We will conduct youth educational and training workshop on how to use blogs, digital photography and video to document life in their surrounding their communities. it will allow youth from these sub counties to interact with, learn, share values and take part in intensive skills-building workshops on use of blogs, digital photography and video, as well as social networking and how to use these measures to address their social-economic challenges
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?
under this training, we will a youth social blog on which youth can interact and exchange ideals about their daily life in their individual communities and will a news letter in pictorial form addressing youth social-economic constraints affecting them. this news letter will later be uploaded social media sites like Facebook and twitter.
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.
the Foundation works with both internal and international organisations that works towards enhancing on the lives of people in different social-economic developmental aspects. these include; BIOVISION FOUNDATION, FUNDS FOR NGO, NEW-YORK, USA, COMMUNITY BASED INITIATIVE CENTRE-RWENZORI, Rwenzori Youth Initiative for Development, Kyanzuki Association for Rural Advancement, United women of Kyanzuki Association,
How many participants do you think will be involved in your project?
50 youth both male and female
Besides the microgrant funding, what other resources and support are you seeking for your project to ensure its success?
installing an e-society centre in Muhokya sub county where the youth and other members of the community can have free computer training and internet access.
Organization
Elia Foundation For Community Development (EFCO-DEV)
