how community and web can interact for the global good

Global voices online asked for proposals back in January for

activists, bloggers, and NGO's all wanting to use citizen media tools to bring new communities

areas which they believed were being neglected by the web.

Now they have a shortlist of five after receiving 270.

This is a prime example of how community and web can interact for the global good

You can read all about them on the site but here are the five shortlisted

1.Abidjan Blog Camps-series of “blog camps” around Abidjan in which current Ivorian bloggers can discuss the issues affecting them and show new bloggers how to join their ranks.

2.Ceasefire Liberia-where freelance journalist Ruthie Ackerman aims to help foster a transatlantic Liberian blogging community in a country torn apart by civil war.

3.Real Experience of the Digital Era - China where Education documentary filmmaker Wei Zhang will train male and female sex workers who use the AZYZ center how to maintain a blog and upload short video documentaries to share their experiences, opinions, and troubles in order to promote more understanding of the region's sex worker population.

4.Nomad Green - Mongolia which will train Mongolian citizens how to spread awareness - both at home and abroad - about their country's environmental crisis.

5.Empowerment of Women Activists in Media Techniques - Yemen.a new media training course for female politicians, activists, and human right workers in order to bring a new perspective to the Arabic-language blogosphere and to build an online network of Yemeni gender activists

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