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SciDev.Net supports freelancers in developing countries in Africa and elsewhere. Plus they're really lovely and helpful people - worth getting in touch! Here's their page on training partnerships: http://www.scidev.net/global/content/work-with-us.html Also B4FA runs a media fellowship for journalists / scicommers from Nigeria, Ghana, Tanzania and Uganda: http://b4fa.org/media-fellowship-programme/ Cheers Chris On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 10:40 AM, Annette Smith < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Claire > > There is a science teachers' organisation in Nigeria called STAN. My > contact is no longer involved, I think, but if you investigate the ICASE > (international association of science teacher orgs) website you'll find a > contact. There is a lot of sci com activity in South Africa - festivals, > weeks and all sorts and there will be people from there on this list. > > All best > > Annette > > Annette Smith > T: 0208 355 2968 > M: 07771 994 780 > Tw: @annettesciedgov > E: [log in to unmask] > > > > On 1 August 2014 10:34, Heather MacRae <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > >> Your colleague might like to check out the Mission X Train Like an >> Astronaut programme which has had some take up in Mozambique and South >> Africa and is looking to extend to other countries. The website is >> www.trainlikeanastronaut.org and there is a great community of science >> communicators supporting the project and who share advice and ideas with >> each other on the online forum and through regular telephone conferences >> led by NASA. The programme is targeted at students aged 8 to 12 but can be >> used flexibility and the main science themes are: nutrition, space >> science, exercise, physiology. >> >> Heather MacRae >> [log in to unmask] >> >> From: Claire Ainsworth <[log in to unmask]> >> Reply-To: Claire Ainsworth <[log in to unmask]> >> Date: Friday, 1 August 2014 09:41 >> To: "psci-com: science" <[log in to unmask]> >> Subject: [PSCI-COM] SciCom organisations in Africa >> >> Dear Colleagues, >> >> I'm teaching a short residential scicom course this week, and have a >> student from Nigeria who is asking whether I can put her in touch with >> science communication organisations in Nigeria or elsewhere in Africa. >> >> She does a huge amount of work to support science communication in >> schools in her country, but would like to connect with other folk working >> in the field to share best practice/ get advice. She is also wondering >> whether there are any initiatives in the UK to mentor science communicators >> in Africa. >> >> I've had a look around the web, but drawn a blank, so was wondering if >> anyone could please point me in the direction of some useful info? >> >> Many thanks for your help! >> Claire >> >> >> ********************************************************************** >> >> Commands - send an email (any subject) to [log in to unmask] with >> one of the following messages (ignoring text in brackets) >> >> • set psci-com nomail (to stop receiving messages while on holiday) • set >> psci-com mail (to resume getting messages) • signoff psci-com (to leave the >> list) • Subscribe here >> https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=psci-com >> >> Contact list owner at [log in to unmask] Small print and >> JISCMail acceptable use policy >> https://sites.google.com/site/pscicomjiscmail/the-small-print >> >> ********************************************************************** >> ********************************************************************** >> >> Commands - send an email (any subject) to [log in to unmask] with >> one of the following messages (ignoring text in brackets) >> >> • set psci-com nomail (to stop receiving messages while on holiday) • set >> psci-com mail (to resume getting messages) • signoff psci-com (to leave the >> list) • Subscribe here >> https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=psci-com >> >> Contact list owner at [log in to unmask] Small print and >> JISCMail acceptable use policy >> https://sites.google.com/site/pscicomjiscmail/the-small-print >> >> ********************************************************************** >> > > ********************************************************************** > > Commands - send an email (any subject) to [log in to unmask] with > one of the following messages (ignoring text in brackets) > > • set psci-com nomail (to stop receiving messages while on holiday) • set > psci-com mail (to resume getting messages) • signoff psci-com (to leave the > list) • Subscribe here > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=psci-com > > Contact list owner at [log in to unmask] Small print and > JISCMail acceptable use policy > https://sites.google.com/site/pscicomjiscmail/the-small-print > > ********************************************************************** > ********************************************************************** Commands - send an email (any subject) to [log in to unmask] with one of the following messages (ignoring text in brackets) • set psci-com nomail (to stop receiving messages while on holiday) • set psci-com mail (to resume getting messages) • signoff psci-com (to leave the list) • Subscribe here https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=psci-com Contact list owner at [log in to unmask] Small print and JISCMail acceptable use policy https://sites.google.com/site/pscicomjiscmail/the-small-print **********************************************************************