Rising Voices · February 2010

February, 2010

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Voces Bolivianas: Carnival And Jaqi Aru

Eduardo Avila of Rising Voices grantee Voces Bolivianas project talks with the Bolivian periodical Los Tiempos about the project and the emergence of Jaqui-Aru, a virtual community promoting the use of Aymara on the Internet. Bloggers of Voces Bolivianas also share there experiences, images and videos of the recent carnival...
Ceasefire Liberia: Liberian Citizen Journalists Counter Inaccurate Media Reporting

Vice magazine has sent a letter of apology to the Liberian Government for the forced exoticism and inaccuracies of a recent series of web documentaries published in their site. This is a victory for the Liberians and this was possible because of the citizen journalists who raised their voices.
Abidjan Blog Camps: Cocoa, Avenue Afrique And Abidjan Barcamp

Things are not always as it seems and there are stories behind stories. People read many news everyday and are usually influenced by these reports. There is hardly any effort to fact check by a common person. But blogging and citizen journalism can make a difference. The bloggers of Ivory...

Voces Bolivianas: Carnival And Jaqi Aru

Feature28 February 2010
Ceasefire Liberia: Liberian Citizen Journalists Counter Inaccurate Media Reporting

Ceasefire Liberia26 February 2010
Abidjan Blog Camps: Cocoa, Avenue Afrique And Abidjan Barcamp

Abidjan Blog Camps21 February 2010

Stories from February, 2010

Featured Blogger: Saki Golafale

Ceasefire Liberia20 February 2010

“Liberia is good at history making,” says Saki Golafale, one of the members of Ceasefire Liberia, citing the fact that his country was one of the first independent nations in...

Foko Bloggers Shine In The Best Of Malagasy Blogs Contest

Feature17 February 2010

On February 1st, 2010 the The Best Of Malagasy Blogs (BOMBS) 2009 awards were announced. We have the pleasure to inform you that several bloggers from Foko, the Rising Voices...

Nomad Green: Mongolia – A Disaster In The Making

Feature13 February 2010

Mongolia is witnessing the fiercest winter in living memory and adding to the misery decreasing foodstock may leave approximately 20 million farm animals frozen to death before Spring. Livestock being...

Featured Blogger: Nora Catalina Urquijo

Announcements10 February 2010

Back in 2005, Nora Catalina Urquijo already had a blog on MSN Live Spaces, but says about her early days blogging, “what I didn't know was the power that a...

EWAMT: 112 Yemeni Women Received Citizen Media Training

Feature8 February 2010

The first phase of the project ‘Empowerment of Women Activists in Media Techniques‘ has been completed. In spite of technical challenges like frequent electricity outages and slow internet, the project...

HiperBarrio Is Now A ‘Nonprofit Corporation’

Feature4 February 2010

Hiperbarrio, the Rising Voices grantee from Colombia has achieved a new feat. After going through many bureaucratic hurdles Hiperbarrio got its legal identity- it is now a nonprofit corporation. This...