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(Il) National Community Radio Forum (NCRF)
(HI) AfriAfya
(IV) Arid lands information network - East Africa (ALIN-EA).
The purposeful sampling technique was deemed suitable as they are well
over 380 NGOs (SANGONET: 2006) and few of them are interested in ICT
issues as they are in other development issues (e.g. housing) Sangonet
(2005).
Similarly, as with the case in South Africa, very few organizations are
involved in ICT issues particularly with rural Kenyan women.
Therefore, based on a Kenyan local daily newspaper report by Jebet (2003)
and an article by Esterhuysen (2002), the study purposefully sampled and
selected AfriAfya and ALIN-EA as unique organizations of interest. From a
list of seven field centers which included: a Community Based Health
Centre; a Rural Dispensary (Mtaa Dispensary); a Community Based Child
Survival Project; a District Medical Office; a Primary School Project; a
Mission Hospital and a Rural Community Training Center (all running under
the umbrella of AfriAfya), the study purposefully selected Mtaa Dispensary
as being SUitable. Besides the fact that this dispensary uses ICTs to harness
and disseminate information, a good number of rural women regularly call in
for consultation. It was also noted in a report in the local dailies by Jebet
(2003) that AfriAfya had recently won the prestigious Tech Museums Awards
of the Tech Museum of Innovation, located in San Jose, California. The
award was presented in partnership with the United Nations University and
Santa Clara University Center for Science, Technology and Society.
According to Jebet (2003), the cash prize award of US$ 50,000, is designed
to honor individuals, profit companies, public and non-profit making
organizations which are applying technology to improve health, education,
gender equality, environment and the economy in marginal areas.
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