Wednesday, July 09, 2008

Welcome!

Hi Everyone,

My Name is Nicole Chesoni, I am one of the facilitators for the BAWo in Nairobi Kenya. I work with the Young Womens Leadership Institute in Nairobi. The organization works to build young women leaders, empower young women and create links through networking. I help run the Young Mothers Initiative and the Binti Initiative. Through our sexual and reproductive health rights program we are able to enlighten these women on several issues and barriers that dis enable them from reaching their full potential. I enjoy swimming, reading and good food. I look forward to meeting many powerful young women and engaging with them at all levels through this blog.

Feel free to visit my blog youthful thinking...its a fun place to be

Welcome!

My BAWo experience so far

My name is Sandra Bwire,currently I am an intern with Fahamu ,Kenya.I am at the moment also a student pursing my Bachelors Degree in Development Studies.I am one of the facilitators being trained for the BAWo initiative Kenya Chapter.
One thing i can promise you is that it is as interesting and fun as it sounds on paper.Its a new experience for me and well i love it.Its a way of reaching out to millions of people (sharing and exchanging information and ideas).If you think technology is just another thing well think again.Technology is at its peak and well it may not seem like a promising idea to some at the moment but well what can i say “give it time and maybe just maybe it will turn out to be the greatest thing ever”.I have had a couple of arguments with some people and they really wanted to know how blogging is helping out women especially in those in the rural areas.
Well,lets all be open-minded for one it doesn’t matter where women are located .This is because women everywhere suffer the same plight of inequality just because they are women.Sad isn’t it?For those who can can blog and spread vital information that can assist in any way then so be it.Secondly,we can’t all be the same,we all have a unique way of empowering women .Some people use sports,others use plays,others comedy and others use the internet blogging inclusive.

So my message to all is you are looking for a way to say showcase your work then you should try blogging and to all bloggers let’s get blogging!!!

Danke.

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INTRODUCTION

My name is caroline achieng,am currently with young women leadership institute based in Nairobi Kenya.The organization deals with women from various age groups on matters affecting women,am particularly handling women of ages 13 to 18.am going to be one of the facilitators in Kenya for the BAWo initiative.

I am enthusiastic about working with project participants and am looking forward to ensuring that many more women become knowledgeable on blogging.
blogging to me will create a forum for women to share their ideas,knowledge and fears on matters affecting them in the society.its also going to serve as a place where women can create social networks.

Am looking forward to getting started

you may visit my blog fittie fit

Thanks to Bloggers for African Women Project

My Names are Felistah Mbithe,I am working with Fortress of Hope Africa.I am participating in the Bloggers For African Women Project in Kenya.It has been days of intense training on how to use blog and other internet available tools for my advocacy work.Working with adolescent girls and youths have been my passion,for me to keep-up the trade(youths and Adolescents are dynamic) ,the Skills from BAWO are quite an revelation.It has given me the opportunity to share ideas,skills,knowledge and best practices on issues affecting adolescent girls and youths in Kenya with the rest of the world.

Thanks to Ore Somolu for her passionate and great heart.I am happy to have being her student.With her “every thing internet is possible”.
Watch out!all Kenyan Adolescent girls will be going blog.

Visit my blog For Real .You are free to leave comments.
Also i have a Face Book Group known as ADOLESCENT MENTORS which u can visit and become an adolescent mentor in where you are.Your comments and posts will be highly appreciated http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=25093549852
Let Blog>>>

BAWo Kenya Begins

Welcome to the Kenyan edition of the Blogs for African Women (BAWo) project. Almost exactly two years ago, the pilot of the BAWo project came to an end. It had been two months of teaching young Nigerian women how to blog, how to find their voices through writing, and how to harness this tool to share their perspectives with the world.

So, it is with great excitement that we are now embarking on the project with a new set of participants, but this time in Nairobi Kenya. In the last two years, there have been many advancements in the world of web 2.0 and in consideration of this, the 2-day training with the facilitators of BAWo - Kenya have also been learning how to incorporate the use of other social media, like social networking sites into the project.

I am Ore Somolu, one of the coordinators of the pilot. I manage the Women’s Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC), a non-governmental organisation based in Lagos, Nigeria, and I am here in Nairobi for a few days to work with the facilitators and project participants. I am sure that the other facilitators and, in due course, the project participants will start to introduce themselves.

Tomorrow we will begin working with the project participants and am really looking forward to that.