38 research outputs found
Burkina Faso women empowerment and welfare project
No full textIt has been proven that the poor have the desire and motivation to do something to change their situation. They may be short of ideas of how to wiggle themselves out of an uncomfortable situation but they surely have the inner resource when they are gently nodded in the right direction. This was proven in a project that was carried out in Burkina Faso among poor urban women.
The project further revealed that sustainable development cannot be attained without integration. To address the root causes of poverty; gender inequities, HIV/AIDS and the environment should be addressed together. Activities that provide and permit access to basic necessities like education and health should be integrated in the project too.
To assure sustainability of the project CED practitioner should avoid introducing complex technology or financially unattainable practices but should, to the extent possible, use local resources and build on the local knowledge. In this project local resource persons, locally available material - mostly recycled - were utilized. The project drew largely from local knowledge and values will ensure continuity of the activities even after external support has ceased.
Finally, following the principle of subsidiarity the management of the project activities should to the extent feasible be left to the beneficiaries. The targeted women in this project managed the savings and loan project, using the self help group model, to improve their personal businesses. (Author abstract)Macharia, D. G. (2007). Burkina Faso women empowerment and welfare project. Retrieved from http://academicarchive.snhu.eduMaster of Science (M.S.)School of Community Economic Developmen
Glomus tumor presenting as complex regional pain syndrome of the left upper limb: a case report
No full textSymphony Limited: Positioning in a Turbulent Information Technology Environment
No full textMike Eldon, the Executive Director of Symphony Limited in Nairobi, Kenya, had just
come back from the Christmas holiday break on January 3rd 2000. On December 17th
1999, the Board of Directors of Symphony had approved the merger of six sister companies trading in different niches in the Information Technology (IT) industry, but
a decision on the new core business focus had not been reached. Some of the companies had focused largely on low-end commodity IT markets; others were
engaged in higher end solutions provision; while some were involved in a mixture of
the two. For a long time, huge resources had been spent cultivating the high-volume,
low margin IT re-seller market that ensured reasonable cash flows at low risk. This
was the ‘trading’ type of business. However, substantial resources had also been
invested in the human skills and technical infrastructure necessary for the provision of
large, complex IT hardware and software solutions. Some of the top managers and
some board members were comfortable with investing further in the low-end
commodity re-sellers as the future for Symphony but Eldon was not convinced. The
board had scheduled a meeting in early January at which the group’s strategy would
be determined. It expected a definite recommendation from him. As he sat in his third
floor office at Symphony Place that morning, with only 3 days to the board meeting,
Eldon knew that the direction he chose for the company could make or break
Symphony in Kenya’s turbulent IT industry
Agribusiness Technology Transfer and Innovation as a Catalyst for Food Security in Developing Countries
No full textNational and sub-national variation in patterns of febrile case management in sub-Saharan Africa
No full textGiven national healthcare coverage gaps, understanding treatment-seeking behaviour for fever is crucial for the management of childhood illness and to reduce deaths. Here, we conduct a modelling study triangulating household survey data for fever in children under the age of five years with georeferenced public health facility databases (n = 86,442 facilities) in 29 countries across sub-Saharan Africa, to estimate the probability of seeking treatment for fever at public facilities. A Bayesian item response theory framework is used to estimate this probability based on reported fever episodes, treatment choice, residence, and estimated travel-time to the nearest public-sector health facility. Findings show inter- and intra-country variation, with the likelihood of seeking treatment for fever less than 50% in 16 countries. Results highlight the need to invest in public healthcare and related databases. The variation in public sector use illustrates the need to include such modelling in future infectious disease burden estimation. © 2018, The Author(s)
neck surgery education and training through virtual academic platforms and multidisciplinary teams
No full textLeveraging health through the enhancement of information access using Mobile and service oriented technology
No full textKenya has a vision to create a globally competitive and prospective nation with a high quality of life by 2030. In order to achieve this, it developed a social pillar that aims at improving the quality of life through projects that are health related. We propose a project that aims at contributing to this vision by ensuring that health related information is accessible to all through an affordable and flexible solution. This study sets out to find a flexible, adaptable, and cost efficient, approach for storing and accessing information from the government portal. We draw these benefits from using the concept of cloud computing. However, cloud computing is not a new concept. The use of popular and readily available technology such as the Mobile phone can aid in leveraging information access through cloud computing. The innovative aspect of this study is the proposal of a solution that is flexible through the concept of runtime software adaptation in Service Orientated Architecture. An increasingly important requirement of software is ensuring that the system can adapt quickly and effectively to changing business and system needs. Several problem specific runtime adaptation techniques have been put forward. We propose a solution that is generic and hence can be used to address any challenge presented by information access on any information or sector represented on the government porta
The politics of transition in Kenya, 1995-1998
No full textTo write a current history of Kenya from 1995 to 1998 requires judgement
and maturity. In modern Kenya, writing especially current history, can be
more than the pleasantly "subversive activity" advocated by post-modernists.
