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Featured stories from March 2010

Blogging Since Infancy: Award Winning XO Bloggers – Part 2

In December, 2009 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 OLPC (XO) laptops. In the second post of the series, we are highlighting three blogs among the 10 award...
Blogging The Dream: Breaking The Taboo About Mental Disorder

The metal health service users of the the Orizonturi Foundation’s Blogging The Dream Project in Campulung Moldovenesc, Romania continue to write about their personal life stories, experiences, challenges, interactions within the community, hobbies, interests, hopes, dreams among other things.
Nomad Green: Air Pollution In Winter In Mongolia

Mongolians are having a tough winter this year and the air pollution from the heating stoves and coal burnings in factories is causing more problems. The citizen journalists from Nomad Green project are highlighting the degradation of environment in Mongolia.

Blogging Since Infancy: Award Winning XO Bloggers – Part 2

Feature31 March 2010
Blogging The Dream: Breaking The Taboo About Mental Disorder

Blogging the Dream29 March 2010
Nomad Green: Air Pollution In Winter In Mongolia

Feature26 March 2010

Stories from March, 2010

Featured Blogger: Edgar Andres Yana Lisme

Feature24 March 2010

“I want to make my province known” asserts blogger Edgar Andres Yana Lisme, who lives in Chaguaya village in the Camacho province of Bolivia. In January 2008 Edgar joined a...

Ceasefire Liberia: Reporting The Lofa Crisis

Ceasefire Liberia15 March 2010

Liberia has recently seen some more violence as one young girl was killed and 4 more were killed in retaliation in the Lofa county situated in North of Liberia. Violence...

REPACTED: Mr. And Mrs. Red Ribbon Pageant And Prison Outreach

Feature12 March 2010

Last November the Mr. and Miss red ribbon pageant was held in Nakuru, Kenya in an effort to eradicate stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV/AIDS. REPACTED is working...

Featured Blogger: Getutza

Blogging the Dream8 March 2010

Getutza admits that she is a timid person. However, she has discovered that blogging has helped her overcome this shyness thanks to her participation in the Blogging the Dream project...

FOKO: The Power Of Storytelling

Feature7 March 2010

Internet is becoming a threat to the authoritarian regime in Madagascar because citizen journalists are voicing their opinions and publishing what they see or hear. The power of storytelling of...

HiperBarrio: Recording Daily Lives And Sharing With The World

Feature3 March 2010

Hiperbarrio members continue to record their cultures and daily lives in Medellin, Colombia with pictures, videos and texts and share them with the world using their blogs. They highlight the...