Rising Voices · January 2010

January, 2010

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Featured stories from January 2010

Voces Bolivianas: Barcamp In Santa Cruz

On Saturday, January 16, 2010 over 100 participants across Bolivia participated in Barcamp Santa Cruz which was supported by the Rising Voices grantee Voces Bolivianas. Several members of the Voces Bolivianas community across the country played key roles in the event.
Featured Blogger: Shinetsetseg (Shinee) Sukhbaatar

Shinetsetseg (Shinee) Sukhbaatar has always been concerned about the preservation of the environment in her native Mongolia. When she joined the Nomad Green project, it gave her an outlet to raise awareness about the environmental issues facing her country. This begins a series of interviews with new bloggers from the...
Ceasefire Liberia: Constructive Stories About Liberia

Rcently Vice Magazine tried to focus Liberia with its sensational documentaries on the country containing exoticism and shocking elements. Whereas the bloggers at Rising Voices grantee Ceasefire Liberia are publishing convincing and constructive stories of the country trying to connect more people from the world.

Voces Bolivianas: Barcamp In Santa Cruz

Feature31 January 2010
Featured Blogger: Shinetsetseg (Shinee) Sukhbaatar

Feature29 January 2010
Ceasefire Liberia: Constructive Stories About Liberia

Ceasefire Liberia28 January 2010

Stories from January, 2010

FOKO: 50 Years Of Independence Of Madagascar

Feature25 January 2010

Madagascar is approaching 50 years of independence this year. To mark the progress of the country Patrick interviewed two elders from Madagascar on what Madagascar has become after 50 years...

Talented Women Bloggers Present Abroad

Feature20 January 2010

A pair of talented women bloggers from the Rising Voices community were invited to present their work at international conferences. Catalina Restrepo presented at a BarCamp in Santa Cruz, Bolivia...

Announcing the Technology for Transparency Network

Announcements19 January 2010

Rising Voices, the outreach and citizen media training initiative of Global Voices Online, has launched a new interactive website and global network of researchers to map online technology projects that...

Blogging Since Infancy: Award Winning XO Bloggers – Part 1

Feature17 January 2010

Last month we reported that the Rising Voices grantee OLPC Uruguay (Blogging Since Infancy) co-sponsored and supported the first ever national school Blogging contest for students in Uruguay who use...

Hiperbarrio: The Balloon Festival Of La Loma

Feature14 January 2010

The citizen journalists of the Rising Voices grantee Hiperbarrio posted some photos and videos of the Balloon festival of La Loma (Festival de globos de La Loma 2010). The event...

Abidjan Blog Camps: Alloco Bloggers Party In Ivory Coast

Abidjan Blog Camps13 January 2010

On Saturday, December 19, 2009 the second Alloco Bloggers Party was organized in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Dozens of Ivorian bloggers were present including several bloggers who attended the Abidjan blog...

Nomad Green: Citizen Journalists Address The Menace Of Desertification

Feature9 January 2010

In today's post we will look at some of the reports of the cyber environmentalists of Mongolia, who received citizen media training from Rising Voices grantee Nomad Green. They tell...

EWAMT: Candle In The Dark – The Women Bloggers Of Yemen

Feature3 January 2010

Ghaida'a Al Absi says: “EWAMT project is like a candle with other candles, which are lighting up the darkness in Yemen.” We hope that with more blogs and more active...