Proposals Arts & Culture
Kenya: Introducing Social Media to Grassroot Women in Kakamega
The project intends to connect ten indigenous/grassroot women groups in Kakamega County,who are engaged in different social-economic activities in order to learn from each group and hence come up with a Participatory Intergrated Community Development program which each group will be sharing through social media.The project will train and equip this vulnerable group of women on social media and videography.
Mexico: Interpersonal Communication between Non-digital Natives
The non-digital natives have difficulty communicating with the digital natives, so I intend to document the challenges they face, their thoughts and stories, decrear to record their experiences, stories in a warehouse that allows us to understand the change experiencing the presence of new information technologies and communication. This record will be made by recording videos, creating blogs, microblogs and social networking communications.
Nigeria: Internet Sensitization for Local Community Nigerian Girls.
I hope to randomly select 100 girls of 15 to 21years of age from my local community and organize a 1month workshop aimed at creating online presence for them and helping them realize how they can use to internet to reach out and promote their individual native cultures.
Kenya: Promotion of Cultural Value Through Media
This region with vast cultural values needs an approach that will enhance a) establishment of centers for documentation, dissemination and marketing. b) Establish media approach in ensuring protection of rights and promotion of tourism. c) Enrich the society outside the region with valuable cultural items
Nepal: E-Urja Chepang
‘E-Urja Chepang’ is the first online project of Chepang which aim is to develop true global conversation of Chepang Communities with rest of the world on the basis of culture and arts, citizen journalism and discussion forums. This project will use the web tools like blogging and social media networks which make them harness in their native language for truly outfitting the e- movement of Chepang.
Uganda: Source of the Nile One-story-a-day
Train 300 Source of the Nile bloggers in 25 partnering schools and 05 community libraries with computer labs how to create group blogs to share their voices widely. Work with the 10 indigenous Lusoga speakers in each school/library to use blogs and Twitter to connect with others as a way to preserve and promote Lusoga language online and cultural tourism of Busoga's Nile valley. Our target is to generate one local story a day from each trainee.
Kenya: +254 GIFT
+254 GIFT is a project with and aim to Promote Share and Showcase Creativity, Cultural diversity, Talents and Gifts to the world and other communities in Kenya (+254). Through the social platforms Art/Dance, Stories, Poetry, Music, Nature walks will be recorded and photos taken to share to the world and Kenyan communities via a Blog, a Facebook page, Twitter Handle etc. This will be accomplished by training and mentoring youths on photo taking, video recording and writting blogs at workshops, camps, youth group meetings etc. At the end of it all Talents will be identified, natured and mostly share around the globe. With that the +254Gift given as a package
Zimbabwe: Transition Period of the Shangaan Marginalised Society
The Shangaan have been underrepresented in Zimbabwe as a minority group that inhabit the remotest side of the south-eastern Lowveld of Zimbabwe. Their cultural norms and values have been subject to criticism, viewed as backward and conservative. Their language over the years could not be included in the educational carricular. Through lobbying for representation, they have now received a significant representation in politics and economics.
Tanzania: The Attentiveness Toward EAC Integration
To make TANZANIA communities to understand the advantages and dis advantages of EAC integration through debates, and seminars among the community for the future generation of EAC.Also the use Bongo flava musician to pass the messages of EAC using social network like Facebook,tweeter also the use of radio program with the message of EAC integration by inviting them in the radio program shows through the above ways message will reach to our target.
India: ‘Upekshita’-The Neglected Artisans of Isolated Community
Tribal rural isolated communities of West Bengal- Birbhum, Bankura, Purulia District-and adjacent Jharkhand State boarding West Bengal, are ironically have been teetering on the brink of subsistence. Our initiative that links primary producers to mainstream markets by organizing Workshops, Participating in Expos and Trade expositions and design a dynamic web-portal to exhibit their dexterous creative touch of artistry.
