TimeDesk & de toekomst van werk en inkomen
Door het lanceren van TimeDesk als nieuwe werkvorm doorbreken we de negatieve sentimenten rondom werkloosheid en door de perverse regelgeving die werkloosheid in de hand werkt in plaats van oplost.
Ik opereer als strategisch termiet en kom optimaal tot mijn recht in situaties waar weinig structuur is. Ik maak geen plannen maar heb wel een brede visie hoe op termijn resultaat te behalen. Belangrijkste eigenschap is dat ik situaties creëer die vervolgens hun eigen dynamiek meebrengen en zo verandering tot stand brengen vanuit onbekende hoek. Vastomlijnde plannen passen uiteraard niet in deze avontuurlijke aanpak
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“Failure is absolutely required.”
Dave Peth, Senior Produce of Interactive Media at WGBH
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“Everything in the world is purchased by labor.”
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the future is here.
“The African Development Bank has committed $40 million to support a five-year capital investment programme for the Rift Valley Railways, a consortium established to manage the parastatal railways of Kenya and Uganda, says officials of the Bank.”
As many of you know, infrastructure development is essential to economic development. It is exciting to see new initiatives. Only time will tell how effective this investment will be. Read more about this topic…
Kibera, Nairobi, is one of the leading attractions of “poverty tourism”—a trend that has been given many names, including “slum safaris” and “poverty porn.” From Soweto to São Paulo, Jakarta to Chicago, urban “slumming” has become a global phenomenon, even as a lively debate rages about the ethics of what promoters call “reality tourism.” Read more …
To acquire an insurance policy, farmers must be registered with one of the weather stations and pay an additional 5 percent of the cost of inputs purchased. Mobile phones are used to send confirmations of the insurance contract, to collect contract coverage details, and to send out compensatory payments when due.
Original Caption: Medical Work in Kikuyuland, Kenya
This image is part of the Colonial Office photographic collection held at The National Archives, uploaded as part of the Africa Through a Lens project.
“A Small Act”. This heartwarming documentary centers on the life story of Chris Mburu, who as a small boy living in a mud house in a Kenyan village had his primary and secondary education paid for by a Swedish woman. This cost her $15 a month. They had never met. He went on to the University of Nairobi, graduated from Harvard Law School, and is today a United Nations Human Rights Commissioner.
The film shows Mburu seeking the Swedish woman “who made my life possible.” She is Hilde Back. She is now 85 years old, a German Jew who was sent to Sweden as a child. Her family died in the Holocaust. She never married, was a school teacher, has lived in the same apartment for 35 years, is a tiny woman, but robust and filled with energy.
She is flown to Kenya, serenaded by the choir from Mburu’s village, feasted, thanked, gowned in traditional robes. In the village the students study by the light of a single oil flame. The schools are not physically impressive; crowded classrooms with simple board benches and desks. A gym? Don’t make me laugh. Hilda Back is asked if, since she never had children, she thought of Chris as a son. We see in the film that they stay in close touch. “But I have had children,” she replied. “I was a teacher. I had many, many children.” And one lived in a mud house in Kenya.(Editor’s note: The little things are the big things. Join my Kiva team today!)
De harde kern van Heads Together reist nu door Kenya. Lees hier het dagboek De komende dagen gaan we in Nederland hard aan de slag met de voorbereidingen van Heads Together de tweede ronde, life on-line vanaf Mindz.com en offline vanuit Seats2meet Utrecht en Maarssen.
Het moeder kind ziekenhuis gaat er komen, maar we gaan nog veel meer bieden voor een duurzaam betere toekomst voor mensen in Afrika. Als het aan ons ligt wordt dit project een schoolvoorbeeld van de nieuwe kijk op ontwikkelings samenwerking, waarbij we de oude benadering combineren met de verworvenheden die internet biedt, maar dan alvast hoe het over 5 jaar zou moeten werken. We gaan namelijk een ziekenhuis project omtoveren tot economische motor van een hele regio.
We gaan geschiedenis schrijven, want onze aanpak kan simultaan ook voor andere projecten in sub Sahara Afrika werken.
Internet…. Stay tuned!!
A majority of Somalis in Kenya are pastoralists. They follow opportunities offered in water and pasture. They tend to herds – sometimes hundreds – of goats, camels and cows. They live in small groups, an average of 7 households per community.
This region has faced huge climactic challenges over the past few years. One Somali mentioned 2006 as the first memorable problem year; he also says this year is the worst for drought.
In a few months, the rainy season will come. Faced with two extremes, the region is expecting flash floods. The countryside, now gray, “the color of death,” will burst into all shades of green. Bush forests will emerge in formally desolate sands. Animals will come to drink at new watering holes. Homes will be swept away.
Kimani Nganga Maruge, the world’s oldest student, has died at the age of 90 from stomach cancer, an official at a pensioners’ home where he was living said. Donatila Ekuyi from Cheshire Home for the Aged, announced his death on Friday, saying:”He has been sick and his condition had deteriorated lately.”
