Let me know how the foundation can be helpful on this. One option to
consider is partnering with a friendly NGO in Kenya on this initiative.
They could provide some administrative support and might be able to
receive grants on your behalf.
Barry
On 10/05/2010 06:48 AM, SAMSON MAOSA wrote:
That is great! And about the scope of the project, it
is not hard to
go countrywide since we come from diverse parts of the country, so we
can identify schools at the areas where we come from, then eventually
expend to cover the entire nation. Let's keep going guys.
On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 1:42 PM, Abbas Mahmoud <abbasjnr(a)hotmail.com
<mailto:abbasjnr@hotmail.com>> wrote:
Had we been registered, we could have considered local NGO's to
give us grants, such as Ford Foundation and Coca Cola Foundation.
An NGO that could support us at this stage might be Omidyar
Network, but I haven't established any connections yet:-(
So our only available source of grants is Wikimedia Foundation. We
may also consider inter-chapter support, for instance, Wikimedia
UK is willing to support us too.
~Abbas.
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Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 03:29:54 -0700
From: xelawafs(a)yahoo.com <mailto:xelawafs@yahoo.com>
To: wikimediake(a)lists.wikimedia.org
<mailto:wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org>
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Public schools list
Hi Abbas,
The letter head would be great. And yes, from what I saw, I
believe they can consider funding us but we have to come up with a
great proposal for the project. If we are to take this countrywide
especially to schools in rural areas, the major hurdle I see is
transportation and hopefully we can get the Ministry to fund this,
hopefully. Do we have any other sources for funding?
The main guy I spoke to from the integration team (Mbugua)
suggested that we should move fast with this idea so that momentum
isn't lost (both on our side and from MoE) so I guess what's
remaining is for guys to air their suggestions and comments
regarding this for us to setup the next meeting.
Your company is most welcomed for the next meet-up.
Alex.
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*From:* Abbas Mahmoud <abbasjnr(a)hotmail.com
<mailto:abbasjnr@hotmail.com>>
*To:* The discussion list for the upcoming Wikimedia Kenya
chapter. <wikimediake(a)lists.wikimedia.org
<mailto:wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org>>
*Sent:* Tue, October 5, 2010 1:10:43 PM
*Subject:* Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Public schools list
That's incredible. Since WM-KE isn't yet registered and we don't
have any letterhead, I could also request a letter from Wikimedia
Foundation, elaborating what we're going to do. Is there a
possibility that the Ministry could fund us? When is the next
meeting? If I'm available, I'll come. Thanks;-)
--Abbas.
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Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 02:58:19 -0700
From: xelawafs(a)yahoo.com <mailto:xelawafs@yahoo.com>
To: wikimediake(a)lists.wikimedia.org
<mailto:wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org>
Subject: Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Public schools list
Hi guys,
The meeting over at MoE went well, in fact, I met with the ICT
integration team from the Ministry. They were rushing for another
meeting so we didn't talk much but they are really interested in
this. They have the information we require and suggested we have
another meeting for further discussions.
We are to come up with the following before our next meet-up:
* A list of what we need from them to make this possible
* Funding sources for the project
* Implementation plan
* Project scope (is it nation wide, within Nairobi etc)
From here, they'll be able to provide us with intro letters for
schools we choose to visit. They didn't mention this but I think
they can assist in implementation.
So give me your thoughts and I'll come up with a doc to present to
them next time we meet.
ps: one or two guys can accompany me next time, any volunteers?
Cheers!
Alex!
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*From:* Wangai Mwangi <wangaimwangi(a)gmail.com
<mailto:wangaimwangi@gmail.com>>
*To:* The discussion list for the upcoming Wikimedia Kenya
chapter. <wikimediake(a)lists.wikimedia.org
<mailto:wikimediake@lists.wikimedia.org>>
*Sent:* Mon, October 4, 2010 11:55:34 PM
*Subject:* Re: [Wikimedia Kenya] Public schools list
Hi Alexander,
The progress is good and we ready for the upcoming task.
Great!!!
On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 5:57 AM, Alexander Wafula
<xelawafs(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
Hi guys,
I was to get a list of public schools with computer labs from
the ict board. I spoke to them and I was directed to the
Ministry of Education. I will be meeting with an official of
the ministry tomorrow to discuss this further.
The official I'm going to meet also hinted that we require
permission from thd ministry to instal the offline wiki in
public schools. So I'll update you tomorrow on what we'll have
discussed.
Cheers
Alex
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