This project is to create a local support network for bloggers with two operating mechanisms: the creation of a training camp media and citizens to use twitter with a mission to identify, train members of village groups, supervise, manage and publish relevant information on the web to join the international community as well as an online one village group with the primary role of establishing a source of important information.
What locality or neighborhood will your project focus on?
Describe the specific community with whom you will be working.
What kinds of news, stories and other content will be created?
We will create traditional artistic and cultural content (video, dance, song, story, proverb and lunch), content of technological innovation (traditional medicine and other innovative techniques, local health content (dietary habits and different health problems developed in the area as well as the political content (conflict and current political figure of the week. Participants will come out as a blog type of citizen media and videos.
What technologies and digital tools do you plan to use in the trainings?
Describe the connections that you or your organization have already established that will contribute to the success of the project.
Our organization has worked established collaborative relationships with local associations in the sense that they are among the beneficiaries of our actions on land. These are also members of these local associations which will be chosen to form the group villagers.
How many participants do you think will be involved in your project?
We expect 120 participants trained from among the members of partner associations will be trained in citizen media and the use of Twitter. Their maintenance will be conditioned by the demonstration of the importance of the use of citizen media and Twitter to communicate with other users in order to preserve and promote their language online
Besides the microgrant funding, what other resources and support are you seeking for your project to ensure its success?
To ensure the success of our project, we will use the contributions from our members as permanent local financial participation of our organization.
Organization
RESEAU DES JEUNES FEMINISTE POUR LE PROGRES SOCIAL (RJFPS)
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