-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: Re: Important! activist exchange Datum: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:10:50 +0300 Von: Wangui Mbatia infokengo@gmail.com An: barbara@derknut.org barbara@derknut.org
Barbara,
Hi. Yes, it is possible for the students to get the passports and visas in good time for September. There is ample time if everyone gets organized fast.
I spoke with Zack and he says that he sent names yesterday; I don't have the names of the students, I thought it was better for the students to make the choices themselves and then we can support them.
I have a broad concept of the exchange and it is possible to get funds. Working with the students here we can see a few donors, including HBS, GIZ, etc and see how far that takes us. We do need an idea of what the budget is, though. We can get things like tickets easier than accommodation but we need to get started. I will work on the funding proposals with the students' bodies and am sure that we can get some funds.
As it is, there is now need for somewhat "formal" communication between the students' organizations and your organization that would form the basis of our proposal. Can you email an invitation for the three weeks with indication that you can only raise funds for accommodation so that we try and raise funds for tickets and insurance. That way we may yet have help from others.
Time is of the essence.
Thanks,
Wangui
Wangui Mbatia Director, Organizing for Kenya (OK!) / KENGONET Sound Plaza, 3rd Floor Woodvale Grove, Westlands P.O. Box 70779-00400 NAIROBI, KENYA Tel: +254 722 74 7575
On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 1:52 AM, barbara@derknut.org wrote:
Dear Wangui,
hope you're headache is better by today and that you and your family are all fine.
We have started happily communicating with Kinuthia Zak. In the other email you find a broad concept of our project. For the proposals for Heinrich Boell Stiftung etc, you had asked for a concept. Is this sufficiant or do you need further information?
About the team: are there allready other possible participants? In our meeting today we realized, that for a journey in september, we will need to start the visa application process very very soon. Latest on June 15th we would need the names and dates of the team to get started. We just found out that Kinuthia doesn't have a passport yet. Do you think its realistic to get a passport in time?
About the funds: Up to now we have about one third of the amount of money that we need. The rest we will borrow and try to organize until september and in the aftermath. In the very worst case that we will not be able to pay back the loans until March 2014, do think you could assist us in getting funds?
We are very excited that things are getting into motion and can't wait to have our guests here in Berlin.
Please get back to us as soon as possible, preferably before tuesday.
Cheers and greetings,
Barbara, Hanna, Johanna, Kathy, Jannik and Sara
Am 06.06.2013 21:24, schrieb Wangui Mbatia:
Hi, Barbara.
Zack's email is kinzak.kinuthia@gmail.com and I am deliberately
including
him in this email for ease of contact.
It will be easy talk on facebook but I will only be available on saturday evening; I am going to be building during the day.
Cheers,
Wangui
Wangui Mbatia Director, Organizing for Kenya (OK!) / KENGONET Sound Plaza, 3rd Floor Woodvale Grove, Westlands P.O. Box 70779-00400 NAIROBI, KENYA Tel: +254 722 74 7575
On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 6:31 PM, barbara@derknut.org wrote:
Hello Wangui,
I am Barbara, one of the people who try to organize the exchange of activists between Kenia and Germany. I am writing you because we have two questions:
we wrote an email to Zack, but it came back. We used the address you gave us: kinzack.kinuthia@gmail.com Could you aks Zack for the right mailing address? The faster the
better...
The other thing is that our group (Sara, Johanna, Hanna, Kathy, Jannick and I) will have a big meeting the coming weekend (7th to 9th of June). We will meet and organize a lot of things concerning the project. It would be great if we could get in contact with you during the weekend if we have questions or if you have questions. Do you have access to skype so that we could talk? Do you have time on Saturday? It would be a big help!
Thanks a lot and hopefully hear you soon! Cheers, Barbara