Why do we blog? Because we want to express ourselves, to be heard, to learn about others, to augment networking, and most importantly to enhance a new social imagination, engage in social causes among other things. Emerging bloggers in two of the Rising Voices funded projects have done commendable jobs in taking personal initiatives to help others and promote the cause to a greater scale.
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In the Brazilian town of Januária, a local organization called the Friends of Januária, has been a champion of transparency and accountability within the local municipal government. Now they are engaging residents of the town, especially focusing on youth, teaching them how to use citizen media tools for greater civic participation.
Repacted is training refugees living in Nakuru's displacement camps, who were forced to leave their home during Kenya's post-election violence in January, how to tell their stories online.
Following the 1992 Cairo earthquake, thousands resettled in Masaken Alzelzal - Alhadba Alwosta near the Mokattam mountain. The Blog Tales project is working with area teenagers how to use citizen media to tell the story of their neighborhood.
