The origin of the name "The Pyramid of Peace"

The Pyramid of Peace - This Minciu Sodas bottom-up approach is becoming known as the "Pyramid of Peace". The name was inspired by one of our activists, Kenneth Owino, who leads a troupe of acrobats in one of the Nairobi slums. He reported, early on, how the acrobats defied those who were trying to cause separation between the tribes. Despite coming from "opposing tribes" they remained together - going out with fellow entertainers - drummers and singers.

They were tumbling, drumming and singing for peace - working collaboratively in their usual way - and that included acrobats supporting each other in a human pyramid - a pyramid of peace. You can see the event here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vGTiRlR5Ak

(An extract from Pam McLean's message on this page).

The latest version of the Minciu Sodas Pyramid of Peace presentation - we hope to have an updated version by the week commencing 11th February 2008. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nafsiafrikasaana/files/2008-02-09 Minciu Sodas PoP 3k [PDF].pdf

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http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/netbrotherhood/message/25

I am urging response to an emergency in Kenya which I saw looming a couple of weeks ago. Thank you for any attention you can provide to our permalink http://www.africanews.com/site/list_message/11276, any help you might give at our chat room http://www.worknets.org/chat/ and any money you might donate by PayPal or credit card at http://www.pyramidofpeace.net

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/holistichelping/message/2464

Sun Feb 17, 2008 11:35 am

Dorcas mentioned starting some fundraising activities, starting with a website for donations. I've just updated my Worknets FundraisingTrainingPackage page at this address...

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lovingGod/message/560

Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:49 pm

Kenyans in canada

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theoptimallife/message/48 Thu Feb 14, 2008 2:20 am

Children of God,

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.

You are children of God, for you do as God does. God is Creator, and you are co-creators. Make peace among us, the peace God makes in each of us, the day of rest within our hearts. I share with you my vision of peace. I ask you for your vision of peace, and also, your vision of justice.

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/mendenyo/message/1299

Thu Feb 7, 2008 6:29 am - some thoughts about the peace bringing in kenya

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/holistichelping/message/2170 Sun Feb 3, 2008 2:48 am

David mutua's suggestion and may be for the rest of the Pyramid of Peace members in Kenya. It will be a wonderful idea if donations for airtime and agreed activities be channeled to a central point (the POP leaders) for a good adminstration, accountability and reporting, we leaders in POP

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/holistichelping/message/2159

Sat Feb 2, 2008 5:05 pm

I anticipate the needs to provide statistics to support the on-going effort of the work related to 'Pyramid of Peace.'

http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/cyfranogi/message/2320 Sat Feb 2, 2008 2:16 pm

The first thing that came to mind when I read the title "Corporate sponsorships for Pyramid of Peace?" is the offer of Microsoft to buy Yahoo for 45 billion dollars.

It would seem a natural, that Bill Gates and The Pyramid of Peace get to become really cozy, really fast and that Minciu Sodas's current endeavour could be secured into a front line corporate pet project, in which could be deployed all the liberty of innovation in the economic realm of socio-cultural development

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/mendenyo/message/1143

Mon Jan 21, 2008 11:26 pm

I spoke with Dennis Kimambo and he's very supportive of my plan to focus our resources on engaging and befriending the benevolent Kalenjins. The only reliable way to send funds so far has been through Dennis and Kennedy. Dennis will be able to take the lead here.

We have at least $2,000 that they will convert to phone credits and distribute to benevolent Kalenjins. The phone credits are valuable as currency because:

• They can be easily moved across the country.
• They are in short supply and selling at a premium in many places.
• They can be traded directly for food, medicine, transport with anybody

Trade brings people together. Dennis told me of Maureen who was in Nauche where they were surrounded by Kalenjins. She sold her phone along with the credits she received to one of the Kalenjins who then provided her and several others safe transit out of the region and now they are safe. So now that's one Kalenjin in the heart of the problem who is a "friend" who whom we can send phone credits to, I think to excellent effect.

