works alongside the MCWFN in Nepal. We are working with SSF to provide better education for the children of Nepal in the Palpa district. I am also a primary school teacher in London and part of SSF's school twinning programme with the schools in Nepal.

Hi every one

I am called Joselyne Karuma Napokoli and I am the Executive Secretary of ELOHACOPO foundation.  ELOHACOPO stands for Elimination of Hard Core Poverty.  The organization is an NGO operation from Eastern Uganda in East Africa.  I am looking for partners to support our program of education for  children especially girls who drop out school at an early age and get married with no good education background.  Join me and we support at least 20 students for secondary education with tuition,  pads and scholastic materials.

Dear all,

Greetings from Manyoni - Tanzania.

 I am Heri Labani Sagali, working with Manyoni District Council as Community Development Officer. Our Organization mission is to bring sustainable development through the provision of quality social and economic services based on stakeholder participation and good governance in elimination of poverty.

I am writing on behalf of my District Council to ask for support on construction of District resource centre with ICT. We have received few book from our friend, and decided to give to two secondary school here in town. But we are planning to recieve many books from one of our friends abroad, and the room we have is not enough.

We have planned to find funds for construction of District Resource Centre with ICT so that every one, the whole community could access the books and use it.

Nowadays we have many people who are studying at the same time working but they face an area where they could get books for references. Our district does not have a resource centre. So constructing a new resource centre will be good solution for the people and community here in Manyoni district about education.

Am looking forward to here from you anyone who are interesting with my idea are freely to contact me through my contacts below.

Thanks,

Heri Labani Sagali

My email: sagherry@yahoo.com

Mobile No. +255 755 268 552

I am ismanto setiawan, lives in Indonesia and become a treasurer at Adventist School ( elementry & junior high school). We find fund for construction of the building and also helping the students for their donation every month. Because, most of our students are orphan and poor family.

Thanks.

ismanto setiawan

email : is_rapi_2002@yahoo.com

Hello, my name is Tagne Theophile, president of Association Tondji International de Developpement-TIDA. We are are promoting Moringa oleifera plant project to fight against malnutrition in Tchadian and Centralafricans refugees camps in Cameroun. Moringa plant is orginated from India and came across tropical zones in Africa. It is one of most nutritious plant on earth. We had develop a pilot farm that created a great impact and we hope to extend our pilot farm to have more moringa leave powder for ditribution among the refugees, especially to mother and child who are mostly the victims.

I hope to hear also from you.

Thanks

Tagne

I am the Director Luhwahwa Youth Development Foundation (LUYODEFO), a local non-profit, community based organization in Kasese district in the far western region of Uganda. Our focus is finding innovative and sustainable solutions to the pressing problems faced by the poor communities in the Rwenzori region and working towards breaking poverty cycle, community building, youth formation, grassroot development, and rural rehabilitation.

Please visit our website http://luyodefo.org to explore the application and possibility of supporting our efforts. We welcome you all to keep fingers crossed and put hand together.

Hello everybody.

I'm Petra Barghouthi, live in the West Bank of Palestinian Terotories. I'm new particepant and try to familiarize myself with the website which I found it very interesting and the projects listed are very inspiring. I'm working on developing a psychotherapy and rehabilitation center for children and young people in Palestine who are suffering from differnt pycho-social difficulties resulted by the political conflict and social manars. the project is to use art modles in therapy, I am myself finished my master degree from The central School of Speech and Drama in UK. coming back to my country put on me a great responsabilty to offer this service which is totaly unique here. I worked with children in a Palestinian refugee camps with groups of children, young people and women, the results were fascinating and promising. I also developed an inclusive art education project in the governmental schools where I focus on the disadvantaged areas for 5 years. after this experience I am now looking forward and working on founding a training and rehabilitation center where I can further develop this service and train counselors and teachers in schools and community centers to work with children. so i found this website hoping to find any support or help that could transform thousands of children's life into a better psychological and educational conditions. Hope to hear from you.

regards

Petra 

I am James K. Addo executive director of Rural Education and Development Programme an NGO based in Ajumako Enyan Essiam District in the Central Region of Ghana. I am a new member for this forum and would like to join you reasonable people of the world to discuss issues for the welfare of mankind around the world.

