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Mario Duran, one of the leaders of the Voces Bolivianas team in El Alto, put together this video for the attendees of the 2008 Global Voices Summit in Budapest, Hungary. It’s a great brief reminder of what the Voces Bolivianas project is accomplishing.
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Blogging the Dream
The Orizonturi Foundation in Campulung Moldovenesc, Romania is creating a blogging club for mental health service users which trains them how to maintain a weblog, upload videos to online sharing sites, and use social networks. 
Blogging Since Infancy
Pablo Flores of the OLPC project in Uruguay is organizing four workshops around the country to teach young students how to blog with their XO laptops. 
Nari Jibon
The Nari Jibon center in Dhaka incorporates citizen media into existing English, computer, and Bangla classes for young Bangladeshi women. 
Prison Diaries
Prison Diaries teaches inmates in Kingston, Jamaica to blog and podcast in order to present the realities of the Jamaican prison system with the hope of challenging popular 'badboy veneration'. 
AIDS Rights Congo
AIDS Rights Congo trains communication officers from local AIDS organizations in digital story telling, podcasting, and the creation of blogs to document the stigma and discrimination of people infected and affected by HIV and AIDS in Congo. Rising Voices is a Global Voices project supported by the Knight Foundation and OSI.
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Wonderful pictures!
posted on November 8th, 2008 at 10:09 pm - #16662