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discussion item Comment (0) on Participatory Development (0) in Coffee Klatsch
Linda "Blessed by Gulu!" Nowakowski said: Anyhow...we need a lot more information regarding the school now! The school is a blank slate right now - don't know what info I can give you. We need one. It needs an innovative approach from people...
Updated 33 weeks ago, Tagged by: Christina, Linda ทรัพยากร Nowakowski (CCAL30)

discussion item Comment (10) on Participatory Development (0) in Coffee Klatsch
Christina Jordan said: Ooh Ooh (she is waving her hand before allowing others to speak!) I got half way down and just had to interject - eek Linda, I hope you've not yet submitted your proposal (if you posted it above i didn't read it y...
Updated 33 weeks ago, Tagged by: Christina, Linda ทรัพยากร Nowakowski (CCAL30)

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Updated 21 weeks ago, Tagged by: Alexandria B.

discussion item Choose a second $5k grant from 5 finalists - ends June 18 (25) in UCSC's CMPS80J Technology Targeted at Social Issues
(Title of the discussion changed to be more clear) These proposals are part of the coursework for a university class, CMPS80J at UC Santa Cruz. The professor provided funding of $5,000 for the best team project to spend the summer pursuing it furthe...
Updated 23 weeks ago, Tagged by: Haney Armstrong (CCAL30)

discussion item Finalist UCSC Proposals: Education for Prisoners (0) in UCSC's CMPS80J Technology Targeted at Social Issues
Project: Education for Prisoners We are going to team up with various Community Colleges and Penitentiary's throughout California to offer inmates the opportunity to take college courses online while they work towards obtaining an AA degree. We will...
Updated 28 weeks ago, Tagged by: Haney Armstrong (CCAL30)

user news High School Benefit a Smashing Success! (44) in Shawn Kelly (CCAL30)'s personal news
Updated 28 weeks ago, Tagged by: Shawn Kelly (CCAL30)

discussion item Finalist UCSC Proposals: UCSC EZ-ride (0) in UCSC's CMPS80J Technology Targeted at Social Issues
Project: UCSC EZ-ride The goal of EZ-Ride is to create a carpool system for UCSC students to be picked up at convenient locations in Santa Cruz. The system works by having students with on campus parking passes fill their cars with carpoolers and th...
Updated 28 weeks ago, Tagged by: Haney Armstrong (CCAL30)

discussion item Finalist UCSC Proposals: Sponsor a Student (0) in UCSC's CMPS80J Technology Targeted at Social Issues
Sponsor a Student Provide a medium for students, in good standing, who attend public universities in Mexico to borrow money from people in developed countries in order to finance their education. Proposal Description: http://www.omidyar.net/group/c...
Updated 28 weeks ago, Tagged by: Haney Armstrong (CCAL30)

discussion item [LiA] Saving 4 School :: Toss in your spare change $2 at a time (0) in Life in Africa
In Kampala we were introduced to some children's savings account concepts last year that we'd now like to expand to include all registered Life in Africa children in Kampala and Gulu. Please help us spread the word about this one by telling your frie...
Updated 29 weeks ago, Tagged by: Christina

discussion item Comment (0) on May 2007: Makin' Bacon & Other Earned Income Strategies (0) in lost in the FOOD CHAIN moved to Ned.com
Peter Rees said: John, Mark, Lars ... S'dojo Jim and Julie Caldwell may have other thoughts from you (Mark/John). Smaller orgs have some distinct advantages. It would be interesting to brainstorm how to *uplift* TEN, to tweak c...
Updated 32 weeks ago, Tagged by: Julie Caldwell (CCAL30)

discussion item Participatory Development (0) in Coffee Klatsch
I have been appointed to planning committees for a number of conferences coming up over the next 9 + months. Last week I went to the first meetings for 2 of the committees. In December, UNESCO is sponsoring a conference jointly with The Asia-Pacifi...
Updated 32 weeks ago, Tagged by: Christina

discussion item Comment (0) on Participatory Development (0) in Coffee Klatsch
Not a thing, Christina. 1. If Khwaundin can rework her thesis proposal (I think the problem here is that I believe she was selected by her community to do research that they designated...I am not sure) then she needs to get a description of the s...
Updated 33 weeks ago, Tagged by: Christina

discussion item Comment (0) on Participatory Development (0) in Coffee Klatsch
These schools believe in learning by doing. They do academic work but they are also expected to learn how the sufficiency community works with farming, composting, making fertilizer, or making what ever products the community makes - it might be sha...
Updated 33 weeks ago, Tagged by: Linda ทรัพยากร Nowakowski (CCAL30)

discussion item Comment (0) on Participatory Development (0) in Coffee Klatsch
Christina Jordan said: Linda "Blessed by Gulu!" Nowakowski said: Anyhow...we need a lot more information regarding the school now! The school is a blank slate right now - don't know what info I can give you. We need ...
Updated 33 weeks ago, Tagged by: Linda ทรัพยากร Nowakowski (CCAL30)

discussion item Comment (1) on Participatory Development (0) in Coffee Klatsch
Richard... I am excited to talk about your last two posts (maybe 3) but I just don't have the time now....maybe on the week-end. Learning by doing is a part of the whole sufficiency economy philosophy. The Asoke communities here have a number of s...
Updated 33 weeks ago, Tagged by: Linda ทรัพยากร Nowakowski (CCAL30)

discussion item Comment (0) on Participatory Development (0) in Coffee Klatsch
Christina Jordan said: Ooh Ooh (she is waving her hand before allowing others to speak!) I got half way down and just had to interject - eek Linda, I hope you've not yet submitted your proposal (if you posted it above i didn't read it y...
Updated 33 weeks ago, Tagged by: Linda ทรัพยากร Nowakowski (CCAL30)

discussion item Comment (10) on Participatory Development (0) in Coffee Klatsch
Ooh Ooh (she is waving her hand before allowing others to speak!) I got half way down and just had to interject - eek Linda, I hope you've not yet submitted your proposal (if you posted it above i didn't read it yet) - we have an opportunity with th...
Updated 33 weeks ago, Tagged by: Christina

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