Here is the outline of my plan. Dennis will organize a team, and depending on who is available, Samwel, Kennedy and others might organize subteams. Our "workers" will receive a portion of the funds, say 10% of the total. They will make calls to people who are Kalenjins or may know Kalenjins and are willing to have their telephone posted on the Internet and provide news and report on who needs what help.

If a Kenyan alerts us to a Kalenjin who can help or is in need that we weren't aware of, then our team member calls that Kalenjin. If that Kalenjin also agrees to have us post their telephone on the Internet provide news and report on who needs their help, then we reward both of them with X phone credits each.

That way we win an ever increasing web of Kalenjins and reward those who help us engage them, too. And they can keep earning more credits by helping us report more people. And we keep reaching out to the people who are more vulnerable. We keep focusing on the people who can help the most or who are the most vulnerable.

Also please collect emails if they are interested to be in touch that way.

We need to contact the Catholic Bishop or his staff and also those at the many churches in the Eldoret diocese http://www.cdekenya.org/directory.htm

The Kalenjins don't have to be in the Eldoret area but I imagine that's most important and we should focus on the most vulnerable.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/learningfromeachother/message/1425

Pamela McLean:

Pyramid of Peace - A response to the turmoil in Kenya Pyramid of Peace was initiated by Kenyans caught up in the post election turmoil. Thanks to communication technologies they were not isolated. They had phones, and they already had friends in other countries through the Internet - especially through Minciu Sodas (Lithuanian for "Orchard of Thoughts'). In the first days of turmoil, and in the days since, Minciu Sodas has been collecting information, sending financial help, and thinking creatively about how to diffuse violence and provide positive ways forward. Gradually the work has taken a shape which we call the 'Pyramid of Peace'

Practical individual action Minciu Sodas activists in Kenya are using money and phone credits that we send to do whatever is needed such as:

• Sharing their phones so that displaced people can contact loved ones
• Providing immediate aid where needed (they can barter telephone minutes for food, medicines, and transport etc)
• Giving up-to-date information to Red Cross etc about local needs
• Maintaining communication and collaboration across tribal barriers
• Giving support to known peacemakers and people who can exert a calming influence on those involved in violence.
• Working with displaced people - organising activities for children, providing up-to-date information and encouragement to help reduce confusion, conflict and despair.
• Contacting security services about needs for help
• Sharing ideas and examples of good practice with each other
• Providing accurate news to Minciu Sodas - so those of us outside Kenya can provide appropriate support.

Donations by Paypal Donations can be sent by PayPal to Andrius Kulikauskas at his email address which is ms@... (lt for Lithuania). Andrius is director of Minciu Sodas . He has the most up-to-date information of what is happening on the ground. If you have any particular wishes for how the money should be spent he will follow them, otherwise he will pass it on according to current priorities.

To gift-aid your donation If you are in the UK and want to gift-aid your donation it can be sent via CAWD The disadvantage of giving via CAWD is that it is a bit slower, but the benefit is that you increase the value of your gift. When the organisation which handles online donations has a total of £100, then it adds the £28 potential tax rebate (minus a small handling fee) and passes the increased gift on to CAWD, which passes it all on to Andrius by Paypal. To target your gift in a any particular way please complete the 'personal message' box.

Direct donations Donations can be sent directly to our Pyramid of Peace grassroots activists as phone credits. You can find their phone numbers, more details of their work, and information on how to send phone credits at Minciu Sodas

- Please circulate this information -

- Thank you for anything that you do to help -

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:48:03 UTC Pam: Andrius' email address is incomplete for sending paypal donations to him

Thanks for putting this up. FYI for possible "tidying up" when things are less busy - In copying this to the wiki some formatting glitches have happened - not just Andrius email.

The live link to the acrobats youtube vides is not live any more.

Paragraph subheading have slid into the body text of the paragraph, making the meaning less clear.

