Keeping video really simple – an introduction
Blog by Akvo’s Mark Charmer: At Akvo we’re not professional video people. But we think video is really important to our work and that of our partners. We use it to bring to life the people we meet and...
View ArticleImproving awareness on maternal health via mobile phones
News item by Text to Change: On World Aids Day, 1st December 2011, the first Connect4Change program in Uganda officially kicked off for Text to Change and Health Child. The C4C program with Health...
View ArticleWhat makes a good project update?
News item by Akvo: Here are Akvo’s six top tips on how to compose a great update that keeps people informed and interested about what’s going on with your project. 1. Tell the project’s story – what’s...
View ArticleTestimony on text messages
Watch here a video of our Ugandan C4C partner Health Child on “Using mobile phones to improve community knowledge on maternal and child health“.
View ArticleCross country learning
Joel Baguma explaining how the Knowledge Tree works News item by Akvo: Akvo is attending two Cross Country Learning Events (CCLE) to help the participants capture the knowledge they gain from learning...
View ArticleA week of CCLE workshops in Entebbe, Uganda
News Item by Akvo: Luuk Diphoorn was in Entebbe, Uganda this week for the Cross Country Learning Event (CCLE) on Health. The event is an essential part of the Connect4Change Alliance of which we are a...
View ArticleEvaluating Akvo RSR workshops
News item by Akvo: The Bolivia Really Simple Reporting workshop in December last year was the first of a series of workshops that Akvo facilitated. These workshops help explain what Akvo does, focus on...
View ArticleAkvo FLOW, monitoring health projects in Uganda
Even though until now Akvo FLOW has mainly been used in the water sector, we at Akvo have always believed that this is a very powerful tool that should be made available for the development aid sector...
View ArticleTravelling to the pearl of Africa
Last week I came back from Uganda, or – as the Ugandans call it – the Pearl of Africa. While there, I travelled from Kampala to Jinja together with my colleague Andrew, our driver Mozes and...
View ArticleConnect4Change captures patient feedback in Uganda
Connect4Change (C4C) is a consortium of Dutch development organisations (Cordaid, Edukans, ICCO, IICD and Akvo), that are working to apply technology to accelerate the development of people in Africa...
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