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Organisation aims and activities: Kabissa is derived from Swahili and means ‘complete’. Their mission is to provide a space on the Internet for the African non-profit sector. Kabissa seeks to support African non-profits in their effort to take advantage of ICT and Internet as a means for achieving their humanitarian objectives.

Further details: Our Role is to: Guarantee that there is a home on the Internet for the African non-profit sector, empowering African non-profits and making African non-profit information as readily available as possible. Provide professional Internet and computing tools and services relevant for all African organizations and tailored to their needs. Help lower operating costs for African non-profits s by ensuring they get the “best commercial deal” on ICT and Internet services and tools and on their terms. Our Work involves Maintaining a safe, reliable Internet server. The Kabissa server is located in Seattle, USA and has over 150 user accounts, hosts 26 domains, and receives 10,000 website visitors every month. Providing free, permanent Kabissa membership accounts to African non- profits. Members get their own web space, e-mail mailboxes, automated mailing lists and more. Providing domain registration and hosting at low cost and in the name of the registrant. Domains hosted on Kabissa for our members are linked directly with their Kabissa membership accounts. Constantly developing a multi-lingual, user-based community website providing direct access to members and their websites, as well as essential learning resources, software, and Internet tools and services appropriate to the needs and working conditions of our members. Producing the Kabissa newsletter containing news and information relevant to the African non-profit sector. The newsletter appears on Fridays and is distributed via e-mail to our members and others interested in their affairs. Publishing and distributing the Kabissa cdrom for offline access to the Kabissa community website and other computer- based resources. Carrying out consultation meetings and workshops to serve the multiple purposes of: 1) grounding Kabissa in the actual, vocalized needs of African organizations, 2) identifying and including local experts in each country, 3) recruiting members, and 4) providing training on Internet best practice. Nurturing partnerships with other initiatives and organizations whose work supports our mission to serve the African non-profit sector. Supporting capacity-building projects carried out by our members using Kabissa services and tools as a framework for taking full advantage of Internet and ICT. Members What follows is a selection. See the Member Directory for the full list of member organisations. Bisharat Bisharat (Arabic for glad tidings) is an evolving idea in the current form of a personal research & networking initiative, based in Mali. It grows out of interest in the potentialities opened up by connecting indigenous knowledge & languages with the new information & communication technologies (ICTs). BWACA Arts Promotions Maintaining our cultural heritage and social development through the promotion of a true image of African Arts and Culture. Network on Equity in Health in Southern Africa (EQUINET) A network of research, civil society and health sector organisations seeking to influence policy on health in southern Africa. Aims to build alliances leading to positive policies on health both at local and regional levels. Media Rights Agenda (MRA) Media Rights Agenda (MRA) is a non- governmental organization working for the promotion and protection of press freedom and freedom of expression in Nigeria. It has Observer Status with the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights Women of Uganda Network Profiles women organizations and soon to come women business in Uganda. Provides links to girls schools in Uganda. Provides information on upcoming events hosted by Ugandan organizations. Partners What follows is a selection. See the Partner Directory for the full list of partner organisations. Balancing Act Balancing Act is facilitating the development of content for the internet and other new media technologies in Africa that will have an impact on people's lives and that they will want to use, with a particular focus on cultural content. Electronic Community The EC Mission is to empower geographically diverse civil society organizations throughout Africa to actively participate in the process of African development by providing them with the technical tools, training and Internet presence they need to effectively achieve their development goals; while enhancing the internal capacities of the communities and environments within which each civil society organization operates. Fahamu Fahamu is dedicated to strengthening the work of not-for-profit and other non-governmental organizations throughout the world through the use of information and communications technologies. We produce and publish CDROM based learning materials specially for this sector, design and manage websites, run training courses (including on-line courses), and provide support for internet-related work. OneWorld.net OneWorld.net calls itself the world's favorite portal site for human rights and sustainable development. World Computer Exchange U.S. non-profit organization focused on shipping donated working, Internet- accessible computers through government ministries or NGOs to schools in developing countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America and partnering them on-line with participating U.S. schools.

Operational level: Regional

Organisation type: Media

Organisation mandate: Work in partnership with organisations

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Last updated 14/03/2001 09:42:27

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