Covalent Global is still pushing ahead and facing the problems associated with giving to Africa. Our approach, has not been to combat these problems but rather to acknowledge them and work to adequately address them. For us it is about understanding what we can do, while holding true to what we should do. We are in a better position because of this.

One of Covalent’s big efforts is cutting through the black box of the aid system. We want to go beyond online profiles and snap decisions on charitable giving to engage donors with communities and charities that provide vital support. We are trying to do so in a careful and meaningful way. We also face a number of very real constraints as mentioned in my last message. (more)

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While in Kenya meeting with groups I made an ambitious goal of starting what I called a Social Capital Network, and would later become Covalent Global Capital, in the second quarter of 2009. The date was chosen because it would mark 1 year since I went to Africa to investigate the possibility of individual giving to African-led charities. This goal was set to motivate my full efforts to bring broad financial support to community-based, self-help efforts throughout Kenya. The goal, as I mentioned, was “ambitious” in sense that this was a new venture and the possibility of failure has to be recognized.

I am sad to report that this goal was not achieved. I motivated my full efforts, my mind, my time, and my heart to this effort. I cut out all other options to assure that I held true that all my effort would see this through. This effort is not been barren but rather has born a new direction for Covalent Global Capital. (more)

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Two weeks in to the launch of PamojaConnect we have:

64 - Members
62 - Organizations
89 - Twitter followers
23 - Conversations mapped
55 - Comments posted
12 - Important replies sent to mobiles

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So much of America is automated. Our products have bar codes. Our transportation has schedules. And our phones have autobots. You know, those voice prompts which you rush through just to get to speak to a REAL person who can answer your questions and help you. PamojaConnect is one such autobot for SMS messages. (more)

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Today we launched a SMS service* called PamojaConnect: http://covalentglobal.org/pamoja

It connects on the web and through mobile-sms allowing everyone to be part of the conversation. One of the cool things is that with just a low-end mobile phone someone in a remote village (more)

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