The Rural Education and Development Programme (REDEP) is an all-volunteer, non-profit, non- governmental organization based in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District in the Central Region of Ghana. The organization was incorporated in November, 1999 and granted NGO status by the Department of Social Welfare in April 2001. REDEP is engaged in activities that bring hope to the people it serves through community development programs that help fill the needs of the people for Health, Education, Environment and Livelihood (hence the acronym 'HEEL'). Our HEEL programs have the goals of (1) improving the level of health care available in the district (including education in HIV/AIDS), (2) providing instruction and assistance in developing good environmental practices, (3) assisting in the public education process by helping students to stay in school as long as possible, and encouraging those that can  become teachers in the district, and (4) helping people to develop marketable skills and become productive members for their communities.

I am James Mbungyuh Tseyah, CEO of Cameroon League for Development, a registered non governmental organisation of the Republic of Cameroon With the following objectives:

OBJECTIVES

1- To establish and run educational programs that will regenerate the youths in both rural and urban job, markets as a means of curbing on the employment and poverty pandemics plaguing most African countries like Cameroon.

2-  To promote and encourage charity in specific socio-cultural, socio-economic sectors like the plenipotentiary, underprivileged and destitute.

3-  To encourage women and men to engage their human and financial resources into the poultry industry.

4- To create, write, produce and distribute films that would motivate, promote and stimulate agriculture and development.

5- To bring youths closer to the neo-communication technologies such as computer systems and application software through our educational and school programmes etc.

6- To cater for the ageing population in Cameroon and most developing countries in Africa as they suffer neglect from their direct family members and their communities.

7- To act communally as a non-governmental organization and non- partisan in all circumstances.

8- To organize and run workshops, symposia and seminars etc to enhance the communities capacities.

9- To encourage agriculture as the surest form of economic empowerment for all ages.

10-   Engage, educate, and empower youths to advance global health and the Millennium Development Goals.

11-   To enhance the capacities of the underprivilege widows and orphans.

12-   To assist the educational public of Cameroon and Africa as research to higher education students still remain a myth as the facilities in place do not fully address the matter.

13-   To participate in both national and international workshops and summits that falls squarely under our objectives like workshops and summits on capacity building and networking in agriculture, cinema and education.

14-   To grant scholarships to deserving and needy individuals, groups and associations.

15-   Promote research aimed at improving on the profession.

16-   Partner with individuals, groups, organizations, governments and companies found interested in promoting the afore-mentioned objectives.

           We need partnerships and assistance.

Hope to hear from you guys at your earliest convinience.

James Mbungyuh Tseyah
Chief Executive Officer
CAMEROON LEAGUE FOR DEVELOPMENT
REGISTERED No 000770/ADR/J06
BP 31332 BIYEM ASSI YAOUNDE
REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON
00237 765 025 20
00237 994 478 76
camleadngo@gmail.com
www.facebook.com / cameroon league for development

Hello, our organisation is based in Cameroon, We promote peace, nonviolence, international solidarity, intercultural diversity, Millenium Development Goals.

We are promoting actually an education center construction project in Bafia situated about 120 kilometers from the capital Yaounde.

We hope to share a lot with younin this forum.

B&W CAM

Hello all!

I am Elizabeth, the Executive Assistant to the Executive Director of Mayan Families, an organization that seeks to empower the indigenous communities in the Lake Atitlán area of Guatemala.  Mayan Families provides opportunities and assistance to the indigenous and impoverished people of Guatemala, through education and community development programs.

I'm excited to be here and look forward to learning more about other programs and sharing information about ours to those who are interested!

