6. Other Challenges Addressed by Volunteers
WOUGNET has not faced any problems working with volunteers; in fact volunteers have been the solution in many cases. We face major challenges in using email and the Internet to make local content available at local and international levels. These include:
- Limited local outreach because of operating online media. Most of our members are based in Kampala (the capital city), where Internet access is more readily available.
- Access to relevant information (content) for member’s needs.
- Creating awareness about the potential of ICTs as viable tools for information exchange and dissemination that produces results.
- The need to provide training and hands-on demos on the usage and application of ICTs.
- The need by members to have more face-to-face collaboration in addition to the online networking.
- Sourcing relevant information from women organisations, newspapers, the Internet, etc., for posting on the WOUGNET website and/or mailing list.
- Conducting searches, online or otherwise, for information a requested by WOUGNET staff, members and partners.
- Representing WOUGNET at meetings in Uganda and abroad.
- Maintenance of WOUGNET reports and other documentation at the WOUGNET office.
- Contacting WOUGNET members for news and reports on their projects to be added to their profiles on the WOUGNET website.
- Promoting WOUGNET membership to women organisations in Uganda.
- Facilitating information-needs surveys of WOUGNET members.
- Assisting in the preparation of proposals to develop and/or fund WOUGNET programs.
