Comments for Whitman Direct Action http://www.whitmandirectaction.org Creative Ideas. Sustainable Alternatives. Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:40:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on Northern Uganda Microfinance Initiative - Project Proposal by ATARO-OLULA GEORGE http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/whitmandirectaction/comments/~3/l2dPVyt63mQ/ ATARO-OLULA GEORGE Tue, 05 May 2009 02:11:25 +0000 http://www.whitmandirectaction.org/2008/04/30/northern-uganda-microfinance-initiative-project-proposal/#comment-379 Dear wda I'm very excited to find this wonderful proposal on the net. We are a locally based Financial Cooperative society which was started and being run by local indigenous Acholi people of PADER DISTRICT in Acholi sub region, Northern Uganda. The Cooperative society is called AGARU SACCO Limited. The society has over 500,000 membership throughout the districts of Pader, Gulu, Kitgum and Amuru ( By the way a point of correction, Lira district is not a district in Acholi region) We participate in mobilizing savings, micro credit and micro enterprise training amongst other financial services. We have been in existence in the region since 2001 when the situation was very hostile to commercial banks and served the Acholi community throughout the turmoils. Because of our good work and sound foundation in the community, we were identified by the government to be the lead institution to offer rural financial services in Acholi region. We are also collaborating with other international NGOs in implementing animal traction and Agricultural loans products as contribution to rehabilitation of the population in the region. This is a wonderful proposal that will greatly contribute to the rehabilitation of the people of Acholi region. My concern is that wda ahould consider collaborating with indigenous locally based financial institutions that are well versed with the socio-economic, cultural and financial needs of the Acholi people. On our side as AGARU SACCO Ltd, we are willing to cooperate and contribute to the successful implementation of your proposal in Acholi region. Should you need more information about us, please kindly contact us through my mail address above. I will be very willing to respond. This a wonderful opportunity to collaborate for a purpose. Thanks a lot for having these good thoughts about the suffering people of Acholi sub region of Uganda. Best Wishes ATARO-OLULA GEORGE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER AGARU SACCO Ltd PADER DISTRICT Dear wda

I’m very excited to find this wonderful proposal on the net.

We are a locally based Financial Cooperative society which was started and being run by local indigenous Acholi people of PADER DISTRICT in Acholi sub region, Northern Uganda.

The Cooperative society is called AGARU SACCO Limited. The society has over 500,000 membership throughout the districts of Pader, Gulu, Kitgum and Amuru ( By the way a point of correction, Lira district is not a district in Acholi region) We participate in mobilizing savings, micro credit and micro enterprise training amongst other financial services.
We have been in existence in the region since 2001 when the situation was very hostile to commercial banks and served the Acholi community throughout the turmoils.
Because of our good work and sound foundation in the community, we were identified by the government to be the lead institution to offer rural financial services in Acholi region.

We are also collaborating with other international NGOs in implementing animal traction and Agricultural loans products as contribution to rehabilitation of the population in the region.

This is a wonderful proposal that will greatly contribute to the rehabilitation of the people of Acholi region. My concern is that wda ahould consider collaborating with indigenous locally based financial institutions that are well versed with the socio-economic, cultural and financial needs of the Acholi people.

On our side as AGARU SACCO Ltd, we are willing to cooperate and contribute to the successful implementation of your proposal in Acholi region. Should you need more information about us, please kindly contact us through my mail address above. I will be very willing to respond.

This a wonderful opportunity to collaborate for a purpose.

Thanks a lot for having these good thoughts about the suffering people of Acholi sub region of Uganda.

Best Wishes

ATARO-OLULA GEORGE
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
AGARU SACCO Ltd
PADER DISTRICT

]]> http://www.whitmandirectaction.org/2008/04/30/northern-uganda-microfinance-initiative-project-proposal/#comment-379 Comment on Spring Break Trip to Woodburn/Portland by Presentation: Reinventing Direct Action - Daniel Bachhuber http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/whitmandirectaction/comments/~3/-FHmgEBVh1Q/ Presentation: Reinventing Direct Action - Daniel Bachhuber Tue, 07 Apr 2009 02:16:04 +0000 http://www.whitmandirectaction.org/?p=123#comment-370 [...] Whitman Direct Action has been active recently, first posting an update about their most recent project, The Transnational Community Development, and then reporting on meetings with a couple of the NGOs they’re supporting. [...] [...] Whitman Direct Action has been active recently, first posting an update about their most recent project, The Transnational Community Development, and then reporting on meetings with a couple of the NGOs they’re supporting. [...]

