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Dadamac's condolences go to David Mutua and his community who sent us this email. "It's a sad week in my village in Kawethei, Kangundo Kenya. 26 family and relatives, neighbors and friends died and many are going through a painfull and tough time due to injuries sustained over the weekend through the worst road accident of the year in Kenya. Thanks to the Kenyan Government for offering support for funeral and hospital expenses, we appreciate very much. We are requesting for prayers and soon CALD - through our facebook group the Kawethei Community Development Network will be working with people...

This week’s online meeting between the UK and Fantsuam in rural Nigeria was as dynamic and wide ranging as ever. We discussed practical ways of helping Fola , a trusted individual in the Dadamac network who hopes to get his community at Ago-Are online. Last week we told how within a week we had devised a way to help him achieve his vision - not only had he received his money but he had brought his laptop and had already sent us photos. It was agreed during the meeting that John Dada would arranged to advance Fola additional funds, via...

As usual, this week’s UK-Nigeria online meeting proved a real gem. Feedback from John suggests the community is becoming used to the new realities of slow business output in the wake of the post-election conflict. He reports that the Kafanchan Peace Market traders are gradually getting their businesses going again, with some of venturing into new businesses areas. Twelve of the 27 traders are Muslims and these women have negotiated with Fantsuam Foundation to defer their loans until after Ramadan. In recent blogs I have documented the loss of experienced staff from Fantsuam, mostly as a direct consequence of the...

As usual, this week’s UK-Nigeria online meeting proved a real gem. Feedback from John suggests the community is becoming used to the new realities of slow business output in the wake of the post-election conflict. He reports that the Kafanchan Peace Market traders are gradually getting their businesses going again, with some of venturing into new businesses areas. Twelve of the 27 traders are Muslims and these women have negotiated with Fantsuam Foundation to defer their loans until after Ramadan. In recent blogs I have documented the loss of experienced staff from Fantsuam, mostly as a direct consequence of the...

This week’s online meeting between the UK and Nigeria teams marked another step forward because it drew upon additional technology. As well as our usual Skyped/typed conversation we used sms/phone messages to check the situation at FF in the light of John’s uncharacteristic absence. The fact John had not sent us an explanatory email as is his custom had caused us to speculate as to whether there was a problem. However, the team in the UK (based in London and Leeds) were able to contact Comfort at Fantsuam (rural Nigeria) and she reassured us that all was OK, aside from...