March, 2014

Proposals from March, 2014

Brazil: Lights, Camera, Citizen

  March 26, 2014

The Project light, camera, citizen, aims to promote democratization of access to audiovisual knowledge, promote protagonists actions. Through free workshops, adolescents in fulfillment of socio- educational measures in freedom in the city of Teixeira de Freitas – BA, teenagers sheltered home in Casa Sagrada Familia, Eradication of Child Labour, NGO ASSELIAS, Projovem teenager. During the project young people learn to use the film as a portrayal of reality . In workshops adolescents, besides the theoretical part, has contact with software for video editing.

Uganda: Amplifying Voices of Former Cattle Rustlers

  March 26, 2014

This project aims to highlight the challenges that former cattle rustlers are facing following the forceful disarmament exercise that the Government of Uganda carried out in the remote Karamoja sub-region. Most of the youths locally known as ‘karacunas’ depended on cattle rustling as an economic activity but following the disarmament exercise the practice has been curtailed. However nothing is known about how they are now copying up with life having lost their part of livelihood ( cattle rustling). This project will equip them with skills to report issues that affect them in the social media

Zimbabwe: Widows’ Voice Campaign

  March 26, 2014

The Widows’ Voice Campaign is a project by Widows Empowerment Trust (a registered organization based in Matabeleland, Zimbabwe). This project seeks to use social media to amplify the voices of the widows who are marginalized and excluded in Zimbabwe. Through training of key focal persons who are widows in using smartphones, taking pictures and videos, citizen journalism, storytelling and using social media; the project will empower the widows to tell their story and share it with the world. It will further help reduce stigma, discrimination, exclusion and abuse of widows in rural Matabeleland.

Zambia: Fundi (Hunter in English)

  March 26, 2014

The data Fundi projects aims to provide Web 2.0 training to presenters from four community radio stations based in Zambia's Southern Province. The purpose of the training is to create a provincial network of presenters who will build a blogtalk radio station online, where their programs will be aired. They will also be introduced to blogging. This will give a voice to residents in those communities, who are usually ignored. Apart from state owned ZNBC, the Zambian Law does not allow radio stations to broadcast nation wide. Using this online platform, that law can not prevent a wider audience.

Brazil: The Favela's Underworld

  March 26, 2014

Create a youtube channel and a facebook and twitter page, where local citizen media journalists will be posting the favela (slum) reality, related to violence, corruption, lack of government rules bringing locals minimum support for living like no sewer or water system, diseases, lack of birth control, drugs traffic and all issues related to human living in the favelas, which is a parallel world from the “asphalt” living.

Nigeria: Our Culture Our Heritage (OCOH Project)

  March 25, 2014

The project is aimed at restoring and promoting the culture back to its original form through the use of citizen media With the innovation I intend to use the youth from the Efik community to realize and achieve the aim of the project Through the use of modern tools of communications. According to the Nigeria Education policy it is stated that the native language of a particular community should be used in teaching the learners to enhance effective comprehension of what is being taught ,it is the reverse in my locality.With the ocoh project our culture will be promoted.

India: Women's Health Update

  March 25, 2014

This project is on creating awareness on breast cancer among the young rural women workers by voice mail and bulk SMS in Tamil language. By this project we would reach out nearly 20000 rural women of south tamilnadu where breast cancer occurrence is very severe now days. We would also use social networking like Face book to reach the college going girls.

Uganda: The Mobile Photovoice Media for Communities

  March 25, 2014

The Mobile Photovoice Media is a flat form where issue of concern to the community can be publicized and discussions created. (Advertising works for product promoters), in the same way this project can be use to reach the community fast and cheaply. The Photovoice is for 10 people who are born and lived in this area, ignored by the community and their voices have never been heard are able to tell their stories through photos. They suffered the same fate as everyone during the Lord Resistance Army Wars in Northern Uganda. “I would love a photo of myself” that can tell my story!

Kenya: MCF4us

  March 25, 2014

Proper Information communication technology infrastructure yet to be fully exploited by the residents of Makueni County, the ministry of education has been on the forefront in the utilization of ICT in training especially in secondary schools thereby improving its usage. The main users of ICT services are youth and the salaried workers who use the internet enabled phones and modems. The county needs to improve in ICT training in order to take advantage of the available opportunities especially with the construction of Konza Technpolis City which is located in the county.

Zimbabwe: Amplifying Child Brides’ Voices Through Digital Stories

  March 25, 2014

The project empowers child brides to use digital media platforms to change attitudes that perpetuate the practice of child marriage and educates and mobilises parents and community members to end child marriage. It avails ICTs and makes them accessible to child brides; raises the silenced and forgotten voices of child brides and vulnerable girls; promotes and facilitates child brides’ voices, views, and opinions in the public domain and accurately document child brides’ rights abuse while building a body of knowledge for advocacy purposes to influence policy and legislative change.