Bunabumali & Good Samaritan NewsLetter Volume one, edition 1 August 2007 - Editor Norman Nakhokho www://villagetalk.net/samaritan - +256772465135 - nakhokhoe@yahoo.com - Uganda The Bunabumali community started the school building project back in 2004 after the landslides. On May 26 2007 I contacted VillageTalk to find out how we could move the project to the next stage, and I am proud to share with you what we have been talking about, and show you the first results. This newsletter also identifies a number of actions we can start, pending the receipt of money required to build the school & community center, as with the plans I had it turned out I was building more than a school Introduction We have identified many more options than in the original plan, ideas that will impact Bunabumali but at the same time will help find creative ways to finance the plans more effectively than we ever thought possible. The most important change is the combination of building and business development, whereby the business development will form one of the foundations of the building process. Villagetalk's ideas are based on creating as much as what's need on-line, because this will show what funding is really needed. Many resources are available free of charge on Internet so our original budget is changing very fast. Since the main focus is the school, we started with creating an on-line school. The software is now being installed, and the on-line school will be officially opened on October 1 2007. By that date we will have all relevant training materials available for the Bunabumali Vocational Training Center and The Good Samaritan Orphan & Needy School . Volunteer position. Training material. We welcome other schools and orphanages to join this initiative and add content. At the moment we have contracts in Nigeria and have start talks with a number of Ugandan community leaders to increase effectiveness. Building Money matters? VillageTalk is also working on The Bottle Neck Fund, a financing model that facilitates the initial steps that are needed to make a success of our plans. More details on this in our next newsletter. Creative ideas Bunabumali Vocational training center.
We will be starting a campaign to get access to to good tools via donations, and are working on a small budget to cover the initial costs. We have already found a number of useful manuals ideas to create our own tools. We are now looking at how to set up the training program and looking forward from people who would like to participate in the The Tree House Project. Mount Eglon fruit Juice. Bunabumali Communication Center Bodaboda transport bike shop Tourism. Media desk Partners & Sponsors
Milestones Ngo status Good Samaritan Needy & Orphans School. The name has been filed . llkido has offered sponsorship of the costs and we're now in the process of finishing the application. Banking. Telecenter. Infocom Uganda has done a site survey, and we're awaiting their new offer, essential for the development of the internet initiatives. Building. Rogers Muhindo is monitoring our building ideas and will provide a final design, once we have found the funds to cover his valuable services. e-Learning. the on-line school will go live October 1 2007. That will provide all childern , students and teachers with the first set of learning materials. Once the internet connection is established this information will be updated daily. Web site. VillageTalk sponsors the web site, a platform where we we share information, talk to partners and gather useful information. It's also our showcase to the world, as it links our activities to people and organizations that would otherwise never know we exist. (International) volunteer opportunities Although it is our intention to involve as many local people as possible, so we create jobs locally, we do have We are now creating an action list for volunteers who are interested to assist to reach our goals there are limitations. Anybody who has time to spare and a reliable internet connection is more than welcome to share the workload.
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