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  • 10-03-2010

    TARAGALTE CULTURAL CENTRE AND ECOLODGE

    Together with our partners Halim and Ibrahim Sbai, Bureau East and Sahara Roots Hester Ezra and Charlotte Eijsbouts spend an amazing week in the desert crafting possibilities for a cultural centre and ecolodge on the edge of the desert in South Morocco.

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  • 24-02-2010 Alan Simpson

    BUILDING BRIDGES

    Building Bridges is an initiative to encourage and reward Kenyans to reach out to others to overcome conflict.

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  • NAIROBITS

    1999-2009, Africa

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  • SPREAD OUR WINGS

    logo's of Addisbits and Zanzibits 10-11-2008 - We spread our wings! Two new Bits-projects have been started in 2008: AddisBits and ZanziBits.

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  • PRINCE CLAUS FUND

    What beauty creates – happiness, comfort and respect – is the opposite of what war engenders, namely: misery, death and unhappiness.

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  • MAMABITS

    Mamabits

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  • RUN 3 CYBERS!

    10-12-2008 - I run 3 cyber cafes like i wanted. Am glad I can pay my rent and support myself, but thats not what makes me happy...

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  • ZANZIBITS FIRST GRADUATES

    15-12-2008 - The 16th of December 2008 will become a historic day for ZanziBits: the first group of students graduate after 8 months of training.

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  • THANKS TO TURING!

    13-01-2009 - We are happy to announce that the Turing Foundation granted our proposal for 2009/2010 to further build on the successes of Nairobits with the aim to create even more jobs for our talented students.

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  • BUTTERFLY PAPER N°.1

    2008, Netherlands

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  • ANNE IKIARA, DIRECTOR NAIROBITS, WINNER

    31-08-2009 - Anita Borg Change Agent Awards 2009

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  • NAIROBITS AND SAMSUNG

    06-07-2009 - Nairobits had a very different graduation on the 26th of June. To express the appreciation for Nairobits, Samsung helped Nairobits to organise their students a graduation bigger than before.

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  • ZANZIBITS EXPANDING?

    12-03-2009 - Zanzibits is growing fast. Too fast? No, definetely not, but one thing was sure: our location was too small to capacitate the 2009 version of Zanzibits. We were on the lookout for something new, bigger and better.

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  • IN THE PRESS

    11-11-2008 - On the Economy page of Dutch newspaper De Pers there is a weekly column called LEF, which means anything close to Guts. In this weeks edition, Ineke tells the story of Butterfly Works.

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  • NEWSLETTER NR.4

    02-10-2009 - A celebration of ingenuity and innovation, the September round up from Butterfly Works

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  • MARK KAMAU AT TEDX

    mark kamau 10-11-2009 - UPDATE: Mark Kamau gave an inspiring speech at TEDx Amsterdam which was for many, a highlight of the day. Mark even made an impact on influential website WIRED as well, who called his speech simple and powerful.

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