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 10:33:03 UTC Ronald Odhiambo: we are a religous group of young persons called Community of Sant' Egidio who are housing dispaced kenyans in our offices across the country and also trying to trace loved ones by calling them or talking to the police if they are in their compounds and also sendind peace messages to people around kenya.

Lyrics for song

Here are some thoughts to inspire lyrics of a theme song (album?) for the Pyramid of Peace.

Intimacy of Peace

The intimate quality of Peace is born from the safety of inner justice.

Inner justice is the gift of God, offered in the divine ministry of reconciliation, in which we, humans, find forgiveness and the delivrance from what we are forgiven!

As I grow in the land of inner justice, peace becomes my home. God's cultivation of who I am, takes me from the militant march of peer pressure to the radiant danse of joy, where BEING governs HAVING and DOING!

As my intimacy heats up with my own Inner Peace, I am then equipped to get on the journey from stranger to family. Knowing my own limitations, I am content to love my neighbour as myself, rising gracefully in the flow of the Spirit from each one's inner most being.

The task at hand, is to overcome evil with good coupled with the courage to grow in the authenticity of love; that is the personal and communal experience of The Intimate quality of Peace born in the strength of God's inner justice....amen!!!

Benoit

Photo of and by Nafsi Afrika Acrobats

Technology for an Online and Offline Society Organized in the Public Domain by AndriusKulikauskas for the Communia Workshop, January 2008.

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Added to InstantIntroduction Sun, 13 Jan 2008 16:17:17 UTC Phiona in Uganda (thanks FredKayiwa): am avoluteer in mildmay hospital its a hospital for the AIDS victim am hapy to be here too am afriend top kayiwa an old student

See also: Ugunja: DamasOgwe, UCRC Information and Communication, ucrc media@veryspeedy.net, damasogwe@yahoo.co.uk, Tel: +254 57 34131 Cell: +254 721 605082 or +254 733 566832, P. O. Box 330 - 40606, Ugunja, Kenya

Added to Mon, 14 Jan 2008 10:26:57 UTC FredKayiwa: Thanks Kisule for joining the big network here Today there are sad news in Kenya as you can read www.newvision.co.ug www.monitor.co.ug i encourage all of to read these sites every day they report news from Kenya though they are Ugandan news papaers

Added to PyramidOfPeace Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:48:03 UTC Pam: Andrius' email address is incomplete for sending paypal donations to him Thanks for putting this up. FYI for possible "tidying up" when things are less busy - In copying this to the wiki some formatting glitches have happened - not just Andrius email.

The live link to the acrobats youtube vides is not live any more.

Paragraph subheading have slid into the body text of the paragraph, making the meaning less clear.

Added to AboutThisPage Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:08:32 UTC FredKayiwa: Lilian, is no longer working because he is taking care of his husband Samuel who is sick and they therefore needs help on this. However Jackton needs medicines, nets ans whatever for prevention and treatment of Malaria.

Added to Mbita Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:44:51 UTC FredKayiwa: Samwel Kongere and family of JacobOgweno are ver sick, Maria Agnese is sending them some money for medicines and malaria preventing nets

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:11:07 UTC AbinelEmanuel: We continue with our prayers to our relatives,Samwel and Jacob's family,they will be fine.God is there for us Uyoga members.

Added to HelpKenyans Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:53:52 UTC FredKayiwa: Janet says I have sent airtime to Charles Aboge (Globalvillages) in Kisumu yesterday--through MamaMikes--and this seemed to go well. I can send some airtime to others from here (MamaMikes), or via our new site.

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:37:39 UTC FredKayiwa: I think is to try convincing the opposition and the Govenment to come into agreement [17:30] <Prosper Mbwambo> Also to help Kenyans in any means

Added to Andrius Thu, 17 Jan 2008 02:03:21 UTC melissa: are you accepting pay pal for phone credits? i heard the NPR report today in Los Angeles, California, and want to donate.

