Hi Anelda, Now that we have a Regional Consultant for Southern Africa we can formally assist other African countries as the need exists. Perhaps we can set up a call to communicate our Colleagues needs?
Regards Angelique On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 12:22 PM Daniel Ouso <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Anelda, > > Thank you once again. I would be glad to be helpful with workshop plans > and any Carpentries discussions. > > > On Mon, 11 Nov 2019, 10:24 Anelda van der Walt <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Dear colleagues, >> >> I was fortunate to meet Prof Alexandre Lyambabaje and Ben Ruhinda, >> respectively the Executive Secretary and Senior Systems Officer of the >> Inter-University Council for East Africa (www.iucea.org) recently. >> >> They were both very interested in bringing the Carpentries to Uganda >> (where they are both based) but also broader to their network. >> >> *Is there anyone in this community who is interested to work with them to >> get a Carpentries workshop off the ground to start off with? *I know >> there are often international instructors already collaborating with >> various countries on the African continent and was hoping we could >> capitalise on an existing network/collaboration and expand on that. >> >> (Also copied Daniel Ouso and Prof Patrick Weke from Kenya in the hope >> that there can be cross-fertilisation between Kenya/Uganda). >> >> Looking forward to hearing from interested people. >> >> Kind regards, >> >> Anelda >> > *The Carpentries <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/latest>* / discuss / > see discussions <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss> + > participants <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/members> + > delivery > options <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription> > Permalink > <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/Tc9e6184196da6e96-Mdc72cc9f60b9fe4013796a39> > -- *Angelique van Rensburg, PhD* Regional Consultant for Southern Africa at The Carpentries <https://carpentries.org/> Twitter: @AngvanRensburg <https://twitter.com/AngvanRensburg> Pronouns: she/her/hers Schedule a meeting with me: *https://calendly.com/angelique-17* <https://calendly.com/angelique-17> The Carpentries <https://carpentries.org/> *- **We teach foundational coding and data science skills to researchers worldwide.* carpentries.org | Twitter <http://twitter.com/thecarpentries> | Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/carpentries/> | Blog <https://carpentries.org/blog/> ------------------------------------------ The Carpentries: discuss Permalink: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/Tc9e6184196da6e96-M8dd50b568c17c53d89cfa3ec Delivery options: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription
