THEY SAY CHARITY STARTS FROM HOME As many of you will agree, the need for strenthening COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS in our society is dire.
Empowering people with knowldege and skills has dramatic impact in changing their lives. Imagine someone who is very ill in hospital and visited by a relative who had vanished for 20-30 years. What excitement does that bring to the sick man or woman? Our communities are in a similar situation, have dire need for new ideas, ways of solving basic problems such as poverty, health, poor educastion systems, environment, etc. When we show up with new ideas and ways of doing things, you can see the light in the faces of people who are desparate, given up inlooking after basic stuff. Common answer is always " what can I do?" Have they tried other different ways? have they changed the way they do things? Change is the most dreadful thing for most people. Only someone else can lift you from stagnation. On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 2:00 AM, <westnilenet-requ...@kym.net> wrote: > Send WestNileNet mailing list submissions to > westnilenet@kym.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > westnilenet-requ...@kym.net > > You can reach the person managing the list at > westnilenet-ow...@kym.net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of WestNileNet digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: successful cafe launch in Maracha (anguzu yumaa) > 2. Re: successful cafe launch in Maracha (Christine Munduru) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 06:43:46 -0700 (PDT) > From: anguzu yumaa <yang...@yahoo.com> > To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <westnilenet@kym.net> > Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] successful cafe launch in Maracha > Message-ID: > <1341495826.67394.yahoomail...@web161903.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Bravo for the successful launch!! > > ? > Dr. Anguzu Yumaa Patrick > P.O.Box 701 Arua, Uganda, East Africa. > Telephone: +256476421367 - Home > ?????????????????+256772696200 - Mobile > e-mail: yang...@yahoo.com > ? > ?Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why > it's called the present. ? > There's never a "right time" to wait for. So whenever you get the chance, > take a risk. > > > > ________________________________ > From: Christine Munduru <cmund...@gmail.com> > To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <westnilenet@kym.net>; > koboko...@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Tuesday, July 3, 2012 11:31 AM > Subject: [WestNileNet] successful cafe launch in Maracha > > > Dear all, > just briefly to let you know that Science Cafe was successfully launched > in Maracha. Discussions took place in Nyadri market and community > participation and involvement was high. > The district leadership was very impressed with the feedback they got from > community and clearly identified a missing link in the way they have been > doing health education and are very ready to adopt this model of community > involvement and empowerement. What was interesting was that even before the > discussions started, the community came up with the next topic for > discussion( How to eradicate poverty and hunger in Maracha). > ? > It was very clear that the district had done alot of sensitization on > Cholera due to the outbreak and so people had the knowledge and these was > evident by the answers given by the community. Then the community had their > concerns which?they raised openly and later after the discussions they were > asked to come up with?interventions and? roles and responsibilities to be > taken by both the community and the leaders for future?which they openly > didnt. Initially there were complains about closer of other businesses like > food etc by the authorities which they felt was not fair.But when asked to > come up with?interventions to pevent future cholera outbreak, they > mentioned things which are not different from the public health > regulations. But this time round, they felt incharge and involved instead > of leaders only telling them what?to do. The health inspector was happy > with this arrangement because he will now use that to hold them accountable > in future. > ? > The community also brought up issues which are to be handled by the > leaders. For example, they claimed there are some retuarants operating > without latrines and they wondered why leaders allowed them to do so. They > raised issues of rubish collection centers which are lacking, water for > washing hands in the market, they said water in the market is being sold > and yet some of them cannot afford that water but they need to wash their > fruits and their hands before they eat. > ? > So this was a two way of holding each other accountable and?sharing > responsibilities.?? > ? > The team after the discussions came up with both short term and long term > plans which I cannot share now but plans are underway to make them > actionable and those interested in wanting to be part of these plans should > let us know so that they are included in the discussions. Please send a > private email incase you want to be included in the team for Science cafe > Maracha branch. > ? > Hon. Lematia is very passionate about making this actionable in Maracha > and she urges any interested parties to come on board to make this a > reality in Maracha. Science Cafe Maracha will? soon have its own space in > the? science cafe website for you to get the videos and pictures of what > happened, you will view them afte they are processed. > ? > Thanks > Christine > _______________________________________________ > WestNileNet mailing list > WestNileNet@kym.net > http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet > > WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > _______________________________________________ > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://orion.kym.net/mailman/private/westnilenet/attachments/20120705/ff66f1e0/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 17:19:48 +0300 > From: Christine Munduru <cmund...