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- Director,African Homestay Services
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Call for Applications, CULTURAL EXCHANGE FUND for US Based Artists for overseas Work
Welcome to Kenya.....lota do be done.. regards
Tagged: Arts, Cultural Exchange, Overseas Work, US Based Artists, Cultural Exchange Fund
Replied Jun 25
Include Africa at G20
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Hi, I just signed a petition asking Prime Minister Gordon Brown to include a representative from the African Union at the G20 - a group of leaders of the world's twenty largest economies - summit in…
Tagged: G20
Started this discussion. Last reply by zoneziwoh Aug 26.
Solar lamps for Africa
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Started Nov. 15, 2008
Call for Contributions to the Peace and Conflict Monitor
Kenya’s post-election violence has been, to say the least, an unanticipated tragedy with far-reaching implications. Even as the country’s calm returns, albeit slowly, underlying tension is evident. W…
Replied Apr. 1, 2008
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- What motivated you to become involved in peace and conflict resolution?
- Social enterprise and development thrive under peaceful conditions and not war.
- Please feel free to provide a short bio about yourself (no more than 3 paragraphs)
- I run an African cultural tourism agency that links up tourists who want to LIVE(homestay), STUDY (cultural and educational)and WORK (internship and volunteer)in Africa with local hosts in rural villages and towns.
As a social entrepreneur and consultant I believe that Africa can eradicate poverty through sustainable social investing in education and skills(especially information technology) transfer and partnerships with companies, governments and communities.
Above all ,Peace is crucial in any poverty eradication efforts.It is for that reason that I am also involved in good governance and democracy projects in Africa.
- Please list the countries and/or regions in which you have direct and significant expertise
- Africa,America,Europe and Asia
- What is your current country of residence?
- Kenya
- What is your current job (and organization) and/or where and what field are you studying?
- Director,African Homestay Services
- What is your personal or organizational website?
- http://www.africanhomestay.net
- What is one of your favorite websites in the field? (please provide one answer per box)
- http://www.i-genius.org
- What is one of your favorite websites in the field? (please provide one answer per box)
- http://www.bidnetwork.org
- Which are your primary sectoral areas of expertise?
- Democratization, Development, Education, Organizational Development
- Which are your primary skills areas?
- Advocacy, Evaluation, Program Design, Training
- If appropriate feel free to list several of your publications
- www.helium.com/tm/681894/africa-eradicate-poverty-raise - 33k -
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Social Enterprise in post-conflict zones
Members of the SE Forum team (Harry Mcneil, Åse Botha and Jakob Sundberg) with Peter Ongera, one of the local partners, providing valuable information and contacts. Peter believes that the sole cause of the post-election violence is the struggle for and unfair distribution of resour… Continue
Posted on May 23, 2009 at 7:04am —
Comment Wall (4 comments)
- At 3:12pm on April 2, 2008,
Ross Ryan said… - Hi Peter, I have poseted your project proposal on the Monitor.. the direct link is http://www.monitor.upeace.org/innerpg.cfm?id_article=499
please let me know how you would like people to get in contact with you, so I can include an email or something like that at the end. Also, I can make any changes you would like to lay out etc.
all the best.
- At 2:52pm on March 26, 2008,
Ross Ryan said…
- Hi Peter-- I'd like to help get the word out about your Peace in Kenya Campaign through the Peace and Conflict Monitor (www.monitor.upeace.org) -- would you mind if I reprinted your discussion entry?
- At 5:14am on February 18, 2008,
Gregory Marshall said…
- I will add Kenya as a possible country for our Samantha Smith to visit. Greg
- At 1:33pm on January 23, 2008,
- Great to hear from you. See my comment on your Discussion. Keep in touch.
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