]]> http://www.whitmandirectaction.org/2009/03/28/spring-break-trip-to-woodburnportland/#comment-370 Comment on Transnational Community Development Initiative by Presentation: Reinventing Direct Action - Daniel Bachhuber http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/whitmandirectaction/comments/~3/DelqE5LcukE/ Presentation: Reinventing Direct Action - Daniel Bachhuber Sat, 04 Apr 2009 21:50:18 +0000 http://www.whitmandirectaction.org/?p=124#comment-367 [...] Direct Action has been active recently, first posting an update about their most recent project, The Transnational Community Development, and then reporting on meetings with a couple of the NGOs they’re [...] [...] Direct Action has been active recently, first posting an update about their most recent project, The Transnational Community Development, and then reporting on meetings with a couple of the NGOs they’re [...]

]]> http://www.whitmandirectaction.org/2009/03/28/the-transnational-community-development-initiative/#comment-367 Comment on WDA Completes Final Sadhana Report by dara nageswara rao http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/whitmandirectaction/comments/~3/0AtqsdOFyTE/ dara nageswara rao Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:16:42 +0000 http://www.whitmandirectaction.org/?p=122#comment-361 Dear Sir, HOLY Oasis Ministry in Repalle, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh wish to submit proposal for Community safe potable water in Dalit communities. I hope that you will consider our inquiry for possible funding to our community-development project that will provide safe potable water to the downtrodden villages of Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India. Sincerely, DARA Dear Sir,
HOLY Oasis Ministry in Repalle, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh wish to submit proposal for Community safe potable water in Dalit communities. I hope that you will consider our inquiry for possible funding to our community-development project that will provide safe potable water to the downtrodden villages of Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Sincerely,
DARA

]]> http://www.whitmandirectaction.org/2009/01/20/wda-completes-final-sadhana-report/#comment-361 Comment on WDA’s Water Book is now available online by Bookmarks about Ngo http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/whitmandirectaction/comments/~3/P0p62Ktbvw4/ Bookmarks about Ngo Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:31:06 +0000 http://www.whitmandirectaction.org/?p=116#comment-357 [...] - bookmarked by 1 members originally found by SarahKate on 2008-12-03 WDA’s Water Book is now available online http://www.whitmandirectaction.org/2008/07/19/wdas-water-book-is-now-available-online/ - [...] [...] - bookmarked by 1 members originally found by SarahKate on 2008-12-03 WDA’s Water Book is now available online http://www.whitmandirectaction.org/2008/07/19/wdas-water-book-is-now-available-online/ - [...]

