http://english.vocesbolivianas.org a citizen's media project Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:52:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Our friend Rosa Jiménez Cano from the Spanish newspaper El País was present at the Global Voices Summit in Budapest, Hungary. She wrote an article called, "Listen to the World to Improve it," about the presentation by the Rising Voices projects and where blogger and Voces Bolivianas participant Cristina ... http://english.vocesbolivianas.org/2008/07/04/media-voces-bolivianas-featured-in-the-spanish-paper-el-pais/ Mónica Ticona writes about activities in the municipality of San Andrés de Machaca in Ingavi Province. During the dates around Worker Day (May 1), a football tournament is held in the community of Laquinamaya. Mónica describes a bit about the Altiplano town: This community sits on the border with the ... http://english.vocesbolivianas.org/2008/05/13/featured-post-sports-in-laquinamaya-at-more-than-3800-m-above-sea-level/ After each Voces Bolivianas project in El Alto and Santa Cruz, we give each participant a survey and evaluation about their experiences in the workshop. One question was, "Are you interested in participating in future workshops in order to each others?" The vast majority said, "Yes." When we launched ... http://english.vocesbolivianas.org/2008/04/12/profile-youth-group-to-participate-in-bolivian-voices-day-in-el-alto/ The need to reach more Bolivians in underrepresented groups created the need to launch the campaign “Bolivian Voices in Your Community” in order to ask for the help of local bloggers to bring a Bolivian Voices 2-month project to they communities and teach the use of web 2.0 tools (blogs, ... http://english.vocesbolivianas.org/2008/03/31/announcement-bolivian-voices-day-on-april-19/ Original: Los Centros de Internet y Los Jovenes Everyday, Internet cafes are filled with children and teenagers, but sadly, in most cases they spend their time playing games for many hours. In many cases, our students are left without money for recess and without bus fares because they spend their money ... http://english.vocesbolivianas.org/2008/02/22/featured-post-internet-cafes-and-teenagers/ Original: Otro Sábado Con Voces Bolivianas The day started with something rather heavy, after a worrying experience last night. One of the many skills that I am very fond of is the sport of basketball. I can rely on my feline-like agility, so every night we decide to play with ... http://english.vocesbolivianas.org/2008/02/22/featured-post-another-saturday-with-voces-bolivianas/ Original: Mi Barrio I am going to tell you about about my neighborhood as a little tour just in case you decide to come visit here. If you visit Santa Cruz, don't forget to pass by here. The neighborhood is located the zone called Plan 3000. The tour will start ... http://english.vocesbolivianas.org/2008/02/17/featured-post-my-neighborhood/ The Spanish version of the BBC "The World" radio report was recent published in BBC Mundo and also in La Nación of Buenos, Aires Argentina. Many thanks to the reporter Ruxandra Guidi for her coverage of our project. http://english.vocesbolivianas.org/2008/02/17/media-voces-bolivianas-in-la-nacion-argentina/ Original: La Ciudad de la Alegria En Aymara: pronto. La Ciudad de la Alegría (City of Joy) is a very beautiful place, with a sports complex, futsal courts, football fields, pools, and many more things. Going to Ciudad de la Alegría is a beautiful experience because we took many photos and we ... http://english.vocesbolivianas.org/2008/02/10/featured-post-city-of-joy/ Original: Amar La Patria In Aymara: Soon I think that everyone far and wide that was born under this blue, pure, and clean sky loves his or her country, like I do. Many of us feel happy to be here in the Orient or Occident, in the north or the south ... http://english.vocesbolivianas.org/2008/02/07/featured-post-love-our-country/