Arid Lands Information Network
- Arid Lands Information Network
Arid Lands Information Network-EAstern Africa (ALIN-EA) is a Kenya-based organisation that seeks to exchange ideas and experiences among "grassroots change agents". It sees its goal as enabling such grassroot change agents to learn from one another, through capacity-building and what it terms the "innovative use of ICTs (information and communication technologies)."
ALIN-EA
Known as the Arid Lands Information Network-Eastern Africa (ALIN-EA), this organisation describes itself as "a non-profit, non-political NGO". Its focus of work is the arid and semi-arid lands (also referred to as the ASALs) of Eastern Africa.
Membership of 1500 CDWs
It [http://www.alin.or.ke/about/who.asp claims] "a membership of over 1500 CDWs working hand-in-hand with marginalized grass root communities in Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda and Tanzania."
History
It was earlier known as the Reseau d'Information des Terres Arides - Arid Lands Information Network (RITA-ALIN).
Publications
Some of its publications include the "Baobab Journal", a CD-ROM, "ICT4D in Eastern Africa" and a water harvesting video.
External links
* [http://www.alin.or.ke/default/index.asp Arid Lands Information Network]
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