Comments on: The Evokation – How to earn EVOKE awards, scholarships, mentorships

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By: ombajo misava edward

ombajo misava edward — Mon, 10 May 2010 20:55:29 +0000

1. The Place. Where will you make a difference? The community and institution where am teaching that is Chavakali high school. Describe the institution; chavakali high school which is a boy’s school with 1200 students. The school is a six streamed school in western province of Kenya. it is situated along kisumu –kakamega road.
Community; The community involved is kaimosi,koibarak region where people are eager to be evoke into life issues where human rights and peace issues are to be imparted into these citizens.
Town or other geographic or virtual space in which you will focus your efforts
The community will in turn have to affect the other neighbouring communities like Musasa, serem, sabatia, shamakhokho.
2. The Challenge.
What will you aim to change, and for whom?
The human resource-people (work force) in my community who are supposed to play their roles better in their assigned responsibility. This includes everyone who is holding any position of work in Koibarak Community.
Highlight what is the need that you perceive and who will benefit from this change.
The people here need to be educated on how to careful and diligently handle their duties to enable everyone live sustainably without compromising the environment. These people require knowledge and skills on sustainable development because this region is threatened with poverty, deforestation due to charcoal burning, disease among other issues.
3. The Idea. Your solution – what is the action, product, service, project, change that you will initiate? Tell us how your idea will will succeed where others have failed.
Have already sensitized this community on the need to live sustainably and have initiated an ESD center with four computers for internet service. Have bought a plot piece of land) which could act as a training ground.
The training received will go along way in helping all the stakeholders in this project look at themselves a fresh and reorganize themselves using the available resources like land, food crops which are sold before maturity, and available forests.
By the end of it resources will be preserved, people will live healthy lives on healthy diets; harmony will be exercised through peace education.
This idea will succeed where others have failed because of the fact that it is a noble idea and society or people-driven. People realize the results and make headways.
4. The Money. What would you do with your first US$1,000 given or invested in support of your vision?
The first us US$1000, I will use it to publish handbills to send message to the people, invite them for open sessions on sustainable development education and then train them using the available manpower. I will also use the same money to make follow-up on the implementation of the learnt skills.
emisombajo@yahoo.com
0721420610

By: Urgent Evoke » EVOKATIONS – FAQ!

Urgent Evoke » EVOKATIONS – FAQ! — Sun, 02 May 2010 17:22:16 +0000

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By: Meira

Meira — Sun, 02 May 2010 15:26:31 +0000

I would like to provide a community garden or an edible landscape for my community. And create an indigenous knowledge database where people can post all of their communities knowledge.

By: Andrew Anstrom

Andrew Anstrom — Sat, 01 May 2010 23:52:04 +0000

Why would you make the Evokation during collegel Finals week!? Why!?

By: Urgent Evoke » Evokation Clinic Live

Urgent Evoke » Evokation Clinic Live — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 20:11:32 +0000

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By: Bernard Isidore

Bernard Isidore — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 01:22:36 +0000

The problems that we face in Africa can be attributed to just a single factor; illiteracy. Now, my position will be a subject of heated debate bearing in mind that corruption for instance is masterminded by our political elite who are not illiterates. Also, electoral fraud, urban pollution, poverty, demographic challenges, power problems, lack of visionary leadership, starvation, malaria, inadequate portable water, intergroup conflicts etc, are subsets of the challenges we face in Africa.

My position is based on the premise that teaching a man how to fish is a much better panecea to his food crisis. Education is pivotal to the development of Nigeria, where I come from. The power brokers in Nigeria know that this is where the solution lies. They know that an enlightened citizenry is a threat to the status quo they strive so much to maintain. Also, they know deep down in their hearts that if Nigerians are given the right education, they will revolutionalize this country and Africa.

Knowledge they say is power and we know only too well that the information we get through education is the source of that knowledge.

There is no gain saying the need for an overhauling of our present academic curriculum in Nigeria. At the University Of Lagos, where I study, despite a faculty of sciences, the school can not guarantee a stable power supply. Thus the need for a pragmatic educational curriculum that address our social and environmental challenges.

In Nigeria, university education is a luxury, reserved exclusively for those of us who are lucky that our parents could afford it. But, this need not be the case. With a foreign reserve of over 36 billion US dollars and a proposed plan to start a Sovereign Wealth Fund(SWF), university education should be a right of every Nigerian.

I have an articulated outline that can help both the parents, financial institutions and the government help educate the youth, our future.

By: YEH MAKEBE ELVIS

YEH MAKEBE ELVIS — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 13:54:39 +0000

I’m glad hearing the tremendous awards that awaits me on May 12.I will give the best i can to have it.

By: Urgent Evoke » Forge your EVOKE Legacy

Urgent Evoke » Forge your EVOKE Legacy — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 17:25:36 +0000

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By: James Sudi

James Sudi — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 08:47:39 +0000

This is hard, yet a great challenge. Indeed, it will be a great journey, but the fruits are worthwhile. My countrymen face two serious problems. These being corruption and poverty. This two have almost become the daily norm. My mission and wish would be to sensitize the youth about this issues. Am still figuring out the best remedy for this situation. In the meantime I just joined an organisation Kenyans for change (K4C). I believe that in this information era, our only weapon is knowledge. The youth today have a very great opprtunity to change their future and enjoy an almost flawless leadership tomorrow. The worlds amazing technologies have carried us by storm. I know very well that this technology is our solution to the issues affecting us.
As I mentioned earlier, this is a tall order. A long mission indeed, but with our cooperation we can tackle this. Please my fellow evoke members help me in whatever way, achieve, not my mission, but make it your too.