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Monique and the Mango Rains: Two Years with a Midwife in Mali

Have Fun - Do Good

"There have been many accounts of studying people from other cultures, but few of actually being friends with them. By the third page of Monique and the Mango Rains, you know that Monique, a midwife in Mali, will die in childbirth. midwife mali women Peace Corps friendship

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Siguida Keneyali

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

When Doria and I were in Mali earlier this month, we found that our nephew Fodé Camara had started to work with a group called Siguida Keneyali - Health in Our Homes - an organization working to improve health in Sikoroni, the poorest Quartier in Bamako.

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Empowering Change: Caitlin Cohen of the Sigida Keneyali Project

Have Fun - Do Good

In December I wrote a book review of Monique and the Mango Rains , the story of a Peace Corps worker's two years working with a midwife in Mali. Below is an e-interview with another woman making a difference in Mali, Caitlin Cohen, one of two US coordinators of the Sigida Keneyali Project. What is the biggest challenge of your work?

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The Blogger Returns

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

Well, for one thing, planning a trip over the holidays to Morocco and Mali. Rebecca's husband is from nearby Guinea, so we're counting on getting a good introduction to West African culture - especially music. There's so much going on my blogging has just gone by the wayside. Let's get back on track. What have I been up to?

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The Digital Divide Doesn't Exist

NTEN

Given the difficulty in unpacking all of the socio-economic, cultural, political, educational, and other mutually-reinforcing components of digital inequality, simple metaphors can't carry the weight. Mohammed Diop, of Mali , presumably one of the very people OLPC wants to convince: "It is a very clever marketing tool.

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Joitske Hulsebosch: Blogs, NGOs, and Developing Countries

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

" Later, her work brought her to Mali, where she advised on participatory methods. " She has worked in Africa as a trainer and later as an organisational advisor. She notes, "I started in Kenya working with a water users association, living in a thatched hut!" I'm too shy to do an online poll. Practical examples.

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Case Study: An Accidental Techie #FAIL Story

NTEN

You’ll likely also have to work on changing the culture of the organization to think more about working within the CRM system as part of their daily work rather than treating it as a back-end database where people enter information into as time allows. Most people don't like change, and adapting to this sort of CRM system is a big change.