Elizabeth Hagee
Executive Assistant
MAYAN FAMILIES
2609 Hartford St. 
San Diego, CA. U.S.A. 92110-2315
a registered 501.(c).(3) Non Profit Charity
Tel: [619-550-2608]
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The shortage of qualified teachers in rural and poor facilitated schools is one of the most challenging problems faced by overburdened education systems in Uganda. It's not unusual for a government village school, housing 200-500 students, to have fewer than half a dozen teachers who are not well-qualified to teach many of the subjects that they are required to teach. It is also not unusual for even these few teachers to be absent due to various reasons on any given day.  There a need to transform these challenges

Thanks

Becoming a Millennium Development Ambassador: The Millennium Development Ambassadors program is open to individual with the drive and power to affect change and empower the society for the realization of the MDGs. They are to be in strategic locations within the community and passionate about the realization of the MDGs, as well as compassionate towards humanity and interested in community development. Ambassadors emerge from the society after the feeling of commitment to the inspiration expressed by the UN Millennium Summit and are willing to be empowered and resources and to empower others as well as demonstrate the desire to connect to information, colleagues and resources and willingness to be celebrated and to celebrate all accomplishments related to global development in local communities, MDGs are most often strategic leaders in a variety of fields, including sports, government, religion, politics, the media, academia, business, art, NGOs, and others with initiatives including women, youth and religious leaders. However, persons qualified to be commissioned as Millennium Development Ambassadors are expected to:

• Cultivate the right and desired attitude toward community development
• Acquired or seek to acquire the appropriate knowledge to serve as facilitators of global development
• Have the recourses and tools to drive the desire for development and demonstrate tangible commitment or pledge of commitment to advance the realization of the MDGs.

My name is Enock Mwerenga based in Zimbabwe, town of Gweru which is the Provincial capital of Midlands. I am the Secretatry-general of Vizion Green Africa Trust. The city council of Gweru is facing a challenge in propelly disposing sewage, the plant had broken down and they are polluting Gweru river with raw sewage. As vizion green africa trust, working to clean environment is our thrust and we are appeling to welwish to come in and provide resources be in cash and kind and to make gweru river clean. We have a document ready seeking funding for the project. This project is self-sustaining and will benefit gweru residence through bio=gas production for domesitc use.

Regards

Mwerenga Enock +263 772 808 953

I am the executive vice president of Fundacion si (www.fundacionsi.com) based in Bogotá, Colombia.

We educate and much more. Our programme is a holistic approach to the family and it's problems. We educate, provide psychosociological support with personalised programmes. Our target beneficiaries are female heads of household with at least two children and little or no support. We will help them recover and rebuild their families,keeping their children away from drugs, alcoholism, gangsterism and worse. We will also help them find jobs with national level employers or, better still, help them start and establish their own businesses and so create a beneficial ripple effect in their local community.

We are a young, ambitious and energetic foundation and are excited by the prospect of y=te shared knowledge and benefits that the Steve Sinott Foundation can offer.

The longest journey starts with a single step, we have taken ours....

G Almass how are you sending you sms through mail that please can I do something for your org?if you understand i can do so then please contact me.Because I have lot of ideas which i can share with you my ideas will prove as a bridge for your organization.

                                         Thanks and warm Regards.

Thanks for your kind response I also understand that collaboration can solve lot of problems even hidden or huge.So i will do my efforts for your great aim and objective.

                                        Thanks and warm Regards.

                                       info@shadow-pak.org.pk.

                                       0092<0>313 890 1947.

hi there,I am very excited to be part of this wonderful community by which there will be the chance to engage in acquisition of knowledge and the sharing of best practices. I have been running my NGO for the past four years and it has not been an easy task but the joy is the hope that I inject into the lives of the underprevilged in the society. I hope to gain more knowldge and increase my experience as I have become a member of this site steve. God bless for the voice that you are given to the voiceless. I will load information about my organization and activities for your viewing. thatnks...........................

Welcome to the website Theophilus. We are an online community of people across the world who are working towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals for Education. The Foundation aims to promote interaction and exchange of ideas in this community so we hope you will share the details of your work and look around the 'projects' section for initiatives that you can collaborate with.

Hi,member iam journalist by professional working hope in life children care kalungu which support orphans in uganda those who can not afford to go for education.

I am happy to be part of this resourceful network of The Steve Sinnott Foundation. I welcome development partners and well-wishers who share into my mission.

Hi. I am Executive Director of Baruthi Education Care & Support Network. the organisation is based in Zambia and its work is to fight barriers that have excluded many children from the mainstream education systems. I hope to find a lot of insights and many ideas in forging ahead in this quest from my presence on this site.

