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WACC launches Haiti Appeal |
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| | In response to the 7.1 earthquake devastation in Haiti, and in solidarity with partners working in communication, WACC launched an appeal to raise funds eventually to rebuild community communications in those areas of Haiti most severely affected by the earthquake. Donations will be used to replace damaged communication structures, to purchase new broadcasting equipment, and to train new journalists.
See details of the appeal here...
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GMMP: The launch |
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By Teresia Mutuku, Communications Officer and Web Manager, WACC
| | A preliminary report of the Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP 2009/2010), coordinated by WACC, will be released in March, for the Beijing Platform for Action Review +15 that will take place in New York. The full results will be released in September 2010 accompanied by simultaneous release of national reports in about 130 countries.
“We will be working with national coordinators in every country that took part in gathering the data, for them to produce national reports in their own languages, relevant to their particular situation in their country”, says WACC’s Director of Programmes, Lavinia Mohr, in an interview at the WACC offices in Toronto. Read more...
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WACC annual photo competition launched |
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By Teresia Mutuku, Communications Officer and Web Manager, WACC
 | | The WACC Photo competition 2010 has been launched. The competition, in its seventh year, is being run on Flickr for the fifth time! This year’s theme is Communication and Poverty. Poverty includes communication poverty. Stronger voices of people living in poverty lead to better understanding and action aimed at tackling injustice and inequality. With open access to information and knowledge, poor communities can work towards a better future. Images should focus on communication helping to overcome poverty; tearing down communication barriers; having a voice and being heard. Read more...
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Building advocacy capacity in the international ecumenical community |
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By Lavinia Mohr, WACC Director of Programmes, WACC
| | WACC, represented by its Director of Programmes, Lavinia Mohr, was among participants from 17 countries around the world who gathered in Geneva in January 2010 to help guide the strengthening of advocacy capacity in the international ecumenical community. Participants identified several aspects of advocacy capacity that need strengthening: better sharing of network members’ advocacy materials and resources; better use of electronic advocacy tools including social networking;and better monitoring and evaluation of advocacy results and impact. Specific recommendations were also made for EAA’s Food for Life campaign. Read more... |
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Programme updates |
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Indigenous Women and Communication: a tool for participation and democracy |
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By María Teresa Aveggio, Programme Manager, WACC
| | In December 2005, the UN General Assembly approved a project aimed at strengthening the capacity of institutions at national and community levels in Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru to engage indigenous women in decision-making. Implemented by the Secretariat of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) the programme sought to develop capacity building through new technologies in Latin America and to strengthen indigenous women’s self awareness and esteem. Its aim was to improve their participation in decision-making processes and promote self-affirmation of their cultural and gender identities. Read more...
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Fighting against HIV-AIDS Stigma |
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By Munyaradzi Makoni
Christian Council of Ghana
| | In Ghana, the fear of being known as someone with HIV or AIDS is one reason why social support systems and drug programs have failed to work in the past, but one organization’s tireless efforts against the stigma associated with the condition are now paying off.
Christian Council of Ghana’s (CCG) in collaboration with WACC and DFID (UK's Department For International Development), are committed to eradicate the stigma, says a senior official with the organization. Read more...
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Regional News |
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2010 WACC North America Executive Committee elected in online AGM |
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| | WACC North America held its first-ever online Annual General Meeting 11 December last year and elected a new Executive Committee including Sheila George (President); Rebekah Chevalier (Vice President); Jean Robinson (Secretary) and Basilio Monteiro (Treasurer). The new committee incudes both seasoned Executive Committee members and 7 brand new members, bringing a rich diversity of talents and experiences to the work of the Executive Committee and WACC North America.
Members cast their vote for the proposed slate for the Offcers and members of the 2010 Executive Committee from December 8-11, 2009, using the polling capabilities of the WACC Global website. The Executive Committee nomination was endorsed by 100% of voters. A proposed budget for 2010 was also adopted at the meeting.To see thefull list of the new committee, follow this link...
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Free online course in Spanish about creating digital media products |
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 | | Journalists need more than a basic understanding of new technology to work in the digital media environment. To teach Latin American and Caribbean reporters and editors to go beyond the basics of digital journalism, the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas is offering the online course in Spanish, “Digital Media Project Development,” which will take place Feb. 22–April 4, 2010.
Applications are available online until Feb. 7 Read more...
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Features |
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Multimedia Reporting on Haiti |
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| | By Amy Webb, IJNet Digital Media Consultant
In the aftermath of the recent earthquake tragedy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, media organizations all over the world are taking different digital approaches to covering the story. Various technologies and tools are being used to measure the tragedy and to tell the harrowing stories of its countless victims.
The list below includes some of the best multimedia coverage I've seen so far. These projects use video, interactive timelines, data visualization and a number of social networking tools in an informative and creative way. You'll see that the examples come from both mainstream news outlets as well as from nontraditional sources. Read more...
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Pictorial news - Haiti Disaster |
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José Luis Soto reporting from Haiti
Since the we were alerted about the 7.1 earthquake that shook Haiti January 12, we have continued to receive and disseminate news about this devastating tragedy.
Mobilization to follow up the news was immediate. Each and every member of WACC-Caribe and WACC Global responded. In the beginning we wanted to learn about the well-being of the personal members of our organization, but also about the conditions of the partner communication institutions with whom WACC Global has worked for more than two decades. It was then that in the Dominican Republic, for example, we took the initiative of locating our colleagues and members of WACC-Caribe in Haiti. Read more... | | | | |  | | WACC-Caribbean president survived
Prof. Ary Regis, the president of WACC-Caribbean region, based in Haiti, survived the earthquake. Former regional president, Gotson Pierre, also survived.
This information was provided by José Luis Soto, Director of WACC’s partner network Espacinsular, who contacted them while covering the earthquake catastrophe on the ground.
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The possibilities for communication are extremely precarious after the powerful earthquake of January 12 devastated the capital as well as the surrounding area and plunged Haiti into despair and pain.
Alterpresse regrets not having been able to inform you at the time of this terrible shock, which has destroyed its offices. The alternatives that we contemplated did not function until the end of the evening of January 14. Read more...
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Thousands of dead following the earthquake in Haiti. Some speak of more than 100,000, others of half a million. What’s certain is that we have already seen a great many in the streets of the Haitian capital.
At the present time Haiti has no services: water, electricity, telephone and, least of all, Internet.
A first count by this reporter and other colleagues from nearby Dominican Republic indicates that there are dozens of people lying on Delmas Avenue and in the rubble calling for help. Read more...
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