http://rising.globalvoicesonline.org/foko/2008/11/18/daily-news-from-foko-bloggers/ Blog Clubs in Madagascar Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:47:25 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://rising.globalvoicesonline.org/foko/2008/11/18/daily-news-from-foko-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-1161 FOKO Madagascar » Blog Archive » Foko Blog Club second Self-Evaluation Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:49:38 +0000 http://rising.globalvoicesonline.org/foko/?p=32#comment-1161 [...] Making headlines, fighting for a rightful cause, teaching ICT to youth, taking part in the coverage of a crisis or a cyclone, organizing tech events…Each bloggers at Foko have been personally commited to at least two or even three of these activities which made our network noticeable by media in Madagascar but also internationally. Giving opportunities to showcase skills and social activism was one of our goals with the Foko Blog Club project like when a teen like Pati manages to bring Malagasy youth voice to an International Youth Conference then shares about her Citizen Media experiences on television. Tamatave’s club is planning to team up with Theo for his project helping disabled youth; more efforts are going to be made in the regions to develop ICT to youth; individually, bloggers have trained friends to Citizen Media; Moma and Patrick want to do more to promote tourism in Madagascar when we only get to read diaspora or foreigners insights; Koloina has joined the Global Voices in Malagasy squad and helping to promote; as many members are training in journalism, strong sense of emulation is created and the more readers and recognition they get the more professional their work is - professional websites have invited Foko citizen journalists to submit their pictures and videos. [...] [...] Making headlines, fighting for a rightful cause, teaching ICT to youth, taking part in the coverage of a crisis or a cyclone, organizing tech events…Each bloggers at Foko have been personally commited to at least two or even three of these activities which made our network noticeable by media in Madagascar but also internationally. Giving opportunities to showcase skills and social activism was one of our goals with the Foko Blog Club project like when a teen like Pati manages to bring Malagasy youth voice to an International Youth Conference then shares about her Citizen Media experiences on television. Tamatave’s club is planning to team up with Theo for his project helping disabled youth; more efforts are going to be made in the regions to develop ICT to youth; individually, bloggers have trained friends to Citizen Media; Moma and Patrick want to do more to promote tourism in Madagascar when we only get to read diaspora or foreigners insights; Koloina has joined the Global Voices in Malagasy squad and helping to promote; as many members are training in journalism, strong sense of emulation is created and the more readers and recognition they get the more professional their work is – professional websites have invited Foko citizen journalists to submit their pictures and videos. [...]

]]> http://rising.globalvoicesonline.org/foko/2008/11/18/daily-news-from-foko-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-742 eduardo Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:44:02 +0000 http://rising.globalvoicesonline.org/foko/?p=32#comment-742 Foko Universe! Foko Universe!

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