Kabissa Gong Gong - October 12, 2010 Dear Pamela McLean, On behalf of the Kabissa team, I am pleased to deliver the new and improved Kabissa Gong Gong monthly member newsletter to your email inbox featuring content contributed to kabissa.org by the Kabissa community. We hope you like it! In our 2007 member survey, 80% of respondents indicated that they read Kabissa Gong Gong. One member wrote, "I believe this is the most useful aspect of the Kabissa Community, and I have found it very helpful in sourcing for informations and resources." We agree. We intend to continually improve this newsletter as we also do with all the tools we use to support the Kabissa network. Please send us your feedback and ideas! This opening section we'd like to make available as a space for members to showcase their upcoming campaigns and opportunities - please contact me if you are interested in writing it sometime. This month, we have two particularly urgent items from Kabissa that we would like to request your immediate help with: Vote for KABISSA CONNECTIONS on Netsquared.org Between October 11-15, community voting is open on Netsquared.org for projects participating in the FACT Social Justice Challenge. Kabissa has thrown its hat into the ring with a powerful idea to build the Kabissa platform and we have a very good chance at success - but we need your help! Click here for voting instructions - thank you! How are Civil Society Organizations in West Africa using online Collaboration and Communication tools? Kabissa and WiserEarth are collaborating on a research survey which seeks to update us on how civil society organizations in West Africa are using online communication and collaboration tools. It will take about 10 minutes. Take the survey in English - thank you! Repondre a l'Enquete en francais - merci! Thank you for your support and solidarity. Tobias Eigen, Founder and Executive Director Blogs, News and Opportunities Civil Society applauds as 63 nations sign on to landmark human rights resolution The Charter of the National Coalition of Nigeria Youth in Social Development (NCNYSD) My Vote Fit Change Naija 2011 Script Writing Competition for a 10 Minutes Short Video with Julius Agwu Update: 2010 W.TEC Girls Technology Camp There's No Place Like Home The Better Life Mission .... A Medical Mission of Hope Thinkers, Dreamers and Doers A Volcano and Embargo Can't Keep Laptops from Arriving in Burkina Faso. World Leaders must act decisively on the MDGs before it's too late Nonprofit Leaders: Apply for a Paid, Overseas Fellowship Position with Atlas Corps in U.S. and Colombia Federation of Somali journalists launched Governance Reform from Below: John Githongo lecture and Inuka Ni Sisi 15 October is Blog Action Day 2010: Let's blog about our right to clean water. So far more than 1600 bloggers from 100 countries have registered to participate in the worldwide Blog Action Day on 15 October 2010, a global call to unite bloggers and raise awareness about the issue of water. At 2aid.org, we would like to take this opportunity and participate by inviting you and our (mainly german) community on facebook to share your views and ideas with us. As a Germany based Non-Profit Organization we use only our social media networks, such as facebook and twitter, to raise awareness and funds for projects in developing countries. So far we have managed to build three wells with our Ugandan partner Emesco. Water Scarcity and the lack of sanitation is still a stressing problem in many developing countries and a major cause for water related diseases. Despite all efforts to reduce the lack of access to drinking water by 2015 as part of the MDGs, there are still nearly 1 Bill. people without access to clean water. This summer, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution to declare the right to clean drinking water for all. While clean water ist abundant and accessible in Europe, we also face serious water challenges here, whether it is the growing lack of water due to intensive agrobusiness in mediteranian countries or the privatisation of former communal water supply in Germany. What do you think will change, now that clean water is a declared right by the United Nations. Will it have an impact or change the approach towards development? Have you seen any water related campaigns or projects that particulary affected you? Please join the discussion and blog about water. We are planning a sum up as a collective contribution for the Blog Action Day. Here are some ways to participate: Members of the Connect Kabissa Group can send blog posts to connect@groups.kabissa.org or add them via the Kabissa Group web interface. (Not yet a member? Click here to join!) Post to your own blog or facebook page and click here to tell us about it Add a comment to this blog post with your reactions, and feel free to upload pictures and link to video if you have any. Help spread the word! Send emails through your networks to direct people to this page: http://www.kabissa.org/tags/water Use Facebook? Add a link to this page: http://www.kabissa.org/tags/water Use twitter? Tweet your feelings about water. Mention @kabissa and @2aidorg and use the #blogactionday #water hashtags. ICT Peer Learning Don't fall for scam messages like this from people you know - "URGENT: I need your Support!!!" Blogging on Kabissa using the offline client ecto Have you heard about Magic Jack? Rich v. Poor Country ICT Statistics and Charts Online Case Study: The UNESCO-UNEVOC e-Forum - a mailing list for Technical and Vocational Education and Training Experts Google mail Priority Inbox: Are you concerned for privacy of activists and journalists in Africa? Facebook Places - new settings to turn off if you need to keep your whereabouts private The Institute for Reproductive Health Launches Web-Based Standard Days Method Toolkit SMS Privacy Tips for Election Monitoring And More Organization Directory Updates Schools for Salone (Seattle) Schools for Salone's mission is to partner with communities to construct schools and improve education in Sierra Leone. The Kuyu Project (Nairobi) The Kuyu Project is a digital literacy initiative that aims to teach African high school students how to use various forms of social media to make a positive impact in their communities. Inuka Kenya Trust (Nairobi) Heshima, Diversity, Ni Sisi Matonyok Nomads Development Organization (Nairobi) Matonyok Nomads Development Organization (MANDO) - is an autonomous, not-for-profit, Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), established in Kenya at the grass roots level for the purpose of enhancing... 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