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Podcasting Democratic Change in Bhutan
The Bhutan Centre for Media and Democracy is one of Rising Voices micrograntee finalists this year, and has recently completed the first stage of the project: training workshops in podcasting. This...
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First Training with Dizha Kieru Radio Team
Dizha Kieru is one of this year's Rising Voices micrograntees – their work is detailed in another recent article on the blog. This reflection on the first training session was written by the project...
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Mapping for Niger
The Mapping for Niger project is one of Rising Voices micrograntee finalists this year. This piece was written by the project's organiser, Orsolya Jenei. Here in Niger, at the Abdou Moumouni University...
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We're Around the World! Photos from the RV Micrograntees
The Rising Voices micrograntee winners from around the world have been documenting their projects as they progress. We chose some images from their flickr streams, Facebook pages, and websites, sharing...
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Mapping for Niger Profiles: Fatiman Alher
Rising Voices is pleased to introduce a few of the students from The Mapping for Niger project, one of this year's micrograntees. Three of the students from the project introduced themselves to us via...
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Mapping for Niger Profile: Abdou Salam
Rising Voices is pleased to introduce a few of the students from The Mapping for Niger project, one of this year's micrograntees. Three of the students from the project introduced themselves to us via...
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Mapping for Niger Profile: Ali Douka Mahaman
Rising Voices is pleased to introduce a few of the students from The Mapping for Niger project, one of this year's micrograntees. Three of the students from the project introduced themselves to us via...
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Featured Podcaster: Jigme Tshewang
Jigme Tshewang, a participant in the Bhutan Centre for Media and Democracy's audio podcasting project, a Rising Voices grantee project. I live with an aim that all people should be informed what is...
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Featured Podcaster: Karma Dupchu
It was a visit by Danish journalists, who organized a two-day workshop on audio podcasting at the Paro College of Education (PCE) in Bhutan, that first piqued Karma Dupchu's interest in this citizen...
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Celebrating a Project Well-Mapped
Mapping for Niger held a ceremony to commemorate 6 months of training and to present the results of the project at the University in Niamey where the project has been ongoing for the 12 students from...
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Navigating the Bhutanese Media Landscape in a New Democracy
With Bhutan's recent transition into democracy, and the lifting of the ban on television and there internet, the role of a more open media has become more of a priority for the country. One of the...
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A New Village for Yadua
Rising Voices note: This is a project update from the Tukuni Yadua, a Rising Voices grantee from Yadua island in Fiji. Josefa Ravuso is one of the project coordinators. The general purpose of the...
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Patients’ Mental Health Radio Broadcasts Waves of Joy
Radio Los Inestables. Photo by Sol del Carpio. Note from Rising Voices: This post is a collection of impressions about the experiences of people involved in the community project Radio Los Inestables...
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Off to Burkina Faso! The Niger Team OpenStreetMaps their way to Ouagadougou
In May, the Mapping for Niger OpenStreetMap team – a 2013 Rising Voices micrograntee – made their way from Niamey to Ouagadougou for a gathering in Burkina Faso. The workshop they attended was aimed...
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Mapping for Niger Turns One, Community Reflects
The original post post was published on the Mapping for Niger website. It is republished here with the team's permission. Mapping for Niger is a Rising voices project. The Mapping for Niger project was...
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