Added to HumanityBeforePolitics Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:39:38 UTC Ronald: Today in the history of this Nation. We have seen what we have only be seeing in the media about war.It was my first time to see Red Cross trucks coming to my village to bring food to the people who were camping at the local Do's office. I posed and asked myself if we have turned so brutal to mankind and have no humanity left in us. I believe that peace has to beging within me and that it has to spread to all incuding the polital leaders to avert this suffering and bloodletting that we are witnessing today. Peolpe have to be sobber to reason together to live in harmony. God save Kenya and its people

Added to Requests Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:54:18 UTC Norman: l talked to fred about the girl who was kidnaaped in kenya kibera and now she was seen in MBale at her grandmothers place having walked from Kenya up to Uganda and she came with her 4friends who are staing in mbale Bududa district

Added to EmmanuelNormanNakhokho Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:58:17 UTC Norman: The love for helping more especially children make e feel we need to share ideas and make some ways of helping the orphans and needy children

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:46:23 UTC JosephaNdibalema: I appriciate Kiyavilo's work of bulding Kiwahili worknet,however i'm very busy with my job which 'll take me a month,big up Kiyavilo and don't give up.

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 06:26:01 UTC Meadowlea: I received an sms from Jackton Arija today. He said things were not good there in Homa Bay. He said there was a lot of rioting with the police and there are plans to burn the police station there.

Unconfirmed - please check Added to Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:21:57 UTC caro: pls may u send me air time i also need to charge my battery any help 0733766445

Unconfirmed - please check Added to HelpKenyans Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:36:23 UTC evans nyaoro: please kindly send me credit i have 3 of my brothers and 2 sisters in nairobi i need to talk to them to know how they are doing at my place at Nyahera my telephone number is 0720638572

Sat, 02 Feb 2008 19:53:23 UTC Tuby: Kisumu is very peacefull today kudos lets preach peace we need each other brothers and sisters think of the jobs lost business children not going school while others are learning let love be the message and the message be love .0721831773

Added to Tue, 05 Feb 2008 10:02:16 UTC Simon Owiti: there is also www.quickerrands.com, i think they have great service, including MPESA.

Added to Meet Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:37:38 UTC liz: I am in awe of what you are doing... this is really a model like no other... the world should watcj amd learn from this. I knew technology would be a driving force for mediation one day!

Nairobi (MumbiKaptere, RobertMuturi), Naivasha (PerpetualWarutere, CirclesOfJustice), Italy

Added to RonaldOdhiambo Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:47:47 UTC wilson kiriungi: Your noble work is appreciated. It is because of men and women like you that Kenya will not go down the abyss.

Added to BluetoothPhoneIncluder Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:23:22 UTC Hannington Onyango: Im finding all this interesting and trying to catch up with it as much as i'm way back. Just wanted to find out how far the the project has proceeded and what I can do to help from Kenya. I have an IT background which i believe may be of some help to the project

Added to TheresaBakalarz Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:20:43 UTC Josephat Ndibalema: Really,you have a wonderful story,and i'm happy to hear that you are learning African History,literature and languages now Kiwahili.At this place you 'll have an opportunity to learn Kiwahili as we wish to promote Kiswahili language-Kiswahili is now one of the language used in Minciu Sodas lookn at www.worknets.org/sw/wiki.cgi

Welcome

Added to MinimalistTelecentre Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:23:56 UTC Ronald Omondi: Hi Ricardo i like your idea of Tele centers using a phone and maybe one computer. I managed to enable my motorola l6 phone this week from Safaricom,the advice from the attendant was that its a bit hard with small phones but i have succesfully visited the google site but not yahoo. I wonder how this would perform in a computer and i back the idea of training a few people to develop this from experienced and established Telecentres. We could also have a few TOTs train and then have them train others on this technology. Its seeming like technology is getting simpler by the minute all we need is to embrace it in order to be in touch with the global community. What do you say

Added to EmmanuelNormanNakhokho Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:43:29 UTC Norman: Dear friends,

Here is the story filled by the Bamasaba community of Mbale but staying in New York l hope you will enjoy the site and find it interesting.

