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explore-AIDC-SA Brian also has contacts with the BUSH
Radio  people.
1. Should access  to materials not readily  be
available or just too expensive in Kenya there is
constsant contact with sister projects between SA &
Kenya-terres des hommes who have projects in both
countries. -Irene Bush (working with the empowerment
of young people)
2. terres des hommes also has close contact with ACORD
- originally UK-have a base in Kenya and  who can also
via its extensive network of projects across Africa
help support material and technical needs- why not
explore the links.
3. Here in Switzerland we have radio Lora who have for
years not only conducted workshops but have a concrete
and solid partnership/s with many other local free
lance radios stations acting out of political activist
sectors. Germany is also in this network. (Val-we have
a common friend in Suttgart-GEE) worth a contact as
these people have experience in conduction radio
workshops too.
4. There is also a local radio station in Califonia
who for over 40 years have been operating  and with
the basic equipment constructed locally.
TUC RADIO Copies to them.

5. the whole discussion in around energy still needs
to be explored. While it is true there are solar
powered projects active in and around a number of
countries in Africa-this source needs to be explored
in terms of being organised to support not only local
urban communities but especially rural communities. It
is still hell of expensive for local comsumtion.

WHO OUT THERE IS IN CONTACT WITH LOCAL
PROJECTS/PROGRAMMES-GET CHATTING-SOLAR POWERED
ANYTHING

Take care 
Warm regards
Glenda

--- sphinx <sphinx at indymedia.org> wrote:

> 
> 
> ----- Forwarded message from sphinx at indymedia.org
> -----
>     Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 06:39:28 +0200
>     From: sphinx <sphinx at indymedia.org>
> Reply-To: sphinx <sphinx at indymedia.org>
>  Subject: IMC Convergence Center in WSF NAIROBI. 
> Re: [Imc-africa] an imc at the
> WSF in Nairobi, January 2007?
>       To: Judith Miguda-Attyang
> <migudaattyang at yahoo.com>
> 
> Hi Judith, John,, Oloo and Grace in Kenya. It is
> exciting to know that you who
> are already in Kenya are looking forward to his
> event.
> As you know from the last mail from Jay.
> 
> The hope is to set-up a convergence IMC at the World
> Social Forum in Janaury
> 2007 in Nairobi.
> 
> -Which means we'll take up a room or space and
> set-up an indymedia
> Center in the
> World Social Forum, with computers and a RADIO
> station which will function
> during the forum and at the end of the forum the
> radio and the computers and
> other equipment that will be at the indymedia
> convergence center will be left
> with the locals to continue using radio and other
> media as a way to inform
> their community and empower it by so doing.
> We also hope other activists from around Africa who
> will be in Kenya will use
> the opportunity to learn how to start similar LOW
> POWERED RADIO
> STATIONS in their own communities.
> 
> Promethues Radio which has helped other communities
> around the world(including
> Tanzania) build their own Community radio is in on
> the discussions for the
> Convergence Center.
> 
> -To respond to the question of sustainabilty raised
> by Glenda:
> At the discussion with the people from Promethues
> radio, they pointed
> out; that
> in addition to wanting to jointly build the station
> with locals,  they try to
> buy much of the equipment and parts for the radio
> from the local
> hardware store
> in the community. Thus locals should be able to
> maintain the station
> themselves.
> Especially as everyone is invited to join in the
> building of the station and
> thus learn how it is done and how it works.
> Promethues radio will provide us with a list of
> things used in building the
> radio station that could be found in hardware stores
> in Kenya. The list
> will include metal pipes for making the antenna and
> others.
> The list will be emailed to the folks in Kenya to go
> to check the
> prices of the
> items from a hardware store in Nairobi.
> The information from Kenya will help in the overall
> drawing of a
> budget, of how
> much resources we will need for the station.
> 
> -On the question of energy, at the core is about
> people being
> organized. Because there are dozens of groups
> involved in solar power,
> bicycle power and
> other simalar easily deployed technology projects
> for energy. But it takes an
> organized local group, which discusses what they
> want for their community and
> are committed to empower their community. Then it
> becomes easy for activists
> out of their community to hoop up with them to
> support. The sustainability is
> about the commitment of the local group to stay
> together and discuss the
> problems they which to solve in their community and
> check with
> activists groups
> which can help their community based initiative.
> And of course the more it becomes clear that the
> local group is well
> organized;
> They have regular meetings, discuss the problems of
> their community and
> try with
> what they got to start some projects to empower
> their community, then
> outsiders
> feel encouraged to be part of their project and know
> that they are part of
> something that will stay and their time will not be
> waisted.
> 
> Thus in the case of the upcoming WSF forum, and our
> hope to connect
> with Maseno
> University-as their students themselves are already
> a ready-made-community.
> People in Kenya will need to meet and take a moment
> both as individuals
> and as a
> group to get organized to be sure that by the time
> the forum starts,
> Kenya has a
> group of individuals commited to empowering their
> community through the use of
> media and organizing  along the lines of consensus
> (since we know that
> conensus
> encourages participation and by implication
> community empowerment).
> 
> Information on Consensus is available on this
> website:
> http://www.wandreilagh.org/consensus.pdf
> 
> INformation on how to start an indymedia group:
> http://docs.indymedia.org/view/Global/NewImcHowTo
> 
> Have fun.
> Sphinx
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Quoting Judith Miguda-Attyang
> <migudaattyang at yahoo.com>:
> 
> >
> > I am very excited about the whole idea of having
> > Maseno University involved in this way. As I
> indicated
> > to Chris at Antioch am juist waiting for
> formalities
> > to begin then I can beggin to involve the whole
> > administration
> >
> > Judith
> > --- M Coul <mcoule at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Salut
> >>
> >> Excuse moi d'intervenir en français.
> >> Je pense que c'est une très bonne idée qui nous
> >> permettra de partager les
> >> experiences mais aussi de de faire promotion et
> de
> >> renforcer IMC Africa.
> >> Nous (Malitchikan www.malitchikan.org ) adherons
> >> pleinement à cette belle
> >> initiative.
> >> MCoul (Membre du futur IMC Mali)
> >>
> >> 2006/8/14, Jay <idiot at jaysand.com>:
> >> >
> >> > SUMMARY:
> >> > There is an idea to put together a
> >> "convergence-based" IMC during the
> >> > upcoming World Social Forum in Nairobi (January
> >> 2007), that would also
> >> > help
> >> > provide training and infrastructure for other
> >> Kenyan and African IMCs in
> >> > the longer-term.  What do you think?
> >> >
> >> > ***
> >> > Hi imc-africa,
> >> >
> >> > Greetings from the U.S.  I know there has been
> >> some chatter on this list
> >> > and elsewhere about the World Social Forum
> taking
> >> place in Kenya at the
> >> > end
> >> > of January 2007.   Even though I likely won't
> be
> >> able to get there, I'm
> >> > really excited that the WSF is coming to
> Naorobi!
> >> >
> >> > I want to let you know about a talk that
> happened
> >> here in the U.S. a bit
> 
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