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International Women's Day: Reasons to Celebrate DOT Women
It is with great honor that I wish to recognize the effort and impact made by women in our society towards economic and social development. In this new millennium, we have witnessed a significant change and attitudinal shift in both women's and society's thoughts about women's equality and emancipation thus a reason to celebrate!
As a facilitator of DOT's ReachUp! program in rural Kenya, I have witnessed with lots of humility and gracefully proud to be part of this positive change brought by women participants and fellow female colleagues. I see more awareness in not only my community only but also in Kenya in general on gender issues and the need for gender equality. For instance, the new constitution recognizes the need for women representation in the National Assembly. This is a great step towards social…
From a DOT Intern to Community Training Partner: Erick Omollo's Success Story
DOT's mission is to create global networks of talented, energetic young leaders who use their knowledge to assist their communities to achieve educational, social and economic opportunities and thereby creating positive social change. In this blog, Erick Omollo, a DOT Intern, shares how iTell Kenya, a CBO he co-founded has impacted his and the lives of Changamwe residents, Mombasa. Read on.
Erick Omollo at iTell - Kenya offices
My name is Erick Omollo, a University graduate with a Bachelors degree in Language and Literary Studies. My entry into Digital Opportunity Trust Kenya in July 2011 was guided by a passion to serve my community - put a smile on everyone's face whenever I could. I am indeed grateful to DOT for giving me a platform upon which I have been able to realize my full potential and making me believe that my passion, skills and strengths could be a source of…
DOT Kenya congratulates Janet Longmore, President & CEO of DOT for being named a Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2013 by the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship.
DOT Kenya Interns undertake a nine month community based internship where they recruit, train and coach participants on the ReachUp! program. In this blog, David Mbugua, a Naivasha based Intern shares with us his Internship experience. Read on.
My name is David Mbugua. I hold a diploma in Information Technology and certificates in computer applications, graphic design, computerized accounting packages and I am currently pursuing a Bachelors degree in Information technology. I have a passion for working with the community; giving back to those who, for so many years, carried me on their backs and made me what I am today. This primarily, is what dictated my decision to join Digital Opportunity Trust Kenya in August 2012, quitting where…
During my time at DOT have been able to learn, exchange ideas and give back to my community members. Each picture displayed here has a memory behind it from a successful Enterprise, behavior change among young people, second chances to many among others.
I have been able to attend a number of graduations and activities for both the participants and intens, each ceremony has a story behind it ranging from how the participacts joined the program challenging circumstance, lack of learning equipment (computers), lack of infrastructure like roads, buildings but despite it all they managed to work as a team together with the interns to finish the ReachUp! Program. Their faces and joy tells it all.
"The roots of true achievement lie in…
In celebration of the 10th anniversary of Digital Opportunity Trust’s existence I would like to share my experience as an intern, employee, youth champion and global representative in celebration.
In 2008 if someone happened to mention to me the meaning of Twitter, Facebook, blogs and how World Wide Web is essential and its importance to someone trust me, I couldn't have an idea about what you talking about or what actually it is used for among other things. I remember vividly during the face to face training for DOT we were taught how to blog, different social media platform like Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, MySpace among others that people use and different applications available. Later…
DOT Did Not Just Empower Me, It Helped Me Empower My Community Too
I embraced the ReachUp! Program fully and used it as an opportunity to find solutions to problems in my community. To me, ReachUp! was one approach to kicking poverty out of my community. To date I have trained 170 Participants on Entrepreneurship, ICT and Life skills. More than 30 of the participants I trained have started various income generating activities which I monitor closely to see into their success.
Prior to joining DOT I had a lot of interest in entrepreneurship and leadership. I longed to contribute to projects that are self-sustainable and contribute to the development of my own community. Coming from a very humble background, my dream and passion has always been about assisting others improve their lives. I always wanted to see an economically empowered community that can sustain itself and its members. A friend then told me about DOT and its work in the community. I was enthusiastic…
The world has transformed into a global village due to the introduction and improvement of technology. Every day, there are new technological advances. Today, you can create networks and communicate globally with a click of a mouse. Lets see some of these networks and how it has created local changes
DOT, through ReachUp! program, has created alot of impact in our communities. Overtime, I have witnessed my participants who come to class knowing absolutely nothing but their attitude towards the technology changes after the sessions. They stop believing, wrongly so, that the only people who use computers are those with nice suits and big offices
Module 6 (Computer as Library) completely changes the mood of my sessions; This is where the participants get the opportunity to do research using…
ReachUp! Program Transforms Many Lives in Bungoma Region
ReachUp! has yielded good fruits for my former participants in Busia.They have really applied the lessons in their daily lives thus most have started small businesses which have transformed their lives tremendously.
Having Facilitated in the three centers, I am so glad just to witness what my former ReachUp! participants are doing in the community. Most of them have started running small businesses like poultry farming, selling of snacks, vegetables, onion farming among others. I am proud that a majority of them are now computer literate and the little computer literacy they have gained has motivated them to enroll for computer packages around Bugoma town as they now appreciate and realize how key computer…
DOT Intern Helps Karunda Youth Polytechnic Achieve Food Sustainability
In this blog, DOT Kenya Intern Eliud Ng'ang'a from Central Region talks about his DOT experience and how he helped his ReachUp! training centre (Karunda Youth Polytechnic) achieve food sustainability.
Eliud Ng'ang'a facilitating a ReachUp! session at the Karunda Youth Polytechnic
I joined DOT Kenya in December 2011 and that marked the beginning of a period in my life that has seen me grow and develop as a person both professionally and socially. It has been a period that has seen me interact with people from different walks of life, impacting the lives of several and along the way the experiences molding me to be a better person.
One my best moments at DOT was when I was assigned to…
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- From a DOT Intern to…reall nice story and encouraging big up brother Erick!
- International Women'…Wow!! Thanks a lot Winnie for let us know how in Kenya women are becoming Leaders of changes in their communities. you provided a good example. keep it up
- International Women'…Thanks Winnie for sharing how women in your community are growing! Your article is so inspiring!
- Western Kenya: Reach…wow!..so inspiring indeed. This shows that, anyone can do anything as along as you realize who you are and what you can do basing on the inner strength you have and the skills you acquire.
God bless. - 10 Years of Youth In…Neat job Ayshah! Thanks for sharing!
- International Women'…A great article!
- International Women'…On point. Good work
- International Women'…In deed i also believe that we are equal and the only difference is just our Biological make up otherwise what men can do women can do better.Hongera to all women.
- International Women'…It is great to have such women in our society whom we can have as role models. Thanks for sharing the reasons to celebrate them during this important day. Happy International Womens Day.
- International Women'…It is so amazing how the women are making it better in most of the technical fields, thanks for sharing this great article.
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