We want people with disabilities show their life, with their skills, abilities, challenges, efforts positively for others with disabilities believe in themselves and other people to change the way we think about people with disabilities and can see them as people who can take on challenges, difficulties, actions like any other person through a inclusive and accessible video posted on social networking which includes these life experiences and tries to form a digital network of support among people with disabilities who want to share their lives.
Topical focus:
Country:
What locality or neighborhood will your project focus on?
Quito, Guayaquil, Ambato, Tulcán, Manta
Describe the specific population with whom you will be working.
The target population are people with disabilities who will be the direct actors presenting your life, there will be displayed according to disability either audibly, using sign language, their experiences, this population is not represented online by the non-visibility of people and their lives in a positive way and not properly trained in the use of social networks based on disability.
Disabled people manage and know computers and internet however the biggest limitation is that which adapt according to their disabilities have to do to use.
Who else will be on your team to help implement the project?
Patricia Reyes, twitter:@patyreyesn26
David Guevara, facebook: www.facebook.com/davidguevarah twitter:@davidguevarah
Diego Herdoíza, facebook:www.facebook.com/diego.herdoizaguzman twitter: @diegoherdoiza
Gestion Ecuador, twitter: @GestionEcuador facebook:www.facebook.com/gestionecuador2104 www.gestioencuador.org
FLAHU, facebook: www.facebook.com/flahu.org www.flahu.org
National Federations and Disability (physical, hearing, visual, and intectual NGOs) from Ecuador www.discapacidadesecuador.org
FENEDIF Federación de Ecuatorianos con Discapacidad Física twitter: @FENEDIF1
What kinds of news, stories and other content will be created?
Develop a video that communicates stories of people with disabilities as take life from a positive perspective , assuming as capable of facing challenges , dignifying their living conditions . want to use the impact that digital media such as youtube, vimeo , to use the facebook platform as a link between people who want to build purposeful news about your condition
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.
Working partnerships will be established with National Federations and Disability (physical, hearing, visual, intectual and NGOs) from Ecuador with those who have already worked other actions together. The federations have organizations, associations representing people with disabilities and with them the various people with disabilities were identified to tell their stories.
Also federations will serve as a platform to promote and develop video network of people with disabilities who want to continue sharing their lives.
Likewise other actor is the National Federation of Ecuadorians with Physical Disabilities FENEDIF handlers Labor System Integration project where we had people with all types of disabilities working throughout Ecuador who are willing to tell their stories.
How many participants do you think will be trained in your project?
It will train 5 people with disabilities for each federation. Total 20 participants.
Federations bring together more than 300 organizations of persons with disabilities and their families about 6000 people with disabilities who will also be beneficiaries.
Of these participants two histories for each disability be developed video and posted on the network will be chosen.
But when the trainees of the federations that knowledge is guaranteed to stay on each federation and can continue to be replicated in its members and enhancing the stories of people with disabilities.
Describe which technologies, tools, and media you will focus on when training participants.
Federations to be part of the National Equality Council disabilities have a video conferencing system which will be used for training persons with disabilities.
Networks facebook, youtube, vimeo will be used.
A camera for professional photography and video as a contribution Ecuador Management and other digital video tools will be used
Playful workshop methodology will be developed and sign language translators will be used for people with hearing impairment and education techniques to people with visual disabilities.
Describe the facilities where you will hold the workshops.
Federations to be part of the National Equality Council disabilities have a video conferencing system which will be used for training persons with disabilities.
People have computers and access to intenet in each province and a room for video conferencing.
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?
Projects we have worked on campaigns and voluntary access to transportation, work, accessibility, rights, inclusion, awareness with organizations of persons with disabilities and federations
We continue to support this group and making their voice and their lives are heard
What specific challenges do you expect to face when planning and implementing your project?
1. Hope to increase the positive image of people with disabilities
make a support network of people with disabilities in positive experiences
2. Open the opportunity for people without disabilities know what people with disabilities can do
3. Provide skills at five federations with disabilities and people with disability in the management and editing of videos and social networking.
How will you measure and evaluate the project’s impact, specifically: your primary participants, the wider regional community, or the global digital community?
1. measures of success in video:
-Number of visits to video
-Number Comment to video
-Number of subscriptions
-Number of shared links
2measurements of success of social networks. facebook:
– Statistics generated by the platform facebook
If your project were to be selected as a Rising Voices grantee, what would be the general timeline of project activities in 2014?
The project will have a duration of two months to have the funding and counted 12
times:
1 Socialization of the proposal with the actors.
2 Building Script with the actors.
3 Agreements with actors and essays.
4 Locations.
5 Edition.
6 Place the video in digital media: youtube, vimeo.
7 Socialization and promotion material.
8 Creating the social network with the actors.
9 Training in the administration of the social platform.
10 Promotion with stakeholders to connect people associated with the federations.
11 Broadcasting of video and social networking in public and private institutions.
12 Support management and monitoring platform.
Detail a specific budget of up to $2,500 USD for operating costs.
Internet in offices 94.00 USD
Coordination 200.00 USD
Per diem for travel 396.00 USD
Design and Editing inclusive video (sign language) 1000.00 USD
Trainer 200.00 USD
Socialization of the proposal with the actors. 80.00 USD
Building Script with the actors 80.00USD
Socialization and promotion material 80.00USD
Training network administration platform 170.00USD
Promotion with stakeholders to connect
people associated with the federations. 100.00USD
Broadcasting of video and social networking in
public and private institutions. 100.00USD
Besides the microgrant funding, what other support can Rising Voices provide for your project to ensure its success?
1. Broadcasting video web sites and network.
2. Technical training or review of experiences in the development of accessible communication products.
Contact name
Diego Herdoíza Guzmán
Organization
Corporación Gestión Ecuador
