Stories about Grantees
Meet Two Voices of Hope Citizen Journalists in Action
Meet Twinkle and Eric John, two of the young citizen journalists taking part in the Voices of Hope RV grantee project in Estancia, IloIlo, Philippines.
Yadiko Uruk – Children of Tobacco, Coca and Sweet Cassava
This is the first update by one of our Amazonia Rising Voices projecto grantees, Yadiko Uruk + Children of Yadiko, located in Colombia.
First Ever Citizen’s Journalism Workshop for Typhoon Yolanda Survivors
The Rising Voices grantee project Voices of Hope held the initial citizen journalism workshop for a community still searching for answers about the reconstruction following Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines.
Revitalizing the Tsimane’ Language in the Bolivian Amazon
Tsimane' Language Universe is one of the grantees of the project Rising Voices Amazonia, a long term initiative where members of the Tsimane’ society are involved.
Jalaibi's Second Blogging Workshop in Karachi
The Rising Voices grantee project Jalaibi continues its blogging workshops with a 2nd gathering in Karachi teaching participants how to take part in their blog to share the good news about Pakistan.
Shipibo Citizen Journalism Soaring Like the Maracaná Macaw
Rising Voices note: This is the first project update written by our grantee project in Peru as part of the Rising Voices Amazonia initiative. Every month, grantees will write a blog post highlighting their progress. We are very pleased and grateful to be be able to start the project “Chariboan...
Media Literacy and Resisting Manipulation: Project Update
Rising Voices grantee The Post-Conflict Research Center recently launched its Balkan Diskurs platform, which will be the space where the participants will be able to share their views following the upcoming October workshops to take place in Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina
Taking the Mayan Language Tz'utujil to Social Media
It started with a Facebook Group and Page for the grantee project in San Juan La Laguna, Guatemala that is working with local youth to revitalize the Mayan language T'zutujil through the use of social media. Israel Quic writes about these early activities.
Jalaibi.com- Workshop Planning Underway
Rising Voices grantee Jalaibi shares some of the lessons learned after the first workshops held in Islamabad, as it looks forward to the next activities in Karachi.
The Community's Questions Will Be the Foundation of our Radio Soap
What does the community think about the state of Ugandan democracy? Following field research conducted by the RV grantee project Common Community, the team will now begin to write the script for the audio podcast soap to explore those issues.
Never a Shortage of Topics for Girl Activists in Kyrgyzstan
The Girl Activists of Kyrgyzstan grantee project continues its workshops by exploring potential topics that the participants want to share through blogging.
End of the Summer Team Building and Looking Forward to the School Year
Youth from the RV grantee project Against the Current took part in creative activities during their summer break. These team building activities are setting the table for future multimedia Umoⁿhoⁿ language revitalization activities.
Girl Activists: Telling Our Own Digital Stories in Kyrgyzstan
Girl Activists in Kyrgyzstan are sharing their knowledge with girls from surrounding villages so they can speak for themselves collectively about the issues important to them.
