Web alliance for Regreening in Africa

W4RA at European Development Days

The Web of Voices was presented at the European Development Days, 26 November 2013 in Brussels by the W4RA team.
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Mathieu Ouedraogo, president of Réseau MARP, Burkinabe NGO that supports rural communities in their regreening efforts, presented the need for more agro-forestry systems in the Sahel region, and the important role of knowledge sharing amongst farmers-innovators.

A podcast of the presentation by VU University Amsterdam, Réseau Marp, SBC4D, Orange, World Resources Institute and EU – See more here:

The VOICES project removes some of the access barriers to the Web related to communication channels, access infrastructure, literacy and languages. VOICES couples in a novel way Web facilities to mobile telephony and community radio, gluing all together by voice…

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