Mainsah Gilbert Shaafe
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Mainsah Gilbert is a photographer, videogramme producer and webmaster. Working for a self initiated institution MAGISHA VISION specialized in the production of video and picture documentations.
As the technical director of NORSR an association of researchers in community development, youth and women empowerment has been working in different fields to promote community development especially through the use of the pictures, videos and the computer technologies.
Our objective is to introduce the image of our communities (economic, cultural, touristic and development information) to the whole world.
In Africa, Information circulates from mouth to ear. That is why it is at time very difficult for a foreigner to know if the information given to him is true or false. At times with the absence of concrete and true information false information is given that will only privileged the egoistic interest.
Put at the disposal of the general public a concrete Internet Guide with the essential information about their communities that can help assist in community development and member applied learning. In general we want to put in place a database having all information about the communities.
We work with communities, individuals, and organizations around the world to empower people to determine for themselves what technologies work and what do not. We also work to develop not just technologies but also in creating documentaries (written, video or picture) that help people to maintain and create development skills in communities, organizations and the civil society.
It all started in 2007 after the Ngonnso Cultural week (Ngonnso in Bui Division, NW Region Cameroon) when we posted our pictures on the internet and the high demand for more information about the Nso community by most of the internautes. We started with a blog and we were happy with the number of internautes per day.
Today we are creating websites, which will be having links to other websites and blogs of most of our communities’ information. Judging from the reactions of most of the internautes after we closed our blog we are having many who are interested and need more information about our communities. For this reason we shall be doing something more professional and to reach all our communities
We hope that with our rich and referential quality of information, these websites shall be references for the development of the various communities. Especially these websites shall be among the Top 10 in the research engines with research with a name of any of the various communities.
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Remove magisha about 16 hours ago
For more about our activities where we are doing-as-we-learn visit us at www.norsr.blogspot.com
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Community Change: Is there a relationship between the use of Internet and computer technologies in community development and participation? Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and Community development, raising the problem: Is there a relationship between the use of Internet and computer technologies and community participation?, constitute of many practical ideas that seek to help youths and women in developing their ICTs skills and also participating in their community development. Community participation helps to put the member at the centre of learning. This research will enable members to know the importance of community participation especially as it is directly linked to members’ performance and community development. Through this approach a member will understand better the rule he or she plays in making the community a participatory and interactive environment. The member will be challenged to appreciate that the computer and the Internet promote and sustain an ever-active community. Active community participation could stimulate and encourage members to express their own opinions, ideas and critical thinking. This research is designed to find out how Internet/Computer can be used to foster community participation of youth and women. It will equally examine the impediments of the Internet and computer and the stages for the preparation and presentation of websites and blogs. The main research question is: Is there a relationship between the use of Internet and computer technologies and community participation? The specific research questions include:
The research methodology highlights the survey research design;
It will also help communities to make provisions for the availability of multimedia centres which assist and make members active in the development process. Our mean aim is to pass from idea to applied development skills. Recommendations based on the findings, will be made to youths, women, government and stakeholders on improving community participation through the use of Internet and computer technologies. Observation and research has found that community participation of members has been a problem for many years. In order to ameliorate internet and computer enhancement in community development, there is the need to look for one of the root causes of failure, which is low rate of participation of members. It is in this light where the use of the Internet and computer can play a major role in improving member participation in the community. We due presents our community development services through ICTs where communication represent an essential and very important human need as well as a basic human right often neglected in most of the communities in the developing countries |