Heather Ford, co-founder of the African Commons Project, was recently in Durban, South Africa to facilitate a followup workshop with the Muthande Society for the Aged. She summarizes the lessons she learned during the workshop and offers suggestions for other non-profits and funders interested in supporting citizen journalism training programs.
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The "Exploring Taboos" project by the Cairo-based organization Nazra for Feminist Studies aims to create an online safe space for Egyptians to have conversations about gender and sexuality issues.
The Indian organization Transparent Chennai is working with local fishing communities in southern Chennai to help them document land use and other space-related issues through participatory map making activities, including geo-tagged photographs made my local youth.
With the tagline, “it takes a village to raise an idea,” FOKO wants to help Madagascar by bringing the world’s attention to Malagasy people.
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