Mbale is bordered by the Republic of Kenya in the East, Tororo District in the West, Kumi district in North West, and Kapchorwa district in North East. Mbale district has an area of 2756 sq. km land area of 2504 sq. km and then land covered by 5300 hectares of forest.

The area receives two seasons of rainfall i.e. March-May and July -October. The community is located 40 km East of Mbale town while in Mbale town you board vehicles of Bududa (taxis) and you get out from Bubiita Sub County and then ask for good Samaritan orphan/needy school.

The community lies on the slopes of Mt. Elgon in Bunabumali village, Buwali parish, Bubiita Sub County, Manjiya county, Mbale district but currently Bududa district.

The district is highly blessed with a number of tourist attractions i.e. beautiful sceneries, bamboo forests, water falls, foothills, rocks, climate, giant Afro-alpine groundsels and lobelias, plenty of food stuffs, and vegetables, elgon fish(bamboos-malewa), caves, circumcision ceremony during even years and the nearby Sabiny who circumcise both female and male and this occasion attracts very many people from outside countries.

Mt Elgon national park which inhabits different species of flowers and wild animals (Eco systems) this has lead to tourist to come to Mbale year after year, season after season.

The community is well served with good social services for example roads all the way from Kampala to the community premises. The communication network is strong and security is provided at all times despite some ups and downs as Uganda being a third world country

The transport fares keep on varying i.e. Kampala to Mbale town: Ug shs 8000 to 15000 and then from Mbale town to Bubiita sub county :1500 to 3000 the district has good schools for both primary and secondary but a bit expensive for the orphans/needy children to access/manage. The location of where the school is located can also easily be assessed

Added to Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:50:31 UTC Norman: it is very nice meeting you

Added to SashaMrkailo Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:53:44 UTC Norman: Sasha L have added some stuff on th page and l ask your advice here bunabumali.my-php.net

and here bunabumali.yourme.net/

May God bless you

Added to LearnToUseThisWiki Sat, 16 Feb 2008 13:13:35 UTC HanningtonOnyango: Im Learning how to use the wiki and edit pages but im stuck when trying to put photos. Some help on that pls.

Added to DavidJohnGamaya Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:26:07 UTC David JohnGamaya: Hello,theresa i'm filling like shaking hands with you for learnig our language.

Added to People Sat, 16 Feb 2008 22:35:22 UTC Norman: Dear folks have alook at my project www.bunabumali.my-php.net

And drop any thought for advice May God bless you

Added to EmmanuelNormanNakhokho Sat, 16 Feb 2008 22:38:42 UTC Norman: it is my pleasure having your members at my forum www.bunabumali.yourme.net

May God love you all and make be blessed

Added to TheresaBakalarz Sun, 17 Feb 2008 15:22:19 UTC Norman: What awonderful Person God cretaed on the earth l wish you had crossed to stay in Bunabumali Mbale uganda Africa and we share anumebr of ideas Bt since we are friends we shall do it by the will of God

Added to Meadowlea Sun, 17 Feb 2008 18:41:37 UTC norman: NIce welcome and l hope we share more ideas to make the beloved ones of God happy

Added to GrahamDouglas Sun, 17 Feb 2008 18:53:45 UTC norman: Wonderful meting you friends here and we can ahsre ideas bunabumali.yourme.net/index.htm

Added to Maragoli Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:24:44 UTC Asegga: A GREAT SITE BUT Was wondering how come most of the updates are for last year...does this mean the situation on the ground in Mara is still abhorable?

Added to HelpKenyans Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:36:42 UTC Albato: The Slumcode Group based huruma(Nairobi - Kenya) is fast working on an initiative dubbed the 4Ts Campaign and will have empowerement events for atleast 6 months. Any person willing to be part of a wider organizing team, resource mobilization and any other funding ideas, let us know on: slumcode@yahoo.com/albertnashon@gmail.com. Good job kenyans for kenya.

Added to Visitor Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:53:51 UTC Asegga: HI,ASEGGA Here been sussing how to create an account for the last 15min. or so,but nix:can some soul please aid me outta this maze,please?Thanks!

