Podcast

22 July 2011

[Podcast] Update from Transparent Chennai

Written by Eddie Avila · Podcast, Feature

We recently spoke with Siddharth Hande from the Rising Voices grantee project Transparent Chennai in India. In this podcast, Sid describes how he started working with the fishing villages and his special interest in mapping activities. He also provides additional information about future activities in these communities.

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5 July 2011

Guinea-Bissau: Featured on Global Voices Podcast

Written by Eddie Avila · Podcast, Feature

The Rising Voices grantee project "Youth Voices of Bandim and Enterramento" was recently featured in the newest episode of the Global Voices podcast. Listen to hear some of the sounds of the Manjuandadi group, a women's singing group in the capital city of Bissau.

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14 September 2009

Repacted: Training Community Members

Written by Rezwan · Podcast, Feature

Dennis Kimambo, the co-founder of the Rising Voices grantee Repacted was featured recently in the BBC pods and blogs podcast. In this interview Dennis talked about training local communities to blog and how this helps the communities to tackle the spread of HIV/AIDS.

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10 September 2009

[Video] Álvaro Ramírez at Ars Electronica 2009

Written by David Sasaki · Podcast, Hiper-Barrio

HiperBarrio was represented at Ars Electronica by Álvaro Ramirez, Gabriel Jaime Vanegas, and Diego Gomez. Álvaro's presentation introduced the history and evolution of HiperBarrio and how the group of young bloggers and citizen journalists in San Javier La Loma have managed to maintain a sense of community while still introducing new members to remain open and inclusive.

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7 November 2008

Pati Rakotomalala on the need to listen to the youth

Written by David Sasaki · Podcast, Video

Pati Rakotomalala represented FOKO Madagascar at this year's Interdependence Day in Brussels, Belgium about the importance of listening to youth. Pati later gave a presentation about her experience in Brussels at Madagascar's first-ever Barcamp.

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8 July 2008

Voces Bolivianas Sends Greetings to the Global Voices Summit

Written by David Sasaki · Podcast, Voces Bolivianas

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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21 June 2008

A Podcast About La Loma by HiperBarrio

Written by David Sasaki · Podcast, Hiper-Barrio

ConVerGentes, the San Javier La Loma-based group of young journalists who form part of HiperBarrio, have started a podcast in Spanish. Have a listen to learn more about their community, how it is different from the rest of Medellín, and why they are headed to Campus Party.

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4 June 2008

[Video] Prison Diaries in Jamaica

Written by David Sasaki · Podcast, Video

SET Director Kevin Wallen and volunteer Caleen Deidritch explain the history, process, and objectives of Prison Diaries, a project which teaches inmates at two of Kingston's correctional facilities how to portray the realities of life behind bars using blogs and podcasts.

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3 May 2008

[Video] Dhaka's Slums

Written by David Sasaki · Nari Jibon, Podcast

Nari Jibon's team of bloggers take us on a tour of Dhaka's slums, describing how it is that Bangladeshis live in some of the very poorest parts of the capital city. Because the sub-titles pass by so quickly, I will transcribe them here.

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1 May 2008

[Video] Ankarihary- Lake of Shame

Written by David Sasaki · Podcast, Video

FOKO blogger and United Nations Club member Patricia exposes pollution at Lake Ankarihary near downtown Antananarivo. The video was submitted to MySpace's Film Your Issue contest.

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