tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12653548.post6492854688746576600..comments2023-08-27T05:17:40.218-04:00Comments on All African (Self Help) Bazaar: CENTRE SONGHAI - Help For The FarmersOscar H. Blaytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11861266319228792651noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12653548.post-84188681816586210512008-03-18T23:06:00.000-04:002008-03-18T23:06:00.000-04:00Dear OscarHow are you? My name is Nathaniel Whitte...Dear Oscar<BR/><BR/>How are you? My name is Nathaniel Whittemore, and I'm the Director of the Center for Global Engagement at Northwestern University in Chicago, IL. The CGE helps American undergraduates learn from communities around the world, so that they can better add value to community-led development efforts. One of our programs brings 20 students a year to Uganda.<BR/><BR/>I wanted to pass along a quick request for help. I'm looking for Bloggers to write a brief post about a project of mine in the next day or two. The CGE is currently competing in Netsquared's Mashup Challenge and we're working to be selected as a finalist to receive grant money and technological support and development for a project called Assetmap.org/Uganda<BR/><BR/>assetmap.org/uganda has the goal of aggregating information about where development projects happen, what they focus on, and who's involved so that all of us concerned with supporting community-led efforts to rebuild northern Ugandan civil society can better share best practices, direct support, and collaborate for greater impact. To read more, click here.<BR/><BR/>The competition is only going on for the next two days, ending Friday. The way the competition works is that Netsquared users vote for the Top 20 projects. If selected in the top 20, we go to California for the national conference where we make a presentation to a panel of judges and are eligible for technical support and up to $100,000 in grants.<BR/><BR/>To vote you go here, register and select us (and at least four other projects). You submit your "ballot" with five projects and ta-da! If you'd be willing to take a few minutes to do this - and even more just to write a quick post on your blog about it, I'd really appreciate it!<BR/><BR/>Thanks and hope you're doing well.<BR/>Nathaniel<BR/><BR/>http://www.netsquared.org/2008/conference/projects/assetmap-org-ugandaUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14562327711618780627noreply@blogger.com