Proposals from February 25, 2013
Nigeria: Internet Use for Deaf Students
This project is targeted towards training deafs in selected special secondary schools to use the internet to surf information, open emails and acess social networking egFacebook. I have comunication skill in american sign language(ASL) and so versed on the use of internet.I ‘ll be working with other resource persons and interpreters who will carry the participants along with good visual teaching aids and each participants practically involved.
Sierra Leone: Computing for Blind and Visually-impaired Professionals
None of the leaders of blind person organisations (BPOs) and schools for the blind in Sierra Leone (SL), who are themselves blind or visually-impaired (BVI), can use computers.A few have access to email, but they cannot use it without assistance.This represents a serious challenge to their independence and social inclusion, and to the development of their organisations. It is also bad for the next generation because little is being done to change
Kenya: Youth and I.C.Ts. in Community Development
Information and communications technologies (ICTs) are transforming societies and fueling the growth of the global economy. Yet despite the broad potential of ICTs, their benefits have not been spread evenly. Indeed, using ICTs will be effectively to foster social inclusion and economic growth is among the key challenges facing policymakers today, and therefore organization hopes to promote ICTs development across many dimensions.
Nigeria: “From my Heart to Yours”
Through various workshops / trainings and monthly mentoring visits, GEM INT’L in partnership with SANROSE Information and Technology Enterprise will train 50 women from Luwuna Village on citizen media so as to create an avenue for expressions and advocacy on the status and rights of women through sharing of experiences on-line so as to gain support and be relief of their situation on regards to gender .
Bolivia: Teenage Preganancy Prevention
Foster discussion forums at the Teenage Education Units in Riberalta to promote teenage pregnancy prevention through social networks and workshops like: Life Projects, Self-Esteem, Values, Reproductive Sexual Health, Family Planning, Contraceptive Methods, Sexual Rights, STDs/VIH Prevention.
Zimbabwe: Communicators Marondera
Marondera communities are riddled with a host of challenges emanating mostly from bad governane and corruption by local and national government offiials. Uncollected gabbage, poor roads, non-existent street lighting and sewerage blockages are some of the problems which need documentation. At the same time, political intolerance, killings, harassment and intimidation become the order of the day as the countdown to elections in the country begins.
Brazil: Voices of Freedom
This project expects to develop activities related to citizen media training, especially focused to young people, as a way of prevention of social exclusion and, consequently, eradication of contemporary slave labor, unhappily, a very common crime in our region. We want to carry out a workshop for 15 teenagers that will learn about digital tools such as blog and micro-video for social denounce. Products that will be divulged trough Internet.
Uganda: Empowering Farmers with ICT to Improve Livlihoods
GCHI proposes to use its established public Library in empowering Farmers in ICT to improve their livelihood by to inviting them to discuss local problems, solutions and train them how to create a group blog to take these conversations to the wider community. This project seeks to facilitate exchange of knowledge among the farmers involved in both the production of cash /food crop.
Bangladesh: Promoting PWDs As Social Ambassador
AUDC will launch 24 months project in Chittagong City Corporation area with a goal to establish disabled people leaded by Person with Disabilities (PWD’s). As social entrepreneur they will change the negative view of community towards them and create their rights concern following CRPD. To achieve this goal AUDC will create 2 groups of 10 Disabled people with their 1 helping hand peer. This group will work on the aspect of CRPD for rights.
Phillipines: Enhancing Children's Capacities for Advocacy
The project will increase awareness and improve access of at least 200 working children/ youth -at-risk in Metro Manila (Philippines) on child rights, child protection, climate change and basic education through the Alternative Learning System- eSkwela program. An Instructional Manager/ Peer Facilitator will facilitate discussion fora and other web and computer-based activities on child rights advocacy and on various issues that affect them.