Welcome to the online community David and great to know about your work on inclusive education. We currently have two organisations working in Zambia, listed on our website - Cecily's Fund and Maboshe Memorial. Cecily's fund works particularly with Children orphaned by AIDS and Maboshe Memorial works with disabled children including children with HIV/AIDS. You can find details about the two organisations in the PROJECTS section of the website which also lists 155 other projects in several countries in Africa and Asia. You will surely come across several other organisations, besides these two in Zambia, working on inclusive education and there may be opportunities for collaborative work or exchange of ideas. It will also be helpful if you can post a brief write-up about your organisation and projects on the website and share your contact details so that others could get in touch with you as well. Thanks.

Am Adam from Sudan am work at university of Gadarif as administrator ,now days am going to configure the charitable and educational organization in Sefawa village Gadarif State,Sudan this village affected by refugess during ethiopia war, the of aim of this orgnization is eliminating wastage of school children, I need your ideas and suggestions to me so I can start right.

My name is DAVID ODERO RABUOR Program Manager-Community Action for Health and Development-

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My fascination with Sciences of humanity was established during my time at college where I studied Health Studies. I have always had an enthusiastic interest in science based subjects, specifically, psychiatry, psychology. Studying the subject as part of my Health Studies course has made me comprehend that the life of Science is what I want to be a part of.

For as long as I can remember, I have always been interested in the interactions of human beings and on a larger scale how human behavior affects society. I have a particular interest in social care which is an area I believe, cannot be embarked upon lightly.

I am interested in serving as child advocate campaigner and lead a team that will make my hands dirty when it comes to turf time and performance conditions for the organization having grown up as an orphan child and tested the pain of being an orphan child in Africa.

As 2011 comes to a close, I’ve been reflecting on the past year and the many headline stories of financial uncertainty, political uprisings, and natural disasters.  Everywhere are signs of growing recognition that the status quo is no longer an option.  The world needs to experiment with new ways of renewing and revitalizing both our systems of capitalism and of government.  CAHED is one such experiment and we need your support to create even greater impact in our next phase for future generation.

I often repeat our major accomplishments: over 5000 Children served with basics like safe drinking water, Food nutrition’s i.e. agricultural inputs, and healthcare and access to education; and over 500 jobs created among young persons in our informal settlement community of Homa-Bay through entrepreneurial skills. But at the end of the day, capital investing is a human story. It is about investing in one another for the long-term, attaching real stakes ,which traditional charity often fails to do and real engagement in poor communities to the goal of long-term social impact, not short-term financial gain.  This is what sets CAHED apart – not just what we do, but how we do it.

When you support our work, you support our tomorrow leaders, and ideas that can change the world. You support efforts to build sustainable programs that enable small children who live in the slum of Shauri Yako in Homa-Bay,County, Kenya, to be our African pride.                                                                                                               

To grow to this next level, we need your support.  Please join us for the journey and commit to giving a gift  in our speak to the children program to help us build a world beyond poverty – one that extends the fundamental assumption that man is created equal to every man, woman, and child on the earth. 

Background Information
Community Action For Health and Development was founded in the year 2004 as a Community Based Organization by a group of minded young persons in the development mainstream as a means of doing service above self in championing for the rights of underprivileged, children, young persons, and the poor in our community for empowerment and equity.
The organization address the plight of orphans and the vulnerable children who are left to yonder after the death of their parents, focusing on issues that affect the growth and development in our community in Homa-Bay County within the municipality.

Community Action For Health and Development is  a child focused organization and are keen in implementing activities which supports orphans and widows (James 1:27); to defend the cause of the weak and the fatherless, maintain the rights of the poor and the oppressed (Psalms 82: 3-4).  OVC are among those severely affected and most neglected in AIDS programming and investing in them is investing in the future, strength and security of communities.  Care of OVC is therefore a powerful common ground for initiating AIDS responses in communities to fulfill one of the cornerstones of millennium development Goals.

