Archive for the ‘REPACTED’ Category

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Eduardo Ávila of the Voces Bolivanas project recently visited the REPACTED project in Kenya. Read his accounts of the works and the challenges of this project. Also posted in this feature are two videos of Magnet theatre, their tool for behavioral change in the society and some photos taken by Eduardo. Read also the highlights from the blogs of the REPACTED members, who are telling amazing stories online about their fight to make the world free from HIV/AIDS and STIs.

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Rising Voices Bloggers on Obama’s Victory

posted by David Sasaki on Nov 08, 2008 - 1 comment
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Rising Voices bloggers joined the global chorus this week as several responded to Barack Obama’s victory in Tuesday’s presidential election in the United States. We hear comparisons with elections in Colombia and Bolivia, and a blogger in Kenya shares his worries about the security of Obama’s grandmother living in Kogelo, Kenya.

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REPACTED: Challenging the digital divide

posted by Rezwan on Sep 18, 2008 - 5 comments
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Many REPACTED members have their own blogs now but they can rarely update because of costly Internet connection. They have produced videos and images of their magnet theater production aimed at behavioral change in marginal societies in Kenya but cannot upload in their blogs because of slow Internet connection. Read about their challenges and dreams.

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REPACTED: Learning to Blog

posted by Rezwan on Aug 21, 2008 - 3 comments
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We have some updates from the Rising Voices grantee REPACTED. In the last week of July REPACTED had a workshop on report writing and blogging in their project office in Nakuru, Kenya.

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The second day of the Global Voices Citizen Media Summit projected different works and achievements of Global Voices Online. The Rising Voices project was certainly in the spotlight as it involves in giving the voice to those who need it the most and improves the lives of people who are neglected by the media and the communities. We look at the presentation of the Rising Voices project in the summit and the reactions of the participants and the media.

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REPACTED: Young and ready to change the society

posted by Rezwan on Jun 19, 2008 - 0 comments
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Kenyan youths face a low life expectancy because of extreme poverty, poor health care and an AIDS epidemic. Some of them are internally displaced and took refuge in camps after the post election violence. But with the help of REPACTED, a Rising Voices grantee they have found hope and are daring to make a change in the society. Learn how they are doing it in this week’s feature.

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REPACTED: Giving Voice To The Kenyan Youths

posted by Rezwan on Apr 03, 2008 - 2 comments
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We have interviewed Denis Kimambo, Program Manager of one of the new Rising Voices grantees, the Youth Media Consultative Forum of REPACTED from Kenya. Through this interview we learn about this interesting project as well as updates of the situation in Kenya after the end of the post election crisis.

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