Name of your website?Acholi People of Northern Uganda Website
Your name?
Okello Bunia
Your Location (city, etc)
Gulu - Kitgum Northern Uganda
When did you start your website and why?
Acholinet.com established in 2005 as centralized one stop web portal for inter communication amongst Acholi and Friends of Acholi in Uganda and in Diaspora.
Please give us a short summary of your website, business model, etc
- We believe that the acholi people must organize to help themselves and depend less on international help. A do it your selves approach.
2 - Economic goals rather than political, are a quicker salvation to our dire situation. Acholi's need to over haul what was, and embrace what should be, to initiate an environment for strength and Unity to allow faster recovery from our down trodden state.
3 - The Acholi need to use the widely available modes of media technology such as the internet in the creation of publicity of the situation back in acholiland and help rewrite false propaganda and perceptions that have developed over time about who the acholi really are.
4 - There are numerous acholi in diaspora who are relatively well off, and if only they could band together and contribute their skills and money in the re-development and reconstruction of acholi, then we will truly have a foundation from which to work on.
What has been the most difficult part of creating and running your website?
Partcipation from members who simply expect others to do it for them
What has been the easist part of operating your website?
Automated component systems requireing very little input from website administrator. The user does almost everything on their own
What was your biggest mistake?
Too Much News content
Who maintains your website and why?
A group of volunteers
Tell us how your business has benefitted from your website?
communications between our peoples
What are your views on Search Engine Optimization (SEO)?
for us at www.acholinet.com SEO is a fad. Since our website does not use search engine freindly URLs
What are your views on Search Engines? Have they helped or hindered your website?
search engines are corrupted. Most search engine rankings are eroneous. Since there are those who parcipate in measures to improve site rankings witout really improving content
What method has been most successful for promoting your website?
improved content. And links connecting back to us. Created a website directory. Targetting certain Key words
What method has been least successful for promoting your website?
To use the internet, so as to establish a centralized one stop web portal for inter communication amongst Ugandans, Acholi and Friends of Acholi. The aim is to provide a starting point in which acholi and friends can productively interact using internet technology so as to assist in achieving some positive objectives in economic and or social recovery for acholiland.
What would you like to see change with respect to the internet?
What We Hope To Achieve 1 - A better method of communication and public relations so as to help raise international awareness of the plight of the Acholi.
2 - A mechanism to raise funds to start or support strategic programs to assist the Acholi at Home.
3 - A means to harness human resources for the skilled Acholis so as allow them to also contribute their time, skills and money. (Adopt the UNDP TOKTEN method)
4 - Our Goal is for Acholinet.com to be an online human resources directory and a one stop web portal for Acholi and friends of Acholi.
5 - Some form of Unity amongst the acholi for a common cause, even if it is to hang out online.
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What is Acholinet.com?
Acholinet.com is a multi service website with news, people directory, music and video downloads, forums, market place, picture photo gallery, blogs, culture, history, language related to acholi
What is your website address?
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