CAHED believes, orphaned children develop best when they are able to remain with their siblings within a family situation with an adult caregiver in their own community.  The comfort of siblings, relatives and familiar authority figures and surroundings helps to mitigate the grief, insecurity and fears experienced by children who lose a parent.  Orphans are also able to participate in their own traditions and cultures.  In turn, they are more likely to succeed in school, socialization skills and preparation for their future livelihood.  HIV/AIDS prevention and advocacy for protection against OVC abuse and exploitation interventions is key to make sure OVC and other children in the communities are taken care and supported.

It is against this background that, CAHED intervention initiatives focused to address the problem of the impact of HIV/AIDS in Homa-Bay Shauri -Yako slums and in particular the plight of the vulnerable and orphaned children.  The programs want to put in place short-term and long-term measures aimed at improving quality of life of OVC and the community psychosocial support systems.  The long-term interventions will include Income Generating Activities (e.g. education sponsorship and development, enterprise development, psychosocial support centre, to help OVC and community members to be self-sustaining.

 About Shauri --Yako

Shauri Yako peri-urban (informal) settlement is the most conspicuous informal settlement within Homa Bay Municipality. Shauri Yako is a Kiswahili word which literally means, “at your own risk”. It has a history of “Sodom & Gomorah” where prostitution and drunkenness was the order of the day.  Although this has changed to an extent, the place is still insecure and promiscuous. The growth of the slum has been both rapid and unplanned resulting in desperate living standards for majority of inhabitants. It’s among the worst polluted and disease ridden habitats in Homa Bay. Section which happens to be served by sewerage line, suffers from permanent sewage discharge polluting surface waters and seepage from sewers, septic tanks and pit toilets pollute few shallow wells in existence and lake water as well. Due to poor sanitation facilities and lack of drainage, human faeces and pools of stagnant water are found adjacent to family households. Such living conditions are particularly serious for young children resulting in high incidences of diarrhoea, typhoid, cholera, malaria, fungal infections, scabies, ring-worms and chest infections. Poor knowledge of good hygiene practices accentuates the problem resulting in high incidences of infant mortality and morbidity.

Who we are
CAHED is an independent not-for profit community Based Organization (CBO) registered with Ministry of Gender, Sports, Children and Social services. The organization geared towards the abolition of child abuse and neglect and empowerment of the youth and other disadvantaged person’s .We are working with the orphans and vulnerable children, girls and women, the youths and the most vulnerable communities of Homa-Bay County which is part of 47 counties forming Kenya. It is located in the south western part of Kenya along Lake Victoria.
It borders Kisumu County to the north across the lake, Migori County to the south and Lake Victoria to the west. It is located between longitude 34º E and 34º 20” and latitudes 0º 20”S and 0º 52”S. The County covers an area of 8,056 km² exclusive of water. The county comprises of 16 islands, 5 District with the two biggest islands Mfangano followed by Rusinga. The water mass covers an area of 1,190 km .²

Our approach and beliefs
The lives of all human beings are of equal value. We promote equality of opportunity for everyone, (irrespective of race, age, gender, sexual orientation, HIV status, color, class, ethnicity, disability, location and religion) whilst acknowledging children, women and girls are especially disadvantaged.

Join me in the fight against extreme poverty

Be part of the charity cause to fight against extreme poverty and helping children realize their dreams.

By supporting CAHED, you have the opportunity to take action to support effective, proven initiatives that are delivering results in the poorest places on the planet: protecting families from preventable diseases like AIDS and malaria, putting children in school, conserving environment, providing economic opportunity and stabilizing CAHED children in our slum communities. 

Join me and millions of people around the world who believe that where you live shouldn't determine whether you live:

Together with you we can make a difference!

 I'd like you, to join CAHED charity cause

OUR CONTACTS
 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
COMMUNITY ACTION FOR HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT
CAHED CHILDREN RESCUE CENTRE
P.O.BOX 641-40300
Homa-Bay
Email.healthanddevelopment@yahoo.com /cahedchildrenrescure@gmail.com   

htt://facebook.com/Rael Achieng

On twitter @Rael Achieng
Tel. +254 725709631/+254710810910
Or Drop to Mwangaza Upper Campus opposite Prudence Hotel formally Mwangaza School.
Homa-Bay Rongo RD.