Added to WycliffeMati Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:43:28 UTC Suwaree: Way to go Wycliff!!! Keep up with the trend!!! and be blessed

Added to GprsPhoneComputerSystem Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:07:31 UTC jack: stil dont know why its not working

Added to AndriusKulikauskas Sun, 24 Feb 2008 13:36:38 UTC HamimuByabato: I'm very much interested of your great reasonable adventourous life history that you had been able to move place to place on the basis of making life. Also I'm interested on your recently forward activies of working with music and videos,because I'm now working on my music project and looking forward how i could make it in my local environment.Nice to deal with it and I know could learn more from your pages in order to accomplish my project,and if there you can link up with musician who can give directive assistant. Hamimu Byabato(Tanzania East Africa) Uyoga member, We are on the progress to see how recording process being initiated and complited to have special song of peae to our countrymate Kenyans' byabatohamimu@yahoo.com

See also: DavidMarube, HamimuByabato

Added to MinciuSodas/LT/Lietuva Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:47:31 UTC Birute: kodel google nera info apie jiudema

Added to AndriusKulikauskas Sun, 02 Mar 2008 11:53:11 UTC Zachary Opiyo: Andrius,

I have interest in computers ,internet and blogging and would want to get in touch with MinciuSodas. I stay in an area with no internet connectivity and you have to travel 80 kms away to browse. i can be contacted at: tendereprimaryschool@yahoo.com

Added to Endeavors Sun, 02 Mar 2008 18:19:50 UTC Ronald Omondi: I endeavour to see a return to peace in the lake regions and its environs. The communities around living in great harmony and coexisting peacefully. To involve the youth in various aspects of reconstruction and constantly engaging them with local leaders at all forums. My greatest endeavour to is to have a Pyramid of Peace somewhere around the Jomo Kenyatta sports ground.

Added to AbinelEmanuel Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:47:30 UTC Eric Mollel: Ongera sana Abinel,ni kweli kwamba Amani na Upendo ndiyo nguzo za maisha yetu sisi wanadamu.Pia ukiwa kama kioo cha jamii,hauna budi kuipa jamii mtazamo na muelekeo ulio sahihi. Ni mimi Eric Mollell kutoka Tanzania,KEEP IT REAL..

Added to AndriusKulikauskas Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:38:10 UTC Hannington Onyango: Hi Andrius, All I can say after going through this page is that it is good to know that hard work pays as it is evident especially after looking at the link on Evolution. One thing did catch my eyes though from this page and I quote "I work as a software developer (PHP/MySQL, Python, Microsoft Access and more). I also organize teams, consult on projects, and summarize regulations. I invent things like interfaces and protocols. I am interested to try something new!" - end of quote. Im undertaking some self-studies on web design and im not getting anywhere with PHP, MYSQL and Database creation in general. I get most of my study material from the internet so my humble request is that if you have some e-books you can send me on this, I would really appreciate. Thanks and You are an inspiration.

Added to Mbita Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:29:12 UTC mourine: i hope everything is okay in mbita.iam mourine nyakeu chula rusinga, nyakwar abongo nyangore near kamasengre primary school.i wish everybody the best of luck in kenya.awinjo ni marinda oyud ka otho ekom.be en adieri.receive greetings from gemans

Added to entrepreneurship Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:28:15 UTC kayiwa: Thanks for the updates Tonny.

Added to HanningtonOnyango Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:33:27 UTC ThomasChepaitis: Hi, Tonny, a good question about a lemon

and I like "little resources", it goes ok, with the philosophy of a small deeds'

Added to HanningtonOnyango Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:43:27 UTC AndriusKulikauskas: Hi Tonny! It's great to see you active here. I made some small changes to your page so that the metadata appears in our lists.

