Rising Voices · July 2008

July, 2008

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Blogging Since Infancy: reducing the digital divide in Uruguay

Within 2009, all children and teachers of primary and public schools in Uruguay will have their own laptops (OLPC) donated by the State. With the help of a Rising Voices Micro grant, Pablo Flores of Ceibal Plan will organize two workshops for the young laptop-toting students to show them how...
Voces Bolivianas expands to a remote city of Bolivia

Voces Bolivianas has recently started its outreach workshop in Trinidad city of Beni, a remote district in the Amazon region. 19 participants were taught the basics of blogs and they opened their own blogs.
One Blogger's Determination to Help Baby Kamba in Madagascar

Diana Chamia, an 18-year-old journalism student who was taught how to blog in a Foko workshop in Mahajanga, first met one-year-old baby Kamba when she accidentally missed her busstop and was forced to walk. Over the next few months she and her blog would play an integral role in helping...

Blogging Since Infancy: reducing the digital divide in Uruguay

Feature31 July 2008
Voces Bolivianas expands to a remote city of Bolivia

Feature24 July 2008
One Blogger's Determination to Help Baby Kamba in Madagascar

Feature21 July 2008

Stories from July, 2008

Citizen journalism and Rising Voices

Feature20 July 2008

We hear the term 'citizen journalism' almost everywhere. But to be precise, what is it? Why do we need to embrace citizen journalism? What effects does it have on a...

HiperBarrio in Campus Party

Feature13 July 2008

The ConVerGentes project of HiperBarrio made their way from Medellín to the capital city, Bogotá, at the end of June to attend Campus Party, one of the Spanish-speaking world's largest...

Nari Jibon: The joy of having their own blog

Feature10 July 2008

The women of Nari Jibon traveled a long way to overcome shyness, opening themselves up, build their confidence and were trained to tell their stories to the world via blogging....

Voces Bolivianas Sends Greetings to the Global Voices Summit

Podcast8 July 2008

Mario Duran, one of the leaders of the Voces Bolivianas team in El Alto, put together this video for the attendees of the 2008 Global Voices Summit in Budapest, Hungary....

Travel with a Purpose

Feature8 July 2008

When asked "how can we help" by an audience member at the Global Voices Summit in Budapest, Hungary, Mialy Andriamananjara of the FOKO Madagascar project said it was skills not...

Rising Voices at the Global Voices Citizen Media Summit

Feature4 July 2008

The second day of the Global Voices Citizen Media Summit projected different works and achievements of Global Voices Online. The Rising Voices project was certainly in the spotlight as it...