It has always been my belief that the best way to test anything is to go into the most challenging conditions and see if it works there. I used this philosophy in my youth work – moving with my agency from the more affluent west side of Vancouver, to the east side, and then to…
Category Archives: Africa
Photographer, Social Media Activist: Kris Krüg
Sometimes you just love what people post … as it goes with me for Kris Krug.
The Three Wise Women – Hillary Clinton, Samantha Power and Susan Rice
Now, the three women were pushing for American intervention to stop a looming humanitarian catastrophe in Libya. There has often been speculation about what would have been different if Clinton had won the US Presidency rather than Obama. In what way would she have run the US differently that Obama? Well, now we know. Hillary…
Happy Birthday iHub! (and love that Freire reference)
Though I have not been yet, there is a great buzz around the iHub in Nairobi, described as an “open Space for technologists, investors, tech companies and hackers in Nairobi.” (I have also been told they sell great coffee). They just clocked their first year in existance last week, and it is great to see…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-02-13
Pradically All the Time is out! http://bit.ly/cb0ShI ▸ Top stories today via @maguimartinez @sdv_duras # Al Jazeera: Kenyan youth map their home (another amazing MapKibera video). http://ow.ly/3R3GR # Sunday Nation (kenya): Youth unemployment and Egyptian lesson http://ow.ly/3R7YS # The Standard: We ignore Egypt’s chaos at our own peril. http://ow.ly/3R3jG # Pradically All the Time is…
Pradical Post ~ Playing for Change: Redemption Song and Interview
Last summer Lee-Anne and I were lucky enough to meet up the founder of Playing for Change – Mark Townsend – and three members of the group – Titi Tsira from South Africa, Grandpa Elliot from New Orleans, and Jason Tamba from the Congo at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival. Jason Tamba is in the…
Pradical Post: Places of Hope and Despair.
Slums are one of the fastest growing forms of human settlement in the world. They as well have one of the youngest demographics. We cannot move forward sustainably as a planet without engaging the people of these communities. They are our hope, and, if ignored, our despair. Here are a series of aerial shots of…
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-01-30
Generation Green launches. Cash awards up to $12,500 for “young” ideas for greening Vancouver. http://ow.ly/3GOFs # Pradically All the Time is out! http://bit.ly/gAKp0r ▸ Top stories today by @andrewsimms_nef @virtualactivism # I ♥ the next web @TNW … awesome site. # Parking with the dead .. http://ow.ly/3INz1 # @samroddick good luck! will we be able…
I want to be an Aid Worker (the video)
as this is no long available here … you must click here: I Want to Be an Aid Worker … Really really!! — sorry for the inconvenience. Thanks to Eugenia Capalbo via Sonya Silva for passing this on. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
Youth, Technology and the Vote in Nigeria
Repost from ICTworks Great to see this process going on, driven by the Nigeria’s National Youth Service Corps, and sorry to see that it has some bumps. Its as well interesting to see how social media – in this case a blog and twitter – are monitoring this process. Great to see a Usahidi site…