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WOUGNET marks 10 years - Invitation to participate in the anniversary
celebrations
http://www.wougnet.org/cms/content/view/519/1/

On behalf of Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET), we take this
opportunity to invite you to participate in WOUGNET's 10th
Anniversary since its inception in 2000 as a non profit organisation
with the mission of promoting and supporting the use of ICT by women
and women organisations in Uganda, so that they can take advantage of
the opportunities presented by ICTs in order to effectively address
local and national problems for sustainable national development.

During the ten years of her existence, WOUGNET has made various
achievements over the ten years. Some of the achievements over the
years include;

- Networking and information sharing among women and women
organizations in Uganda and world wide.

- Received an award in 'ICT Advocacy' category for promoting the
communication sector from Uganda Communications Commission (UCC)

- WOUGNET Website received the World Summit Award (WSA) in
'e-inclusion' category

- WOUGNET Website received the Africa Information Society Initiative
(AISI) Media Award in the International Institute for Communication
and Development (IICD) supported category of 'Local Content'

- Development of strong partnerships with key policy makers such as
the former Ministry of Works, Housing and Communications and the
current Ministry of ICT (MoICT), the National Planning Authority
(NPA), and Uganda Communications Commission (UCC)

- Received funding from the Association for Progressive Communication
(APC), the Dimitra Project/FAO, Global Fund for Women (GFW), Hivos,
the Technical Center for Agriculture and Rural Co-operation ACP-EU
(CTA) and The New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD).

The work of WOUGNET has been made possible with support from various
partners and network members in addition to well-wishers.

As a mark to celebrate our achievements and continue with the work
towards supporting women empowerment, a number of activities have
been planned during the week-long celebration. These will include:

** An SMS awareness campaign - During the last week of May, WOUGNET
intends to run an SMS awareness campaign about what we do at Women of
Uganda Network, who we work with and our plans for the anniversary.

** A Symposium and Exhibition - during which various presentations
will take place, an exhibition - featuring various institutions,
corporate companies, NGOs, CBOs, and WOUGNET members' works.

The purpose of this article is to therefore:

1. Request all network members who will be interested in
participating in the one week SMS awareness campaign to kindly let us
know by sending an email to info [at] wougnet [dot] org.

2. Invite network members to exhibit for two days during the
celebrations at a much subsided fee of on 50,000 Uganda Shillings (25
US$). Please confirm as at exhibitor as soon as possible to
ddgotto [at] wougnet [dot] org / info [at] wougnet [dot] org.

3. Seek financial and material support from you towards the
week-long event and support towards WOUGNET's cause. (We do have
pledge cards. In case you would like to support WOUGNET with any
donation, please contact Mr. Danny Devito Gotto on
ddgotto [at] wougnet [dot] org or info [at] wougnet [dot] org
WOUGNET will provide space to any organizations that will have
supported this cause by paying the 50,000/= (25 US$) and confirming
active participation.)

Also, our technical support program is preparing a lot of new forms
of technology to showcase and share with the members. These include
but are not limited to: Digital media and Web 2.0 technologies. This
session will be called the "Technical Clinic". All your technical
questions will be answered. I am sure that you do not want to miss
out on this.

Your contribution towards the event will make WOUGNET 10th
Anniversary a big success of celebrating our achievements and
supporting the use of ICTs by Women and Women Organisations in Uganda.

For more information, do not hesitate to contact us at
Tel: +256 (0)41 4532035, Fax: +256 (0)41 4530474 or email: info [at] wougnet [dot] org

Kind regards

Danny Devito Gotto
Fund-raising Manager
Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET)

Maureen Agena
Information Officer
Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET)