Remy Edmundson – Sentiments of a Saint

Technology Support for Non-Profits

Posted by Remy Edmundson under Non-Profits, Technology

Most Non-Profits bodies in Ghana lack funds to pursue IT projects within the Organization.

Sometimes, the case is that Non-Profit Managers are not aware of the extent to which they can promote their activities by using Information Technology tools e.g a website.

But it hurts more when Managers are aware, but do not have appropriate funds to carry out in house Technology Projects.

This is where I come in.

Since August 2008, I have been working with 2 Non-Profits to identify their Technology needs and also assist them to secure funds for these Technology projects.

The Evergreen Club of Ghana (ECOG), established in 1987 is and NGO focused on Environmental and Sustainable Development issues.

At the moment, I’m part of the ECOG team of volunteers writting a propossal for a 5 year Environmental Campaign aimed at raising awareness about the need to keep the environment clean.

The Alliance for African Women Initiative (AFAWI) is a development oriented Non-profit, Non-sectarian, Non-governmental organization that seeks to ensure equitable development for both rural inhabitants and poor urban dwellers.

AFAWI is also planning a 3 DAY CONFERENCE ON CAPACITY BUILDING FOR HIV SUPPORT GROUPS, of which I am involved in also.

Working with both these organisations has been very beneficial since I have gained a lot of insight into the challenges faced by Non-Profits in Ghana.

In the coming weeks, I will be writing about on-going projects, challenges faced as well as Open Source Technology Tools for Non-Profits.

Here are a few Non-Profit websites I frequent:

• Tech Soup
• Tactical Technology
• Nonprofit Technology Network

NBSSI TRAINING PROGRAMME

Posted by Remy Edmundson under Education, Technology

Yesterday brought to a close, a 2 day Internet Training programme which my company Integrity Internet Marketing organised for the Greater Accra Regional(Business Advisory Centers) heads of the National Board For Small Scale Industries.
The dates were Monday, 26th of November and Tuesday 27th November.

The 2 day program which I coordinated, aimed at teaching the BAC heads in using the Internet Effectively in their day to day activities.
The resource person was George Kwabenah Appiah, an independent Strategic Technology Consultant in Ghana. Christopher Bennett, was also present to assist.

On Monday, when we got to the venue of the training, (NBSSI Headquarters in Accra), there was no Internet access from ZipNet, their Internet Service Provider. After fruitless efforts to get the ISP to restore Internet access, we had to move to the Accra Business Advisory Center to use their Dial-Up account.

Since there was network in the building George setup an ad-hoc network so the participants could access the Internet, via his laptop. The training went very well after this, with the participants really enjoying the training.

Yesterday, we went back to the Headquarters again, hoping that the Internet service had been restored. Well, we were in luck.
Despite initial battles with our router, we had another successful training session.

At the end of the training programme, we discussed with the participants how best they could pass on the knowledge gained to their clients.

Here are some photos from the 2 day event.

George Appiah training participants

Gladys and Anthea (Accra and Tema BAC Heads)

Michael and Philomena (Ada and Dodowa BAC Heads)

Gladys and Jonas (Accra and Weija BAC Heads)

Chris helping participants

Remy helping participants

Participants with Training Team

At long last my blog!

Posted by Remy Edmundson under Education, General, Personal Development, Personal Finance, Sports, Technology, Travel

I’ve always put off building my personal website until today and even worse, I dreaded what I was going to write for my first post.

Even though I have to submit a proposal to a client tomorrow afternoon, I managed to squeeze some hours into starting the site, thanks to George’s prompts.

Keep coming back for more of St. Remy’s raves and rants.