We're happy to announce that we now have Maneno t-shirts! We aren't selling them, though. If you love what Maneno is doing and want to get one, then you should make a donation to Maneno. Why are we doing it this way? Because then who sees you wearing it will know that you're one of our great Maneno supporters. But, most importantly, it allows people to pay what they would like above the cost of our shirts in order to help us fund the projects ahead for Maneno:
For the first half of 2010, Maneno is going to be based in Côte d'Ivoire. From there, we will continue to work on building out and promoting the Maneno platform, as well as introducing more people to the world of blogging and citizen journalism by facilitating BlogCamps with our local contacts. These camps will work as casual gatherings to train people on the ins and outs of social media and to work on promoting blogs and articles from their daily lives.
Due to the upcoming, historic national elections, Côte d'Ivoire will need more camps than ever before. But we will also be conducting BlogCamps in the neighboring West African countries of Ghana and Mali where the blogging communities are growing.
Additionally, we are working to coordinate training and Maneno platform deployment for Konakry Express, which is a blog portal working to spotlight information on Guinea in the aftermath of the September 28th massacre. For those who aren't aware, there was a coup d'etat in Guinea last year with the political transition and impending elections proving difficult, violent, and non-transparent. This portal will work to amplify local voices who are on the ground, getting reports directly from them.
So, if you want to help us fund these initiatives, donate for your shirts today. We do need to impose a minimum donation of $20 (+$5 shipping) to the US & Canada and $20 (+$10 shipping) to Europe. For anyone else in the world, work out the best estimate and if you ask us to send it, we will. Note: for orders of up to 3 t-shirts we'll only charge you shipping once!
And if you can donate more to provide seed funding for these projects in our second year of operation, we would be eternally grateful.
When you submit your donation, just write in your mailing address and size needs in the notes box or contact us directly. The 100% preshrunk cotton shirts are available in US Men S,M,L,XL,XXL and US Women S,M,L