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Dedicate your life to a cause greater than yourself, and your life will become a glorious romance and adventure.

Welcome to the community, Adam and David and thank you for your posts. We have five projects from Sudan in the 'Projects' section and a new one from South Sudan. Adam, perhaps you might want to look at those projects and see if you can collaborate with any of them ? David, we similarly have over 25 projects from Kenya on the forum and we'll be glad if you could explore any opportunity of working together with them. We will post the information about your work in the projects section as this particular thread is for a brief introduction. 

Thanks for your post Adam. The purpose of this online community and of the Foundation itself, is to promote the exchange of ideas and facilitate collaboration among organisations. We aim to foster exchange of knowledge and expertise on these forums and bring together people and organisations who are doing similar work. We would like to reiterate that we are not a 'grant-making' Foundation and we do not have any process in place for acceptance of fund seeking proposals. However, we do look forward to knowing more about your work on education and profiling it through our website. 

Hi All,

I am a member form a mission form Bangalore, India. Ours is a faith based mission namely Bethesda Mission. We work for women and children a lot. We undertake projects in the field of

1 Education

2 Health---Cancer, HV/Malaria and TB, Diarrhea 

3 Women empowerment projects

4 Awareness programmes

5 Free medical clinics 

We are currently working on a project where in we are planning t buy a land for building a school for sexually abused girl children. These children are left to take care of the younger siblings at home. They drop out of the school and when they are at home, they become vulnerable to their neighbors. We want to take them and educate them, making them aware of the rights etc.

We are also recruit volunteers for our children in slums and villages. Please visit the website and support us.

http://bethesdamissionprogrammes.shutterfly.com/

Thank you.

with regards,

Dr Beatriceaniel

Hi,  my name is Oladayo, Programme Manager, Initiative for Community Development,Abuja, Nigeria 

My name is Susan Likwop from Kenya I would like to improve education in my constituency especially in public schools.

Hi. Im Nasir Ahmad co- founder & First Managing Trustee of Al-Latif Memorial Trust, a New Delhi, India based registered charitable trust providing Free Education to orphaned & poor kids both boys & girls. Im looking for ways to generate some assistance to build a school for these underpriveleged kids as we've land with us.

Thanks.

Hey,my name is Hellen Achen and am Sudanse by Nationality from south sudan juba we have a project in Juba and I need you to put some of our orphanages child to you plansverig and we are looking toward your help to send this progamme to some people who can help us to promote this poor children's up.and here are of our documents from juba South sudan .please I shall be very grateful if you many put my requests under your kindly comsideration.
Thanks from Hellen Achen
Tel.+4797004463.
NB- Hands of Grace peace Orphan Gospel Choir ss has registered under non-profit organization no.1,354
let us also work very hard to help building home care in south sudan.

Hi, my name is Envelt Wesley, Executive Director of the Student Action for Generational Change. The organization is a registered non-profit organization founded by a small group of university students in Liberia and and works toward the provision of quality Education for  Liberian Children especially the under-privileged.

This organization was founded on the firm belief that education is the fundamental right of every and no child should be deprived of this basic right simply because he or she does not have access to it or does not have the resources to realize his or her dreams. 

Most of our programs aims at supplementing the Millenium Development Goal. 

my name Aggrey wambi founder and director of global orphans education trust. in Uganda  am still newly member of this site studying how it works and how it  helps communities .you can see what i do in community www.goetug.org please am interested in volunteers in the organisation join me to change the lives of poorest people in the community thank you.

Dear servants of the Lord,

I greet you in the name of Jesus Christ, thank you for serving the people of God, may the Lord Jesus continue to bless you.

I write to introduce myself and the ministry to you, am a Church Pastor of Great Power Deliverance Church,a Director of Bethel orphanage care foundation Kilembe Kasese District western region of Uganda East Africa.

I kindly request you to accept me and the organization ( BETHEL ORPHANAGE CARE FOUNDATION)to be your partner so as to lift up each other, more especially to improve on the lives of vulnerable children and widows as it is written in the book of James 1:27.

Hope to receive from you positively in Jesus' mighty name

Yours faithfully

Pastor Robert Muhindo

Tel:+256789569340