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Sickle Cell Disease - Global awareness day. Read now

Sickle Cell Awareness day was created by the United Nations to recognise Sickle Cell Disease as a global health crisis.

Fish Farming Read now

Until recently my experience with fish had been limited, to say the least. In all honesty, it had consisted of watching my children win goldfish at a fair - and the occasional cod and chips supper!

However over the last 18 months the subject of fish farming has captured my attention and I have been lucky enough to have my eyes opened to the many and varied challenges involved. (Although I'll be the first to admit I still have a great deal more to learn!)

Last Wednesday Meeting of 2009! Read now

Yesterday saw the last scheduled meeting of 2009 between the UK-Nigeria team.

The main item on the agenda was to thank everyone for their continued commitment to these meetings and for all their hard work during the past year.

We also wanted to reflect on the successes we had shared and explore together any aspects of our collaboration which might be improved upon in the coming year. We also hoped to clarify what should be our first objectives togeher for the New Year.

Stoves and Juicers: protecting the environment and livelihoods Read now

Most meals in rural Nigeria are cooked over open wood fires. This is simple and familiar. Traditionally fuel has been cheap and fairly easy to find.

However demand for firewood has increased in line with population growth. As trees are cut down the environment suffers from deforestation, soil loss and eventual desertification. There is also increasing awareness of the damage to health caused by wood smoke, especially when cooking takes place indoors.

Efficient wood fuel stoves cook food more quickly and use less fuel. So if the stoves can be provided cheaply to local families everyone wins, right? Not quite!

John Dada and the Fantsuam Foundation are working to solve the issues with DARE, a Nigerian NGO and their German partners.

A 'Juicy' Story! Read now

The need to find alternative livelihoods for local Nigerian women has become a recurring theme in recent online/Nigeria meetings.

In particular, concerns have been expressed about the issue of those who collect firewood to sell. This practice is unsustainable and is contributing to de-forestation.
The women themselves recognise this but cannot afford to stop until they have an alternative source of income. Initially the team believed that the purchase of efficient wood stoves would be benificial. But they are very expensive and it was felt that this would not be feasible until a new stream of income is in place.

UK Registered Charity Read now

Dadamac Foundation is a UK registered charity (number 1104228).

Dadamac Foundation passes on all it is given, it makes no deductions for administration.

Where external fund-transfer services are used these agencies will make their usual charges, we try to keep the use of such agencies to a minimum .

Dadamac Limited supports Dadamac Foundation in various ways, such as making staff time available to support the Foundation when there are not sufficient volunteers.

Launching our discussion forum Read now

We have launched our discussion forum. Now it will be easy for people to join in discussions here. Now dadamac.net can gradually become an active online space for the growing Dadamac community.

To join in all you have to do is go to the discussion forum link choose the discussion topic that interests you and add any comments you like. You can reach the discussion forum link from any page; it is under the heading "get involved".

Joining in with the dadamac community Read now

The idea of dadamac.net is that is should be an "online home/office/clubroom/study-space/whatever-we-need" for the growing dadamac community (which welcomes newcomers). We started off by "preparing the reception area" i.e. the home page and such like (this area needs more work - fewer words, more pictures -  but is well under way).

Foundation, furniture and photos Read now

In rural Nigeria when you need new furniture you don't go online or pop  round to the nearest Ikea for a flat-pack. You employ a local carpenter to buy some wood and make the furniture that you need.

The Knowledge Resource Centre was in need of furniture it could call its own, and this was mentioned at a recent UK-Nigeria team meeting.

You and Us Read now

Dadamac offers various ways for you to connect with us and our projects, depending upon your interests, your needs, and your usual way of doing things.

Dadamac Limited

If you want to use us for consultancy, or would like our networks and locations for you own practical projects, then you can work with us on a commercial basis through Dadamac Limited which is  a UK registered company.