Hi everybody,
I also follow the news about Eastern Congo and the fighting downthere. I am glad to hear that the violence has not spread to South Kivu. But also I am sure that you, Guillaume, must be very worried about the present unrest. Maybe some members of your family or relatives and friends might be on the run. I sincerely hope that peace will return soon to Congo.
Bon courage,
Nico
Guillaume and I will chat tomorrow (Saturday) 11am (10am GMT) and you're most welcome to join us.
Also, he's informed me that he and his familiy are all fine.
Hey every one and wish you new year 2009,please God bless every one and bring more peace and joy in each familly.
I'd her try to introduce again myself as I did in my personal data as required by certain neighbourg.
I'm Guillaume,36 year Old,married to Elodie since 29/12/05.I'm agronomist since 2001 from Bukavu University in south Kivu,faculty of Agronomy.I've a secondary diploma in french litterature from Minor seminary in south Kivu a prist school of Bukavu catholic church.
I'm back grounded in food Security after having working with Solidarités(Humanitarian Emegency Aid)in Goma 2001-2003,as a Programme responsable,in 2003-2004 Consultant Save the Children in food security and 2004-2007 food security supervisor of World vision eastern DRC,between 2007-2008 I've been recruited by AAH(UK)for a mission in Nepal as food security in mugu and hamla region but things panned out after my training in paris february 07.Then I start to conduct some food security consultancy with NGO to collect info and analyse.
Beside my humanitarian profil I'm leading my local NGO last ASDI(action social pour le développement integral),actual GAILD(groupement d'appui aux initiatives locales de développement from which we have the activity in walungu village with NABUUR and all neighbourg support.).
I think that I've update my profile for you all and stay open to give more details for who would know more.I here by send you my mariage picture to let you know my wife.
Regards
Thanks Guillaume! Our neighbours will be happy to find out more about you :o) And we would also like to know what you like to do in your free time (except being busy volunteering for your community :o)).
Esther, could you also tell us a bit more about yourself? In Walungu we have a team of neighbours from 5 continents, very diverse in cultural and professional background, but with a common interest - to give their contribution to the development of Walungu :o)
Sure! I live in the Netherlands, I am 34, married, and I have 3 children. I have 3 daughters, aged 7, 5 and 3. I have studied English. I was a teacher of English from 1997 until 2008 and until I decided I needed a change. So, I stopped being a teacher and I decided to go to college again and now I am studying to become a social worker. At the moment, I am working with refugees from Congo, Sudan, Kenya and other African countries as well as refugees from countries like Afghanistan and Iraq. I found out that this kind of work is what I have always wanted to do. I have recently joined Nabuur because I wanted to be able to contribute something meaningful to others around the world using my skills and experience. In my spare time, I am involved in activities organised for children during the holidays and I coordinate a babysitter service.
Thank you all for compliment.Sonja I like meeting people of other cultuere,travelling and learning some new thing averyday,new word,new peronal etc.
best
Guillaume sent me photos of some of the volunteers in Walungu (Roger, Roseline and Vincent). I posted them in the Gallery.
There are also Manu (livestock management) and Godet (architect that helped them with shed building). I have Godet's photo as well, but it's rather small so I decided not to post it now, but to wait for another one.
If anyone has any idea how to get a digital camera to Walungu it would be great! As Guillaume says, there's so much work going on (or done) in Walungu, but it's difficult to document since they don't have a camera.
It would also work if there's someone trustworthy going to DRC who could bring a camera to Guillaume (and Guillaume would order it and pay for it).
Welcome to Walungu, thanks for joining our village. Looking forward to working with you.
Everyone, Firmin is neighbour from Amsterdam, originally from Togo, and we met at the Nabuur Camp. He offered to create a website for Walungu and to integrate a blog where we could post newsletters. I guess we would then need to update the site with stories from Walungu, so I'll check with Guillaume if he could send us some stories on a regular basis.
Firmin, would you also like to create a facebook group for Walungu, I think it would be a good promotion tool as well?
I also met Nico in Amsterdam, it was very nice to meet face to face, we had a very nice chat in a cafe.
Hope to hear soon from Guillaume, he's in Bukavu now.
Hey Nico,sonja and Firmin for having met face to face.This is a great news for the walungu village.
