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Ukraine: Harm Reduction Activists Share their International Experience

Activists of the Association of Substitution Therapy Advocates of Ukraine use the web-site of the Association to share the stories about the international conferences they attended and to tell their counterparts about the new experience and new knowledge they acquired on various international meetings.
Ségou Villages Connection: On An Outreach Tour To Villages In Mali

On the 18th of June, six members of the Ségou villages connection project hopped on in a very old mammywagon towards Dioro and its surrounding villages situated 70 kms away from the town of Ségou. The team carried a solar panel, a battery, two computers, four USB Internet connection keys,...
Guinea-Bissau: Introduction to Youth Voices of Bandim and Enterramento

One of the newest Rising Voices grantee projects "Youth Voices of Bandim and Enterramento" based in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau is providing leadership opportunities for the youth organizers, who will be working with children in two local neighborhoods of the capital city teaching them how to use digital media tools as way...

29 June 2011
Ukraine: Harm Reduction Activists Share their International Experience

Written by Maryna Reshetnyak · Drop-In Center
25 June 2011
Ségou Villages Connection: On An Outreach Tour To Villages In Mali

Written by Rezwan · Feature
24 June 2011
Guinea-Bissau: Introduction to Youth Voices of Bandim and Enterramento

Written by Eddie Avila · Feature

Stories from June, 2011

17 June 2011

Ukraine: Harm Reduction Association Defends the Rights of People Living with Drug Addiction

Written by Maryna Reshetnyak · Drop-In Center

Ukrainian activist of harm reduction programs discuss on the web the issues which are vital for people living with a drug addiction. One of these issues is the necessity for...

12 June 2011

Case Study: An Interview with Wycliffe Sande

Written by Romina Oliverio · Case Studies

Rising Voices continues its look at the projects of the Map Kibera Trust in Nairobi, Kenya. This post features an interview with Wycliffe Sande, who is the coordinator of the...

5 June 2011

Transparent Chennai: Maps Helping Fishermen Claim Their Rights

Written by Rezwan · Feature

Transparent Chennai, an initiative of The Center for Development Finance, has been aggregating, collecting, and displaying data for public interest use about the Indian city of Chennai. With the help...

1 June 2011

Ukraine: Teaching Blogging to Harm Reduction Groups

Written by Maryna Reshetnyak · Drop-In Center

In an email interview, Anastasia Bezverkha talks about her experience teaching advocacy skills with harm reduction groups part of the All-Ukrainian Association of Substitution Therapy Advocates (ASTAU), and how teaching...