The Building Bridges Peace Campaign website was officially launched last week.<br><br><br>We applied a joomla translation of the Ushahidi mapping tool for those who are interested in the technical part. <br><br>First initiatives have been registered already. You can check the page here:<br>
<br><a href="http://buildingbridges.co.ke">http://buildingbridges.co.ke</a><br><br><br>-- <br>Kersti Ruth Wissenbach<br>Project Strategist<br><br>t +31 (0)20 4711780<br>e <a href="mailto:kersti@butterflyworks.org" target="_blank">kersti@butterflyworks.org</a><br>
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<br>Butterfly Works, positive chain of events<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 24 March 2010 10:05, Kersti Wissenbach <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kersti@butterflyworks.org" target="_blank">kersti@butterflyworks.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Dear colleagues and friends of Media Development, <br><br>Launching April 2, 2010, Building Bridges will recognise and reward peacemakers and peace projects across Kenya as a way of strengthening the peace building capacity of Kenyan citizens. Kenya needs peace to prosper and everyone has a role to play. The campaign supports people from all backgrounds to make a change. Building Bridges, in partnership with Media Focus on Africa Foundation and Butterfly Works, is raising awareness and support for the winning initiatives and individuals through an interactive online platform <a href="http://buildingbridges.co.ke" target="_blank">http://buildingbridges.co.ke</a>. The campaign will run for three months and the winning individuals and organisations will receive cash prizes.<br clear="all">
<br><br>Please find a complete press release attached. <br>We will launch the final website entailing the Ushahidi mapping tool for crowd sourcing by the beginning of April.<br><br><br>-- <br>Kersti Ruth Wissenbach<br>Project Strategist<br>
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