Kenya

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Education for sustainability – Study circles, ICTs and the youth

The project addresses capacity building among youth in coastal Kenya by focusing on their educational needs, their opportunities for income generation in a sustainable context.

Summary of project objectives: 
  1. use study circles and participatory adult education to educate and empower youth, adapting the curricula to the needs of youth
  2. expand and sustain access to ICTs through training and development of locally sustainable ICT resource center plans
  3. develop eLearning and social networking applications that reinforce learning in the youth and use of ICTs as part of their daily lives and
  4. to deliver learning topics and tools relevant to youth and that will help them build individual and social resilience by improving livelihood opportunities.
Partners: 
CORDIO (Coastal Oceans Research and Development in the Indian Ocean)
Contact person: 
Katja Sarajeva
Field of work: 
Education, youth
Webpage: 
http://www.cordioea.org/
Funding: 
SEK 489.000
Project Duration: 
August, 2011 - February, 2013
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Reforms through citizen participation and government accountability

Kenya’s new and fragile democracy suffers impunity, indifference to corruption tribalism, nepotism and apathy towards participation. Citizens often do not understand their rights nor have the skills to claim them. Kenya’s new constitution, the Constitution of Kenya 2010, is a pro-citizen and progressive constitution that has not widened the democratic space but also promised for the first time a human rights state and society. If the Constitution is to be effectively implemented there must be a profound change in the peoples approach towards their rights, their Government and officials. Hence the need for the citizen participation to demand for accountable governance based on constituitionalism from the grassroots level all the way to the highest level of government across all social classes.

Summary of project objectives: 

Local community based organisations and particularly their youth membership to have improved understanding of commitment to building a human rights state and society.

Objectives

  • To engage citizens in dialogue and establishing the rule of law in the context of democratic governance to ensure a decline in human rights violations
  • To increase government accountability through monitoring service delivery at county level in the devolved government

Partners: 
Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC)
Contact person: 
Caroline Wamala
Field of work: 
democracy, service delivery, e- Governance, Transparency
Webpage: 
http://www.khrc.or.ke
Funding: 
SEK 500.000
Project Duration: 
July, 2011 - December, 2012
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M-Governance: Exploring conditions for successful Mobile Governance in Kenya

The Kenyan government is slow to provide necessary services (in agriculture, health, education, and infrastructure) for its citizens. Even when such services are indeed provided, corruption is a constant challenge. Mobile phone applications have the potential to increase citizen participation and deliver faster and more effective government services.

Summary of project objectives: 

The project aims to identify, describe and produce an analysis of the conditions that can promote the use of mobile phones for increased citizen participation and successful delivery of government services in Kenya.

Objectives

  • Identify areas of satisfaction and dissatisfaction with government services in order to define a clear role for mobiles in delivery of government services.
  • Identify where in government citizen feedback and participation is desired but March 16, 2011 Version 1.1 (2010-08-23) currently lacking.
  • Prioritize current mobile applications for democratizing information based on feasibility of use by government ministries.
  • Gather Kenyan Ministries’ opinions on using mobile phones for citizen feedback and service delivery.
  • Select applicable lessons learned by Ushahidi, a Nairobi-based non-profit tech company that develops free and open source software for information collection, visualization and interactive mapping. Suggested main activities (in relation to goal and objectives) and expected results (i.e. “How will you make the situation better?”) This research uses qualitative and quantitative surveys to explore the feasibility of a mobile platform for increasing interaction between Kenyan government agencies and citizens. The iHub Research Team will conduct face-to-face interviews with government officials from the Ministry of Health, Agriculture, Water, and Education in order to understand the real potential for m-governance in these agencies.

Partners: 
iHub
Ushahidi
Contact person: 
Caroline Wamala
Field of work: 
democracy, service delivery, Mobile Governance, Transparency
Webpage: 
http://www.ihub.co.ke
Funding: 
SEK 500.000
Project Duration: 
September, 2011 - February, 2013
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Empowering SHGs in Kenya and India through ICT for better education and alternative livelihood opportunities

The overall objective of this project is to empower Self Help Groups (SHGs) to identify viable livelihood opportunities in order to improve their socio-economic status whilst bringing the wellbeing of the environment into the equation. This will eventually make those communities more resistant to environmental and economic chock.

Partners: 
CORDIO East Africa - Costal Oceans Research and Development -Indian Ocean (Kenya)
SDMRI -Suganthi Devadason Marine Research Institute (India)
Nyköping Folkhögskola (Sweden)
Contact person: 
Daniel Berggren
Field of work: 
Education and alternative livelihood opportunities for environmental protection
Funding: 
SEK 2.500.000
Total cost: 
SEK 2.575.000
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