Proposals Digital Storytelling from February, 2013
Pakistan: BangyaLIFE
Bangyal is a small town located 35 kms from Islamabad lacking the very basic facilities of life. The idea is to motivate and encourage selected people of the community especially women (households) to raise their voices through use of camera. They will post pictures of their daily life activities in the Bangyal village on Flickr highlighting barriers faced on daily basis and how they are coping with them for seeking attention of decision makers.
Uganda: Raising Voices on Maternal Health Rights
This project aims to use photography as a tool to communicate challenges mothers go through in their quest for maternal health services in Uganda. 4 community photographers will be identified and trained to take photos in their areas. Images that best communicate women’s reality and stories will be selected and shared on CEHURD flicker web page. 2 photo exhibition workshops will be held for the community and leaders to dialogue. It’s expected
Kenya: Talent development and edutainment program
This project will promote use of local talent to address topical issues through youth trainings on how to use digital technology, social media, visual & performing arts to voice their views & opinions by use of photos, stories & short video documentaries. The project will create awareness on topical issues, promote skill & talent diversity, build the youth’s capacity as resource persons & ultimately create positive social change in the community.
Uganda: Ending Corruption & Abuse of Human Rights
The proposed project will reach out to 300 in School and out of school children in increasing awareness on corruption and advocating for enjoyment of the basic rights.The project will target 50 teachers and 300 children (150 in school and 150 out of school). These will be trained on how to use social media like face-book,twitter and skype to speak out against corruption and human rights buses such as child sacrifice & torture in their community
Uganda: Demystifying ICT in a Ugandan Rural Poor Community
I wish to initially install 10 computers and internet in a newly completed Computer Laboratory to give basic computer training to 250 Primary School children and 20 Teachers in 5 rural primary schools, 50 secondary school students and 10 teachers in the same locality and 150 adults. These have already formed readers clubs. These will access information on basic agriculture, simple income generating activities and prevention of killer disease
Kenya: Girls Peer Learning Network – GPEN
To offer peer to peer training for in school adolescent girls. Girls listen more to fellow girls thank they listen to other people, the aim of this project is to mobilize and train girls as peer educations to train and mentor more girls on issued around reproductive health, sex and sexuality and girls leadership. This project will bring out girls who leaders mentoring others and making informed decisions on their lives.
Uganda: Raising Awareness about Gender-Based Violence Against Schoolgirls
The purpose of the project is to raise awareness about Violence against school girls by use of modern media technology.The project hopes to use mobile phones ,digital video and photography to raise awareness about violence against school girls;how it affects their education and health and mobilize conferences to counteract it.
Uganda: I Love Being a Girl Experience Project
Project involves collecting video interviews of young women to share experiences about being a girl, about their sexuality rights in open positive way, presenting stories how they overcome obstacles, need to change, project aim is to promote self esteem positive view on sexuality/equality/diversity recognizing social pressure, contradicting messages that girls receive while growing up, the challenges that exist.
Mauritania: Popular Memory
Mauritania history generly is not written and not documented as well as required. the majority of this history is popular and oral with the old generation of more than 60 years old. this very important part of history with the original language terms are about to be wasted, especially in the historical old cities registred by UNESCO as human heritage. the project is about documenting (photo,audio,video) this history, and make it available online
Canada: Technology is Cool – DIY Workshops for Girls
The hands-on workshop provides a free workshop only for teenage girls so they can learn that technology is cool. The technology workshop will integrate fashion and DIY hardware ie. LED lighting, Andrino and other computer technologies. The attendees will learn first hand that technology is fun and has future job opportunities In addition the attendees will blog their experience on a WordPress site, Facebook page and a Youtube Channel