@gmail.com> > To: anguzu yumaa <yang...@yahoo.com>, A Virtual Network for friends > of West Nile <westnilenet@kym.net> > Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] successful cafe launch in Maracha > Message-ID: > < > caol43uhwmcypsb+wru22q5utokxbywo8hkdylxzo9heyl34...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > Thanks Dr. by the way we missed you. Can you please book 20th July to be > with us in Entebbe, we shall give you details. > > Christine > > > > On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 4:43 PM, anguzu yumaa <yang...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Bravo for the successful launch!! > > > > Dr. Anguzu Yumaa Patrick > > P.O.Box 701 Arua, Uganda, East Africa. > > Telephone: +256476421367 - Home > > +256772696200 - Mobile > > e-mail: yang...@yahoo.com > > > > *?Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's > > why it's called the present. ? > > There's never a "right time" to wait for. So whenever you get the chance, > > take a risk.* > > * > > * > > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Christine Munduru <cmund...@gmail.com> > > *To:* A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <westnilenet@kym.net>; > > koboko...@yahoogroups.com > > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 3, 2012 11:31 AM > > *Subject:* [WestNileNet] successful cafe launch in Maracha > > > > Dear all, > > just briefly to let you know that Science Cafe was successfully launched > > in Maracha. Discussions took place in Nyadri market and community > > participation and involvement was high. > > The district leadership was very impressed with the feedback they got > from > > community and clearly identified a missing link in the way they have been > > doing health education and are very ready to adopt this model of > community > > involvement and empowerement. What was interesting was that even before > the > > discussions started, the community came up with the next topic for > > discussion( How to eradicate poverty and hunger in Maracha). > > > > It was very clear that the district had done alot of sensitization on > > Cholera due to the outbreak and so people had the knowledge and these was > > evident by the answers given by the community. Then the community had > their > > concerns which they raised openly and later after the discussions they > were > > asked to come up with interventions and roles and responsibilities to be > > taken by both the community and the leaders for future which they openly > > didnt. Initially there were complains about closer of other businesses > like > > food etc by the authorities which they felt was not fair.But when asked > to > > come up with interventions to pevent future cholera outbreak, they > > mentioned things which are not different from the public health > > regulations. But this time round, they felt incharge and involved instead > > of leaders only telling them what to do. The health inspector was happy > > with this arrangement because he will now use that to hold them > accountable > > in future. > > > > The community also brought up issues which are to be handled by the > > leaders. For example, they claimed there are some retuarants operating > > without latrines and they wondered why leaders allowed them to do so. > They > > raised issues of rubish collection centers which are lacking, water for > > washing hands in the market, they said water in the market is being sold > > and yet some of them cannot afford that water but they need to wash their > > fruits and their hands before they eat. > > > > So this was a two way of holding each other accountable and sharing > > responsibilities. > > > > The team after the discussions came up with both short term and long term > > plans which I cannot share now but plans are underway to make them > > actionable and those interested in wanting to be part of these plans > should > > let us know so that they are included in the discussions. Please send a > > private email incase you want to be included in the team for Science cafe > > Maracha branch. > > > > Hon. Lematia is very passionate about making this actionable in Maracha > > and she urges any interested parties to come on board to make this a > > reality in Maracha. Science Cafe Maracha will soon have its own space in > > the science cafe website for you to get the videos and pictures of what > > happened, you will view them afte they are processed. > > > > Thanks > > Christine > > > > _______________________________________________ > > WestNileNet mailing list > > WestNileNet@kym.net > > http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet > > > > WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > > attachments if any). 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