Articles by admin

In Jan - May of 2008, SPAN Executive Director Cameron Dunkin collaborated with Amos Otieno on founding local NGO Baobab Branch Educational Programmes, working in the first phases of planning, fundraising, office construction, library and services development, and teaching.

In Feb - June of 2008, local Kenyan SPAN volunteer Charles Ruirie partnered with Cameron working at Morokoshi Nursery School. While Cameron provided teacher training, marketing strategies, starting a library, and planning with the Board; Charles dedicated his time to tutoring children and helping implement a programme addressing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in the children after the January political clashes.

In May of 2008, SPAN Directors Kai Staats and Cameron Dunkin and SPAN volunteer Rie Haga worked at Morokoshi Nursery School to install a solar electric system, providing electricity and light to the school house, which will now give the school light in the evenings so students from the region will have a place to study. With further solar panel installations and support, it is desired to increase electricity and be able to provide computers for administration and student use.

SPAN Directors will soon engage the One Laptop Per Child initiative with desire to move Linux-based laptops to each NGO engaged in order to provide school staff and children with modern tools for teaching, learning, networking and sharing, internet connectivity, project management, and cash flow analysis for improved handling of donated and earned funds.

SPAN Directors are working to create a series of template spreadsheets to be used by Volunteers when conducting on-site project management, including cash flow analysis, funds tracking and reporting, and quarterly projections.

SPAN Directors and Terra Soft staff members are working to complete this new SPAN website, integrating a website with blogs, project manager, contact relations manager, calendar, and several management mailing lists for a powerful suite of efficient, on-line tools.

In July and August of 2007, SPAN volunteers Ashley Holmes & James Bernhardt worked at Pistis to organize the student library, creating a spreadsheet driven means of tracking book loans, in addition to funding and managing the completion of the stairway for the 3-story classroom building.

In August of 2007, SPAN Director and volunteer Kai Staats worked with Nakuru tradesmen and the children of Pistis to complete the electrical wiring of the middle floor of the 3-story classroom building, to run water lines to the bath house and kitchen, to construct a food storage system and workbench, and to improve drainage of rainwater which otherwise flooded the courtyard walkway.

SPAN Director and volunteer Cameron Dunkin was instrumental in the raising of the funds for the construction of the 3-story classroom building, …