OMPT has partnered with CEASPA (Center for Panamanian Social Studies and Action), an NGO based in Panama that educates indigenous peoples and promotes equity, economic growth, democratic...
OMPT's Action Research projects' aim is to gather evidence in the field on the effectiveness of education through videos shown via pico projectors. With these Action Research projects and by...
Recently, we were contacted by the Sunrise Education Foundation in Kathmandu, Nepal. This foundation works to improve the quality and effectiveness of community schools throughout the country....
OMPT spoke with Andy Lieberman; the former executive director of a Guatemalan non-governmental organization called Ajb'atz' Enlace Quiche. Currently living in the San Francisco Bay Area, he has...
Impact Network is a NPO that builds sustainable schools in rural Africa. They have built two community schools in Zambia so far and are now working on their...
OMPT had an opportunity to correspond with Kwame K. Ohene-Adu, a native of Ghana. He has been working in the field of IT, especially software development....
Digital Green, an India based non-profit organization, aims to teach agricultural practices by using videos in remote areas in India. OMPT has supported Digital Green through providing audio/...
Literacy Bridge is an U.S. non-profit organization which focuses on the empowerment of children and adults through literacy education and knowledge sharing. They work together with rural...
Internews is an international media development organization located in Northern California. Its mission is to empower local media around the world so that people can get information they need and...
Less than 5% of Rwanda’s 8.6 million people have access to electricity. The capital, Kigali (the fastest growing city in Africa) is home to roughly 5% of the total population, yet consumes 80% of the country’s energy. It also suffers power outages that can last for days. An estimated 93% of Rwandans live in rural areas without access to any form of modern energy.
The Weza Generator is a foot-powered portable energy source, offering power of up to 12v anywhere and at anytime.
Results:
We launched the Weza World Bank Development Marketplace initiative project in January 2007 and by the end of February, 128 Weza Pioneers had been trained to use the Weza and manage a business selling power to community members.Our implementating partner organisation, CARE had already trained associations to manage savings and loan programmes, and encouraged them to join the Weza project.