I think you had great time to know each other.Sonja I her thanks all neighbours who are helping walungu to go a head.Just to up date that the community is harvesting now and plan for this new season.
seeds receiving from ken in the first season are as follow
N° Seeds Condition origine
1 Tomatillo grow like tomatoes
2 Cotton lenbek needs less water uzbekistan
3 Broom corn(418)
4 Broom corn(Hungarian)
5 SunFlowers for humans raw or roast
6 Popcorn
7 Black beans
8 Sweet sorghum
9 Blackeyed peas
10 Melon from uzbekistant
11 Sweet maise
12 L.Leucocephala
13 Cantelouft
14 green sentils
15 marbanno Beans
16 Alfalfa(salado) for animals
17 Sablack beans
18 peanuts
19 Okra
20 Anasani Beans
21 7larf
22 Papping Sorghum
23 Sourd-Tinta(529)
24 Red kidney beans
25 Indian rice
26 Red sentils
Firmin, the blog looks very nice! It would be good if Guillaume gave us his comments and ideas for the blog and the website.
It would be also good to list our partners and the links to their websites (and the other way around as well).
Guillaume, thanks for the update, good to hear about the harvest. Let us know also about the goats and what's going on in the village. Say everyone hello from the neighbours.
Hi Firmin, Sonja and Guillaume - bonjour tout le monde.
The Blog looks nice. If you want to inspire yourself on what to put on the sidebar to make it more interesting for readers, you could have a look at the Wakitaka Blog www.wakitakayouths.wordpress.com. If you need any technical advice (I am not a specialist, though), let me know since some things can be a bit tricky as I experienced it myself with our blog.
Thank you very much Maria! Wakitaka blog is really good. I believe we'll need some advices from you :o)
I would also like to welcome Adnan to Walungu - Adnan, welcome and thank you for joining us!
Everyone - Adnan is Local rep of Kohat village in Pakistan, we met at Nabuur Camp in Amsterdam.
Hi everybody,
I also follow the news about Eastern Congo and the fighting downthere. I am glad to hear that the violence has not spread to South Kivu. But also I am sure that you, Guillaume, must be very worried about the present unrest. Maybe some members of your family or relatives and friends might be on the run. I sincerely hope that peace will return soon to Congo.
Bon courage,
Nico
Guys,
Guillaume and I will chat tomorrow (Saturday) 11am (10am GMT) and you're most welcome to join us.
Also, he's informed me that he and his familiy are all fine.
Sonja
Hey every one and wish you new year 2009,please God bless every one and bring more peace and joy in each familly.
I'd her try to introduce again myself as I did in my personal data as required by certain neighbourg.
I'm Guillaume,36 year Old,married to Elodie since 29/12/05.I'm agronomist since 2001 from Bukavu University in south Kivu,faculty of Agronomy.I've a secondary diploma in french litterature from Minor seminary in south Kivu a prist school of Bukavu catholic church.
I'm back grounded in food Security after having working with Solidarités(Humanitarian Emegency Aid)in Goma 2001-2003,as a Programme responsable,in 2003-2004 Consultant Save the Children in food security and 2004-2007 food security supervisor of World vision eastern DRC,between 2007-2008 I've been recruited by AAH(UK)for a mission in Nepal as food security in mugu and hamla region but things panned out after my training in paris february 07.Then I start to conduct some food security consultancy with NGO to collect info and analyse.
Beside my humanitarian profil I'm leading my local NGO last ASDI(action social pour le développement integral),actual GAILD(groupement d'appui aux initiatives locales de développement from which we have the activity in walungu village with NABUUR and all neighbourg support.).
I think that I've update my profile for you all and stay open to give more details for who would know more.I here by send you my mariage picture to let you know my wife.
Regards
Nice photo Guillaume!!!
Best wishes, Esther
Thanks Guillaume! Our neighbours will be happy to find out more about you :o) And we would also like to know what you like to do in your free time (except being busy volunteering for your community :o)).
