Dear Vasco, This piece was spot on and as I opined earlier this is the way to go.
Congs for the ideas. Ejiku. On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Vasco Oguzua <[email protected]> wrote: > Fr. Ruffino, Alaka, > > Greetings to you and my gratitude to your tireless efforts in trying to > organize sons and daughters of West Nile to participate in their own affairs > and future. As Ezaga has mentioned, the clouds are fast forming we shall one > day have a green grass when the good rains come. > > Reaching out to as may people as possible, and to the whole of West Nile > should be the first priority. We need a regional perspective not narrow > interest and perspectives of artificially defined localities which some > members have suggested. Our problems are much bigger than the local areas we > all come from. Regional solutions will provide equitable solutions across > the region and will help balance inequities and create a more level playing > field for some of the smaller communities with limited knowlegde, skills and > resources. > > Secondly, I would suggest we involve people of all walks with special > attention being paid to the youth and women. We must begin to let the > youth get involved so that they begin learning early enough, rather than our > cultural beliefs of elders being left on their own to decide issues. The > involvement and participation of women can not be over emphasized. > > We must try to make this a citizen's forum with no political affliation. I > know there may be some narrow minded people who will want to take such an > opportunity to advance their political interests. As Adi'bo mentioned, I > would prefer we leave them out at this time and there will come a time > when we shall interact with political leaders in the region. > > We also may want to have some baseline data to which actually is very vital > in helping us to diagnose this problem. We need to support our ascertions > with some emperical data. Some data will help us visualize the depth and > extend of the problem so that we can plan and set prioirities > when addressing some of the problems. Understanding the problem is the key > prerequite to solving the problem, and some data will help us to do that. > I know Alaka is quite knowledgeable with the terminology of "building the > case". That should be the same thing we should do, build the case of poor > perfomance in our schools. > Many models (e.g. FABE model) have been suggested for use, but without any > supporting data. This is the 21st century where models are developed using > verifiable empirical data because a model which may work in one area may not > work in another area. Modelling our problem will require data which fits our > situation. I have attached a rudimentsry limited data which i looked at the > Ministry of Education web site. This just a sample data for one year which I > got from Ministry of Education web site which is very limited in content, > but already from this we can see some of the factors contributing to poor > performance in our schools. Such data may also help us with comparative > analysis within and between regions. > > Although, the focus of this forum currently is poor performance in our > schools, we must not loose tract of the other factors that affect education. > Environment, water, food production, infrastructure, poverty, health, etc > all interact and impact education. I think Alaka your research team should > begin to collect data on health impacts of BAT activities and how it has > affected West Nile for the last 40 years. BAT needs to be sued for social > responsibility for the damages they have inflicted on the environment and > people of the region. > We also have the land issues, especially, the possibility of discovering > oil fields in West Nile is very high. So we need to get prepared to protect > and defend our land rights. > One of the biggest fights we can expect in the next few years will be the > use of the Nile for Water supply in the region since our sources of water > suppy mainly groundwater are either drying up and/or being depleted > faster due over use and lack of conservation.Water rsources > development issues are very vital for development of the region. > One of the reasons why we have no private sector in our region other than > the NGO's operating there is very poor infrastructure. How can investors be > attracted to invest in the region when there is no good water and sewage > infrastructure, limited power supply, no good roads, health facilities are > poor. > > There are many more other issues and I believe our problems are so big that > a regional approach to understanding them and solving them is more > sustainable and more cost effective. > > Thanks > > Vasco Oguzua > > > > > From: [email protected] > > Subject: WestNileNet Digest, Vol 7, Issue 19 > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 09:30:27 +0300 > > > > Send WestNileNet mailing list submissions to > > [email protected] > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > [email protected] > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > [email protected] > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > than "Re: Contents of WestNileNet digest..." > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Re: Re: WestNileNet Digest, Vol 6, Issue 72 (Patrick Ezaga) > > 2. Vacancy Announcement for NEPAD/APRM Unit > > ([email protected]) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2009 20:54:04 -0800 (PST) > > From: Patrick Ezaga <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [WestNileNet] Re: WestNileNet Digest, Vol 6, Issue 72 > > To: A Virtual Network for friends of West Nile <[email protected]> > > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > Faza Ruf, Oyullu, Alaka, et al, > > > > Finally i see clouds forming in the distance with the initiative of 'ze > Faza. There is concensus that work must start in ernest and given the credit > crunch any cost-saving method such as this is more than welcome. The > important thing is the first step and i think Fr. has taken more than a > step, this is a leap. Full speed ahead from here on. > > > > However along the way, i see the need for a more formal grouping > complete with a name like "West Nile Academic Performance Improvement > Taskforce" or "The West Nile Forum" (to cater for Alaka's Center for > Research, to provide a melting point for DMO's cluster of OB/OGs efforts > and such other initiatives that may arise) or something like that. > Reason?... the Aceku's of our world may eventually decide to donate flyers > and brochures for publicity or the Alemi's and Oyulu's may decide > to re-route their tithe towards this noble cause. > >  > > "The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person > doing it†> >  > > Patrick Onen Ezaga > > Makerere University Business School > > P. O. 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