]]> http://www.whitmandirectaction.org/2008/07/19/wdas-water-book-is-now-available-online/#comment-357 Comment on Northern Uganda Microfinance Initiative - Project Proposal by CHINYARD-NGO http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/whitmandirectaction/comments/~3/0SpdX-XS4QA/ CHINYARD-NGO Thu, 27 Nov 2008 07:16:44 +0000 http://www.whitmandirectaction.org/2008/04/30/northern-uganda-microfinance-initiative-project-proposal/#comment-351 Greetings from CHINYARD. We wish to thank you in advance since we seek your patience in going through the following contents: CHINYARD is non governmental organization established in the year 1990 working to improve the life of the people. It is Public Charitable Trust Registered under Bombay Trust act 1950 (E-637/DWD dated 30.1.1990). It is also registered with Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India, under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act. Donations made to Chinyard are exempted from Income Tax Section 80G of the Income Tax Act 1961. The Registered Office of Chinyard is at Agadi and Operational Headquarter is in the village Tadas, Taluk Shiggaon of Haveri Dist. It provides capacity building services to Socially, Economically dis-advantage and illiterate. Chinyard in most backward areas of Dharwad, Haveri and Uttar Kannada Districts of Karnataka State. NABARD Bangalore has awarded State Level 2nd Prize to CHINYARD for the best performance in Karnataka State SHG Bank Linkage Programme. We are working in many activities like Women Empowerment, Micro Credit, Micro Finance, Micro Enterprise, Disabled, Handicraft, Sujala Watershed Shed projects, Child and Joint Forest Management programme, Health, Income Generation, HIV/Aids. Poverty etc. The objectives: • To improve quality of life of the rural masses by organizing those into self help groups and resource management groups. • To promote total health among Women, Children and the Disabled. • To educate people about natural resource conservation develop degraded forestlands and help people in this connection. • To develop rural small and micro enterprise for bringing about economic self sufficient and sustainable life style. • To help the people to design and built houses with appropriate technologies and material in the self help mode. • Empowerment of rural women by improving their social and economic conditions. • To develop the Traditional Craft. • To implement the Soil and Water Conservation in rural areas. Some of our achievements are given here below: • Sensitized Bank officials on gender issues in micro credit and micro enterprise development. • Harnessed skill and capacity of NGOs to implement Micro credit and micro enterprise development programmes • Networking with Development agency for policy advocacy. • Conducting Bank Managers training in micro credit of 50 batches • Established SHG Bank linkages for linking to other SHGs for credit. • 60% of the trained persons economically empowered • Formed 1200 self help groups. • Published books, papers, research reports on rural technology, micro credit and micro enterprise. • Placement services to MBA, MSW, BSW and BBA students from various universities. • Establishment of resource centre for micro credit and micro enterprise development programme for NGOs, Bankers, Government Officers, etc. • Conducted trainings to Gram Panchayat members on Panchayath Raj system and also for 175 taluka panchayath members • Provided skills on organic farming and Vermi Compost for more than 200 farmers. • Created awareness about child rights among 200 Government school teachers. • Advocacy and lobbying on women’s rights and violence. • Transformed more than 800 agricultural women laborers in to successful rural entrepreneur. • Provided 200 women to entrepreneurship development program training. • Introduced appropriate technologies like stabilized mud block technology, leaf plates and cup making, bearing charaka (pedal charaka) etc. • Formation of community based natural resource management groups (Village Forest Committees) biodiversity conservation We would be highly thankful to you if you could let us know whether you would be interested in supporting us financially in meeting the above objectives. In the event of your positive reply, please contact Incase you need more information about us please do give us a call or write to us and we shall be happy to submit the same to prove our credentials. Warm Regards, C.Y. Bhardwad Managing Trustee Greetings from CHINYARD.

We wish to thank you in advance since we seek your patience in going through the following contents:

CHINYARD is non governmental organization established in the year 1990 working to improve the life of the people. It is Public Charitable Trust Registered under Bombay Trust act 1950 (E-637/DWD dated 30.1.1990). It is also registered with Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India, under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act. Donations made to Chinyard are exempted from Income Tax Section 80G of the Income Tax Act 1961.

The Registered Office of Chinyard is at Agadi and Operational Headquarter is in the village Tadas, Taluk Shiggaon of Haveri Dist. It provides capacity building services to Socially, Economically dis-advantage and illiterate. Chinyard in most backward areas of Dharwad, Haveri and Uttar Kannada Districts of Karnataka State. NABARD Bangalore has awarded State Level 2nd Prize to CHINYARD for the best performance in Karnataka State SHG Bank Linkage Programme.

We are working in many activities like Women Empowerment, Micro Credit, Micro Finance, Micro Enterprise, Disabled, Handicraft, Sujala Watershed Shed projects, Child and Joint Forest Management programme, Health, Income Generation, HIV/Aids. Poverty etc.

The objectives:
• To improve quality of life of the rural masses by organizing those into self help groups and resource management groups.
• To promote total health among Women, Children and the Disabled.
• To educate people about natural resource conservation develop degraded forestlands and help people in this connection.
• To develop rural small and micro enterprise for bringing about economic self sufficient and sustainable life style.
• To help the people to design and built houses with appropriate technologies and material in the self help mode.
• Empowerment of rural women by improving their social and economic conditions.
• To develop the Traditional Craft.
• To implement the Soil and Water Conservation in rural areas.

Some of our achievements are given here below:
• Sensitized Bank officials on gender issues in micro credit and micro enterprise development.
• Harnessed skill and capacity of NGOs to implement Micro credit and micro enterprise development programmes
• Networking with Development agency for policy advocacy.
• Conducting Bank Managers training in micro credit of 50 batches
• Established SHG Bank linkages for linking to other SHGs for credit.
• 60% of the trained persons economically empowered
• Formed 1200 self help groups.
• Published books, papers, research reports on rural technology, micro credit and micro enterprise.
• Placement services to MBA, MSW, BSW and BBA students from various universities.
• Establishment of resource centre for micro credit and micro enterprise development programme for NGOs, Bankers, Government Officers, etc.
• Conducted trainings to Gram Panchayat members on Panchayath Raj system and also for 175 taluka panchayath members
• Provided skills on organic farming and Vermi Compost for more than 200 farmers.
• Created awareness about child rights among 200 Government school teachers.
• Advocacy and lobbying on women’s rights and violence.
• Transformed more than 800 agricultural women laborers in to successful rural entrepreneur.
• Provided 200 women to entrepreneurship development program training.
• Introduced appropriate technologies like stabilized mud block technology, leaf plates and cup making, bearing charaka (pedal charaka) etc.
• Formation of community based natural resource management groups (Village Forest Committees) biodiversity conservation

We would be highly thankful to you if you could let us know whether you would be interested in supporting us financially in meeting the above objectives. In the event of your positive reply, please contact

Incase you need more information about us please do give us a call or write to us and we shall be happy to submit the same to prove our credentials.

Warm Regards,

C.Y. Bhardwad
Managing Trustee

]]> http://www.whitmandirectaction.org/2008/04/30/northern-uganda-microfinance-initiative-project-proposal/#comment-351 Comment on Water Book - Chapter Six by Tomorrow’s News, Tomorrow’s Journalists » Blog Archive » In 5 years http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/whitmandirectaction/comments/~3/MVVw7meT0xs/ Tomorrow’s News, Tomorrow’s Journalists » Blog Archive » In 5 years Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:47:04 +0000 http://www.whitmandirectaction.org/?page_id=109#comment-329 [...] Where do I want to be in 5 years? Simple: traveling, and telling the world’s most important stories through images. Newspapers and other print media may be losing their business model from under their feet, but that doesn’t mean the stories they run are any less relevant. There are still going to be water access issues in Rajasthan: [...] [...] Where do I want to be in 5 years? Simple: traveling, and telling the world’s most important stories through images. Newspapers and other print media may be losing their business model from under their feet, but that doesn’t mean the stories they run are any less relevant. There are still going to be water access issues in Rajasthan: [...]

]]> http://www.whitmandirectaction.org/cleanwater/book/chapter-six/#comment-329 Comment on On Your Mark, Get Set… by Daniel Bachhuber http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/whitmandirectaction/comments/~3/ig5ziSujn4Y/ Daniel Bachhuber Mon, 01 Sep 2008 03:29:12 +0000 http://www.whitmandirectaction.org/?p=117#comment-257 Stoked to hear you guys are back at it! Looking forward to reading more updates from the Trans-Border project soon. Stoked to hear you guys are back at it! Looking forward to reading more updates from the Trans-Border project soon.

]]> http://www.whitmandirectaction.org/2008/08/29/on-your-mark-get-set/#comment-257 Comment on Mid Day - “US students help to solve water crisis” by Aditi Mehra http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/whitmandirectaction/comments/~3/ObR82DvXnDg/ Aditi Mehra Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:05:51 +0000 http://www.whitmandirectaction.org/2008/03/23/mid-day-us-students-help-to-solve-water-crisis/#comment-218 Leaders who adopted the Millennium Development Goals in 2000 envisioned halving the proportion of people living without access to basic sanitation by the year 2015 – but we are nowhere near on pace to achieve that goal. Experts predict that by 2015, 2.1 billion people will still lack basic sanitation. At the present rate, sub-Saharan Africa will not reach the target until 2076. If we take up the challenge, the positive impact will reverberate far beyond better access to clean water. Every dollar invested in water and sanitation yields an estimated seven dollars worth of productive activity. And that comes on top of the immeasurable gains in cutting poverty, improving health and raising living standards. This will help all you people on this blog to do something along with the United Nations in your locality. Check this http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=47234928 Leaders who adopted the Millennium Development Goals in 2000 envisioned halving the proportion of people living without access to basic sanitation by the year 2015 – but we are nowhere near on pace to achieve that goal. Experts predict that by 2015, 2.1 billion people will still lack basic sanitation. At the present rate, sub-Saharan Africa will not reach the target until 2076.

