The International Budget Partnership posted a short documentary on creating awareness of the Kenyan Constituency Development Fund (CDF) and how it’s spent. Essentially, CDFs provide members of parliament (MPs) a fund to spend on development of their constituency (i.e. schools, clinics, etc.). A local activist organization, Muslims for Human Rights (MUHURI) is prominently featured as [...]
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How does government spend our money?
Posted in Africa, Kenya, developing countries, government, tagged cdf, constituency development fund, corruption, government, Kenya, members of parliament, MP, oversight on 21 October 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A Kenyan Idea With Global Reach
Posted in Africa, Kenya, technology, tagged Africa, development, entrepreneurship, Kenya, mobile, outsourcing, programming, sms, technology, txteagle on 24 March 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I linked to txteagle before, but after watching a video of its founder, Nathan Eagle, I felt it deserved a standalone post.
For those who haven’t already heard about txteagle, it’s essentially a way to put small tasks in the hands of mobile phone users in rural areas of developing countries and pay them for completing [...]
Two AIDS Orphans Start Health Clinic in Kenya
Posted in Africa, Kenya, developing countries, globalization, health, hiv/aids, non-profit, tagged Africa, AIDS, AIDS orphans, film, globalization, health, health-care, HIV, Kenya, media, milton ochieng, public health, rural Africa, students on 26 February 2009 | 1 Comment »
NPR recently profiled two Kenyan brothers who started a health clinic in Western Kenya, where they’re from. Milton and Fred Ochieng’ attended Dartmouth for undergrad before heading to medical school at Vanderbilt. Milton graduated last year and seems to be doing his residency at Wash U; brother Fred is still in medical school. They lost both parents [...]
Connecting Slums Through ICTs for Youth Development
Posted in Africa, Kenya, children, developing countries, technology, tagged ICT for development, Kenya, slums, youth on 17 October 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Among the Global Youth Challenge Award winners in Rome this year was the Slums Information Development and Resource Centres (SIDAREC) project. A youth development organization operating within several Nairobi slums, the project aims to facilitate a flow of information at the grassroots level to foster development.
Amongst these channels is Ghetto FM Radio, [...]
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