Added to AboutThisPage Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:46:08 UTC kenyans need peace,lets live like brothers

Added to AboutThisPage Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:48:27 UTC willie: peace,peace,peace kenya is our mom

Added to EricWanjamah Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:37:05 UTC faith kerubo: The constitutional reforms are a good way to start,ethnic reconciliation to address repercussions of the divide-and -rule policy. but above all the issue of land.govt should ensure no land acquired fraudulently is consficated and squatters and idps settled.the ideals should start from govt down to common mwananchi.

Added to EricWanjamah Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:37:17 UTC faith kerubo: The constitutional reforms are a good way to start,ethnic reconciliation to address repercussions of the divide-and -rule policy. but above all the issue of land.govt should ensure no land acquired fraudulently is consficated and squatters and idps settled.the ideals should start from govt down to common mwananchi.

Added to EricWanjamah Fri, 07 Mar 2008 22:05:24 UTC chris macrae: I am agonised by Kenya because until recently it had the image of an African country that was making human progress. I dont understand local history well enough to comment apart from saying one thing that applies to human beings everywhere as far as I can see.

Democracy does not exist as a system if the choice is between 2 leaders representing 2 groups of people who hate the other so much that whichever is elected will beat or cheat the heck out of the others people.

One method that has occasionally taken a nation from "non-democracy" to democracy is www.deep-democracy.net/

Its not a panacea but it does map out minimum conditions needed to believe democracy can sustain rights of all

Added to EricWanjamah Sat, 08 Mar 2008 04:23:44 UTC Jeff.Mowatt: Eric, I have little knowledge of Kenya aside from the colonial past and present conflict. I was in contact with a group who were establishing a project with UN funding to research land rights and perhaps this may be something to investigate. The group are advocate for the Henry George principle of taxation based only on land rental value. Their aim is to find a way to give land access to poorer people.

www.unhabitat.org/categories.asp?catid=503

Added to EricWanjamah Sat, 08 Mar 2008 08:54:47 UTC Linda Nowakowski: Eric, As I have read Africa in Chaos and am now reading Africa Unchained by George Ayittey (a Ghanian Economist who is currently at American University in Washington, D.C.) I have to wonder if the solution to African problems isn't in traditional African social structures. If you can get your hands on the books, I would highly recommend them.

Not being African, I won't presume to understand nor assume that I know the solutions.

I WOULD like to listen to and watch the development.

Added to Ricardo Mon, 10 Mar 2008 03:50:34 UTC AndriusKulikauskas: Ricardo, I like your new photo! Thank you for all of your work here. You are amazing!

Added to StreetChildren Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:33:57 UTC Abinel: Its true that the coming generation will never if we can't take action now. Here in Tanzania they still distructing because they don't have power to change for themselves.Even they still lost their talents. there is some of them who can expose themselves but most,they can't.

Added to ZacharyOpiyo Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:39:24 UTC Zachary Opiyo: Thanks for including us in the worknets.org/wiki to express our feelings ,ideas and projects for discussions,collaborations and networking.For us who stay in the interior regions of Gucha,we need to get partners and others who can help us info through the internet and reach more people.I am encouraged by the works of Andrius and Samuel Kongere in Rusinga for the work they are doing.

Added to Grants Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:41:52 UTC Zachary Opiyo: I will be happy to receive updates on RFPs and grants opportunities so that our group can apply.

Added to KiyaviloMsekwa Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:15:30 UTC Abinel: im very happy to know about you kims,also to hear that your very interested with technology also your out of mental slavery.big up kims,we will be together in this globalised world with development ideas. Iam interested in music,art in general.by Abinel from Tanzania ,DSM.

Added to Ricardo Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:24:33 UTC Hamimu Byabato: Ricardo,good photo shows geographical features.I'm amongst Uyoga member definitely I see your living fruitness to us, thanks very much .

Added to Kiswahili Tue, 18 Mar 2008 06:29:27 UTC wairimo: nyinyi ni wajinga umko africa an mna ongea

Added to Mendenyo Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:36:17 UTC Oluwaniyi Faith: It's always a good thing to put some smiles in the mouth of the less priviledge.

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