If we take up the challenge, the positive impact will reverberate far beyond better access to clean water. Every dollar invested in water and sanitation yields an estimated seven dollars worth of productive activity. And that comes on top of the immeasurable gains in cutting poverty, improving health and raising living standards.
This will help all you people on this blog to do something along with the United Nations in your locality.
Check this
http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=47234928

]]> http://www.whitmandirectaction.org/2008/03/23/mid-day-us-students-help-to-solve-water-crisis/#comment-218 Comment on We whistle while we work, do da do do do do dooooooo by Daniel Bachhuber - India at the Core, abridged http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/whitmandirectaction/comments/~3/5gWBdfMU9Ko/ Daniel Bachhuber - India at the Core, abridged Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:50:58 +0000 http://www.whitmandirectaction.org/2008/03/06/we-whistle-while-we-work-do-da-do-do-do-do-dooooooo/#comment-216 [...] some sort of success with this study group. I partially documented this along the way in an update for the team and one for my faculty sponsor. It would be an understatement to say the project has been huge and [...] [...] some sort of success with this study group. I partially documented this along the way in an update for the team and one for my faculty sponsor. It would be an understatement to say the project has been huge and [...]

]]> http://www.whitmandirectaction.org/2008/03/06/we-whistle-while-we-work-do-da-do-do-do-do-dooooooo/#comment-216 Comment on We whistle while we work, do da do do do do dooooooo by Lisa http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/whitmandirectaction/comments/~3/mxcRiTxWyC8/ Lisa Sun, 09 Mar 2008 17:48:05 +0000 http://www.whitmandirectaction.org/2008/03/06/we-whistle-while-we-work-do-da-do-do-do-do-dooooooo/#comment-210 Wow I'm so impressed with everything you guys are doing! Wow I’m so impressed with everything you guys are doing!

]]> http://www.whitmandirectaction.org/2008/03/06/we-whistle-while-we-work-do-da-do-do-do-do-dooooooo/#comment-210 Comment on We whistle while we work, do da do do do do dooooooo by DJ Strouse http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/whitmandirectaction/comments/~3/K3-l_pGsZRk/ DJ Strouse Sun, 09 Mar 2008 09:37:26 +0000 http://www.whitmandirectaction.org/2008/03/06/we-whistle-while-we-work-do-da-do-do-do-do-dooooooo/#comment-209 You could embrace irony and outsource the legwork to Indians: https://getfriday.com/index.php http://www.yourmaninindia.com/ You could embrace irony and outsource the legwork to Indians:

https://getfriday.com/index.php
http://www.yourmaninindia.com/

]]> http://www.whitmandirectaction.org/2008/03/06/we-whistle-while-we-work-do-da-do-do-do-do-dooooooo/#comment-209 Comment on The report numero dos by Daniel Bachhuber - Spot the Giraffe http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/whitmandirectaction/comments/~3/TMUwb8nALWY/ Daniel Bachhuber - Spot the Giraffe Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:49:31 +0000 http://www.whitmandirectaction.org/2008/02/20/the-report-numero-dos/#comment-208 [...] mutual survey. A summary of several lengthier updates I wrote to the rest of the team, including a description of the difficulties MUWCI is having, is as [...] [...] mutual survey. A summary of several lengthier updates I wrote to the rest of the team, including a description of the difficulties MUWCI is having, is as [...]

]]> http://www.whitmandirectaction.org/2008/02/20/the-report-numero-dos/#comment-208 Comment on SCWP Minutes for 12 December 2007 by nishchint http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/whitmandirectaction/comments/~3/8qYWs4QYeC4/ nishchint Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:04:18 +0000 http://www.whitmandirectaction.org/2007/12/12/scwp-minutes-for-12-december-2007/#comment-19 hi well i'm an indian n would like to help u ppl out in this work of yours, so how to u plan to start and actually implement it. i can provide aome help like in data collection and also help contact NGO. i even have a group of people who would work with me. do let me know if i can be of any help hi
well i’m an indian n would like to help u ppl out in this work of yours, so how to u plan to start and actually implement it. i can provide aome help like in data collection and also help contact NGO. i even have a group of people who would work with me.
do let me know if i can be of any help

]]> http://www.whitmandirectaction.org/2007/12/12/scwp-minutes-for-12-december-2007/#comment-19 Comment on WDA has a new(er) site! by Daniel Bachhuber http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/whitmandirectaction/comments/~3/4udp5SSv8fs/ Daniel Bachhuber Thu, 11 Oct 2007 22:21:40 +0000 http://www.whitmandirectaction.org/2007/10/11/wda-has-a-newer-site/#comment-2 I need to add a comment to that I can get our comments feed burnenend! I need to add a comment to that I can get our comments feed burnenend!

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