Kabissa launches Training of Trainers Program in West Africa
Program based on successful Time To Get Online curriculum
CONTACT:
Kim Lowery
+1 202 265 6116
[email protected]

Washington, DC (June 18) - Responding to the demands of past Time to Get Online workshop participants, Kabissa launches a new Training-of-Trainers program for West African civil society organizations in August. The Time to Get Online curriculum combines self-learning materials and hands-on workshops to help African civil society organizations to build capacity through internet-based information sharing and advocacy initiatives. The Training-of-Trainers model enables us to have an even greater impact on civil society organizations throughout the region by creating a network of ICT training partners empowered to deliver this curriculum in their own communities.

Kabissa - an organization dedicated to helping African organizations put the Internet to work for the benefit of the people they serve - originally developed the Time to Get Online curriculum for organizations excited by the potential of the Internet, but lacking the skills needed to take advantage of the its many resources.

The new Training-of-Trainers program builds a network of ICT trainers throughout the region and gives twenty civil society organizations the opportunity to conduct Time to Get Online workshops in their own communities. The week-long intensive program will bring together a diverse set of civil society organizations to train them on the Time to Get Online curriculum and how to deliver it using adult learning techniques. This program has been developed in collaboration with echange, LLC and Eco-Ventures International, two organizations that specialize in training and innovative ways to use technology. Upon completion of the program, participants will become Kabissa-certified Time to Get Online training partners and receive learning materials for their own workshops.

For more information or to apply for the workshop, visit the Time to Get Online Web site - http://www.timetogetonline.org - or contact Kim Lowery at [email protected].