we look at going down the youth in the ghettos to give them courage that its possible.and we shall share our captions on a community television and radio.we also look at getting some young people who will have performed better to train then in our apprentice programme
Topical focus:
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What locality or neighborhood will your project focus on?
jinja municipality
Describe the specific population with whom you will be working.
The ghetto youth,jobless and have less concentration to participate in on line projects due to the cost of private internet providers,we want to want to work with them(with my organization :Ghetto natives) to change their attitudes about life,they have a little bit of computer competence but cant express their ideas to the world out there
Who else will be on your team to help implement the project?
Face book accounts :king lyx,Aisha sayd Anwar,John Naku and other persons we might get on board,these people have vast traing in different disciplines like journalism,social work etc
What kinds of news, stories and other content will be created?
Youth works(income generating activities ghetto youth do),Ghetto crime etc.This will help raise attention to the populace that there is a need to work together with other community members and the local government levels to help stop wast of youth as a very useful resource in economic growth of the locality.
What technologies and digital tools do you plan to use in the trainings?
Describe the connections that you or your organization have already established or plan to establish that will contribute to the success of the project.
Youth under skills,for apprentice pogramme,and some local media houses(we have worked with them before),Jinja police station.and others yet to mature.collaborations have been established at a mutual physical visits to those organisations and elaborations
How many participants do you think will be trained in your project?
we are looking at a number of 20 persons and will be got out of the local media call in announcements and talk shows ,we shall sustain them with an organized traing with a one local training school.
Describe which technologies, tools, and media you will focus on when training participants.
video camera,4 computers i and my partners have a number of technical,skills in video-graph,IT and much more
Describe the facilities where you will hold the workshops.
USB modems away from workshops but we shall majorly use Dial up it conducive for the intended work.
What is your current relationship with the community with whom you plan to work? What makes you the most appropriate individual or organization to implement this project?
We are the most appropriate organization to handle because we stay in thee places and the Ghetto youth resonance with us .and when we fully establish our funding base ,we shall let it keep up as a programme.
What specific challenges do you expect to face when planning and implementing your project?
It would be internet failure and though we look at USb modem still it un beatable however it doesnt much take long when it occurs,for security issues we are already in good books with police and other government security organs
How will you measure and evaluate the project’s impact, specifically: your primary participants, the wider regional community, or the global digital community?
we shall have track records of the project and we hope to sustain it as a programme ,wen we get funds from our intended activities
If your project were to be selected as a Rising Voices grantee, what would be the general timeline of project activities in 2014?
we look at our financial year from July which we are yet to draw
Detail a specific budget of up to $2,500 USD for operating costs.
its approximately 1800 USD
Besides the microgrant funding, what other support can Rising Voices provide for your project to ensure its success?
A representative from your local agency for guidance.
Contact name
paulurbans Kagolokakyomya
Organization
Ghetto natives entertainment and promotions
