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Announcing the 2013 Microgrant Shortlisted Finalists

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Rising Voices would like to thank everyone that submitted a proposal for consideration for the 2013 microgrants for citizen media outreach projects. Once again, we heard from hundreds of people from more than 100 countries who had innovative ideas for engaging local communities and teaching them the use of citizen media.

This year marked the launch of a new and interactive platform [1] that allowed applicants to submit their preliminary ideas where they were mapped and tagged, making it easier for others to make connections with similar projects that focus on a particular topic or based in a specific geographic area. As a result, the published proposals received more than 500 comments with questions, feedback, and words of encouragement. A visual map showcased these proposals down to the local level and it was an impressive site to see proposals from around the world.

Our committee comprised of Global Voices volunteers carefully reviewed and selected 74 projects out of the approximately 860 proposals from around the world to move onto the next round. These projects represent a diversity of topics and come from more than 50 countries.

We are pleased to announce the shortlisted finalists, who have been invited to submit a final proposal for consideration by Rising Voices. From this group, we will select up to five projects to be funded to make their ideas a reality. In alphabetical order, the shortlisted projects are:

Afghanistan: Kabul Beat [2]
Albania: Waste in my City [3]
Argentina: Communicating Our Indigenous Peasant Assembly [4]
Argentina: Mapping the Water Landscape [5]
Argentina: Radio Los Inestables: More participation, less segregation [6]
Australia: Replenish the Earth – Voices from Aboriginal Australians [7]
Bhutan: E-ngage Youth [8]
Bhutan: Stories from a Young, Maturing Democracy [9]
Bolivia: Jovenes de Uspha-Uspha [10]
Bolivia: Shooting Bolivia from Wikimedia Commons [11]
Brazil: Building the Oral History of Brasilândia [12]
Brazil: Our Rivers Speak (ORS) [13]
Brazil: This is our Place Film Festival [14]
Burundi: Conn@cting People [15]
Cambodia: Old Bunong Stories in New Times [16]
Cambodia: The Cambodian Grassroots Social Media Project [17]
Cameroon: Questioning Public Authorities Through Citizen Media [18]
Cameroon: Voicing Out To Release Post Conflict Trauma [19]
Cameroon: We know. Let the World Know Too [20]
Colombia: Hearing Stories in Our Own Tongue [21]
Colombia: Radio and Forum Mariamulata [22]
Colombia: Traditional Knowledge for Sustainable Development [23]
Cuba: Mapping the “Neighborhood Cuba” [24]
Cyprus: From Our Perspective: Discussing Disability [25]
Ecuador: Citizen Podcast [26]
Ecuador: I Wrote a Song That Will Change Your Mind [27]
Ecuador: Open Journalism with Open Licenses and Technologies [28]
El Salvador: Yankwit Tunal (New Sun) [29]
Fiji: Tukuni Yadua (Talking about Yadua) [30]
Greece: Citizen Journalism Against Ore Mining in Halkidiki [31]
Honduras: Good News Blog [32]
Hungary: Development of Local Stories in Budapest [33]
India: South Asian Comics Activists for Gender Justice [34]
India: Strengthening Women Human Rights Defenders in Human Rights Monitoring [35]
Indonesia: From Disable for Disable Project [36]
Kenya: Girls Community Digital Desk Project [37]
Kenya: The Maasai Woman Diary [38]
Kenya: WOES-Walking on Egg Shells [39]
Macedonia: Wild Herbs Exchange Network [40]
Maldives: Drug Addiction Diaries [41]
Mauritania: Popular Memory [42]
Mexico: Audio-visual Record of the Zapotec Language [43]
Mexico: Didza Kieru for SMS [44]
Mexico: Jko’ponik (Our Voice) [45]
Mexico: Preserving and Promoting the Mayan Language [46]
Mexico: The Mayan voices of Popolá [47]
Mexico: The Plum, Lyrics and Vocals in Resistance [48]
Myanmar (Burma): Collab Space for CJs [49]
Nepal: Travel Story Camp on Gorilla Trek [50]
Netherlands: Reaching for the overlooked Oromo voices [51]
Niger: Mapping for Niger [52]
Nigeria: Addressing Iwerekhan Environmental Concerns [53]
Pakistan: IDPs Media Project [54]
Pakistan: Radio Vision [55]
Palau: Youth-In-Conservation Social Network [56]
Peru: My Community Voices [57]
Peru: Promoting Communication Rights of Indigenous Peoples [58]
Romania: Transylvanian Online Cook Book [59]
South Africa: Crowdmapping Environmental Health [60]
Swaziland: Artists Go Public [61]
Uganda: #TweepsHelpBududa Experience [62]
Uganda: Community Reporters’ Hub & Clinic [63]
Uganda: Female Documentary Film Training on Women Advocacy and Women's Rights [64]
Uganda: Right To Speak Ik [65]
Zambia: Lekeni Nsose (Let Me Speak Out) [66]
Zimbabwe: Promoting Citizen Journalism in Chitungwiza [67]
Zimbabwe: Voices from the deep end [68]

Please note that some projects chose not to participate in the optional publication of their ideas for a variety of reasons, and their decision will not affect the final vote.

These applicants now have the opportunity to further develop their ideas by submitting a second more-detailed proposal for consideration. An additional element to the final competition is that the finalists can include a multi-media video, audio, or photograph to complement their written proposal.

As the applicants submit their final proposal, we will publish them on the microgrant platform [1] so that the community can once again comment and provide additional feedback.

We hope to make the final announcement of the selected winners for the microgrants by the end of the second week of April.

Good luck to the finalists!