The author has the necessary academic qualities and he has produced
the kind of history which urgently needs writing - and reading - in
Kenya. The author is a professor of history at the United States International
University, Nairobi, Kenya.
Those familiar with contemporary Kenya will not find much here that is
new. However, this little book is probably not intended to be pathbreaking.
Instead the author has produced an authoritative and persuasive political
history which underpins the challenge to build a strong and lasting democracy
in Kenya. This was entirely a phenomenon of the events that occurred
in Kenya between 1995 and 1998. These events culminated in the political
crisis that virtually threatened to shake the edifice of genuine multipartism
that had been ushered in 1991. This is solidly liberal historiography aimed
at the middle ground, the kind of responsible opinion to which Jomo
Kenyatta, the first president of Kenya, once appealed: but it is neither bland
nor unengaged. It takes issues first with the circumstances that made the
public to lose faith in the political class, whether within government or the
opposition. These, the author traces to the first decade of the independence
era, maintaining that the seeds of the present presidency wielding highly
centralised powers were sown in 1964 when the minority opposition party
(the Kenya African Democratic Union - KADU), voluntarily dissolved itself
and joined the Kenya African National Union - KANU. The result was that
Kenya became a defacto one-party state, thereby providing the occasion for
the presidency to start amassing enormous powers and also creating a personality
cult comparable only to that of a feudal monarch. This is the central
thesis of the book.
Thus when in 1978 President Daniel arap Moi took over the reigns of
power following the death of President Kenyatta, the former inherited a
highly constructed authoritarian one-party state. The author contends tha
The Undelivered Promise : Constitutional Environmental Rights and Judicial Redress in Kenya and South Africa
No full textThe project of constitutionalising environmental rights is nearly complete with over two-thirds of the United Nations member states having enshrined these rights in their constitutions. Despite the widespread adoption, recent studies on environmental protection indicate that the project has not improved in commensurate terms. Environmental law scholars are now engaged in bridging the ‘implementation gap’. In an attempt to locate the implementation gap problem, this paper analyses the achievements made under the environmental rights constitutionalisation project. Using Kenya and South Africa as case studies, the author finds that while substantial progress has been made, the conceptualisation of the right to a clean and healthy environment has yet to receive a harmonised meaning. The impact, this paper notes, is the differentiated interpretation and application that greatly undermine environmental protection. As a remedy, the author argues that the adoption of a country’s ‘fundamental value[s]’ as the basis of understanding environmental rights not only provides the widest protection but also allows a harmonised application
Transition in Kenya, 1995-1998.
No full textTo write a current history of Kenya from 1995 to 1998 requires judgement
and maturity. In modern Kenya, writing especially current history, can be
more than the pleasantly "subversive activity" advocated by post-modernists.
The author has the necessary academic qualities and he has produced
the kind of history which urgently needs writing - and reading - in
Kenya. The author is a professor of history at the United States International
University, Nairobi, Kenya.
Those familiar with contemporary Kenya will not find much here that is
new. However, this little book is probably not intended to be pathbreaking.
Instead the author has produced an authoritative and persuasive political
history which underpins the challenge to build a strong and lasting democracy
in Kenya. This was entirely a phenomenon of the events that occurred
in Kenya between 1995 and 1998. These events culminated in the political
crisis that virtually threatened to shake the edifice of genuine multipartism
that had been ushered in 1991. This is solidly liberal historiography aimed
at the middle ground, the kind of responsible opinion to which Jomo
Kenyatta, the first president of Kenya, once appealed: but it is neither bland
nor unengaged. It takes issues first with the circumstances that made the
public to lose faith in the political class, whether within government or the
opposition. These, the author traces to the first decade of the independence
era, maintaining that the seeds of the present presidency wielding highly
centralised powers were sown in 1964 when the minority opposition party
(the Kenya African Democratic Union - KADU), voluntarily dissolved itself
and joined the Kenya African National Union - KANU. The result was that
Kenya became a defacto one-party state, thereby providing the occasion for
the presidency to start amassing enormous powers and also creating a personality
cult comparable only to that of a feudal monarch. This is the central
thesis of the book.
Thus when in 1978 President Daniel arap Moi took over the reigns of
power following the death of President Kenyatta, the former inherited a
highly constructed authoritarian one-party state