Esther, could you also tell us a bit more about yourself? In Walungu we have a team of neighbours from 5 continents, very diverse in cultural and professional background, but with a common interest - to give their contribution to the development of Walungu :o)
Hi Sonja,
Sure! I live in the Netherlands, I am 34, married, and I have 3 children. I have 3 daughters, aged 7, 5 and 3. I have studied English. I was a teacher of English from 1997 until 2008 and until I decided I needed a change. So, I stopped being a teacher and I decided to go to college again and now I am studying to become a social worker. At the moment, I am working with refugees from Congo, Sudan, Kenya and other African countries as well as refugees from countries like Afghanistan and Iraq. I found out that this kind of work is what I have always wanted to do. I have recently joined Nabuur because I wanted to be able to contribute something meaningful to others around the world using my skills and experience. In my spare time, I am involved in activities organised for children during the holidays and I coordinate a babysitter service.
Esther
Nice photo indeed Guillaume
Thank you all for compliment.Sonja I like meeting people of other cultuere,travelling and learning some new thing averyday,new word,new peronal etc.
best
Guillaume
Dear all,
Guillaume sent me photos of some of the volunteers in Walungu (Roger, Roseline and Vincent). I posted them in the Gallery.
There are also Manu (livestock management) and Godet (architect that helped them with shed building). I have Godet's photo as well, but it's rather small so I decided not to post it now, but to wait for another one.
If anyone has any idea how to get a digital camera to Walungu it would be great! As Guillaume says, there's so much work going on (or done) in Walungu, but it's difficult to document since they don't have a camera.
It would also work if there's someone trustworthy going to DRC who could bring a camera to Guillaume (and Guillaume would order it and pay for it).
Let me know if you have any contacts/ideas.
Sonja
Hi Firmin,
Welcome to Walungu, thanks for joining our village. Looking forward to working with you.
Everyone, Firmin is neighbour from Amsterdam, originally from Togo, and we met at the Nabuur Camp. He offered to create a website for Walungu and to integrate a blog where we could post newsletters. I guess we would then need to update the site with stories from Walungu, so I'll check with Guillaume if he could send us some stories on a regular basis.
Firmin, would you also like to create a facebook group for Walungu, I think it would be a good promotion tool as well?
I also met Nico in Amsterdam, it was very nice to meet face to face, we had a very nice chat in a cafe.
Hope to hear soon from Guillaume, he's in Bukavu now.
Have a nice day.
Sonja
Hi Sonya,
Can you, please check the blog on the website?
http://walungu.yolasite.com/walungu-blog.php
What do you think about it?
Best regards
Firmin
Hey Nico,sonja and Firmin for having met face to face.This is a great news for the walungu village.
I think you had great time to know each other.Sonja I her thanks all neighbours who are helping walungu to go a head.Just to up date that the community is harvesting now and plan for this new season.
seeds receiving from ken in the first season are as follow
N° Seeds Condition origine
1 Tomatillo grow like tomatoes
2 Cotton lenbek needs less water uzbekistan
3 Broom corn(418)
4 Broom corn(Hungarian)
5 SunFlowers for humans raw or roast
6 Popcorn
7 Black beans
8 Sweet sorghum
9 Blackeyed peas
10 Melon from uzbekistant
11 Sweet maise
12 L.Leucocephala
13 Cantelouft
14 green sentils
15 marbanno Beans
16 Alfalfa(salado) for animals
17 Sablack beans
18 peanuts
19 Okra
20 Anasani Beans
21 7larf
22 Papping Sorghum
23 Sourd-Tinta(529)
24 Red kidney beans
25 Indian rice
26 Red sentils
Hi guys,
Firmin, the blog looks very nice! It would be good if Guillaume gave us his comments and ideas for the blog and the website.
It would be also good to list our partners and the links to their websites (and the other way around as well).
Guillaume, thanks for the update, good to hear about the harvest. Let us know also about the goats and what's going on in the village. Say everyone hello from the neighbours.
Sonja
Hi Firmin, Sonja and Guillaume - bonjour tout le monde.
The Blog looks nice. If you want to inspire yourself on what to put on the sidebar to make it more interesting for readers, you could have a look at the Wakitaka Blog www.wakitakayouths.wordpress.com. If you need any technical advice (I am not a specialist, though), let me know since some things can be a bit tricky as I experienced it myself with our blog.
Keep the good work going,
Maria
Thank you very much Maria! Wakitaka blog is really good. I believe we'll need some advices from you :o)
I would also like to welcome Adnan to Walungu - Adnan, welcome and thank you for joining us!
Everyone - Adnan is Local rep of Kohat village in Pakistan, we met at Nabuur Camp in Amsterdam.
Wish you all a nice day
Sonja