AIDSPortal staff member Anne Babcock relocates to Kenya

AIDSPortal Facilitator Anne Babcock has migrated south for the next year. She has moved to the sunny sites of Nairobi in Kenya where she is based at AIDSPortal partner offices the Kenyan AIDS NGOs Consortium (KANCO). She will be managing AIDSPortal projects in Eastern Africa. These projects include:

1. KANCO’s mapping project - KANCO’s membership of, AIDS and TB organizations all over the country are being mapped www.ushahidi.kanco.com. In the future, additional data sets will be added to this map. It is hoped that this project will improve access to information, identify gaps in AIDS and TB services and serve as an advocacy tool.

2. A joint venture with the Eastern African National Networks of AIDS Service Organizations (EANNASO) where by AIDSPortal is supporting EANNASO to develop a regional online information sharing and networking platform for EANNASO members.

If you’d like to get in touch with Anne please don’t hesitate to do so. Her email remains the same at anne@aidsportal.org or she can be reached on +254 20-2717664 or +254-20-2715008. For more information about AIDSPortal activities in Eastern Africa watch this space.