The Drum Beat 76 - Communication and Change News and Issues

PROGRAMMES



1. Rural Development Network (RDN) - Uganda - an indigenous NGO to carry out activities in the fields of agricultural transformation, environment protection, primary health care, promotion of education and training in technical skills for sustainable development, and empowerment of the marginalised groups in Uganda. RDN is using an integrated rural development approach to develop rural areas through gradual geographical targeting of the most affected areas of Iganga District, in the Eastern region of Uganda. They seek funding. Contact [email protected]



2. Social Entrepreneurship Awards - Global - The Schwab Foundation will reward initiatives in social entrepreneurship that have significantly improved people's lives and have the potential to be adapted to other settings. This is US$ 1 million to individuals and/or organizations. No self-nominations. Particular interest in initiatives that combine 2 or more of: Health, Education, Environment, Economic Development, Civic Participation, and Communications' Tools. Contact [email protected]



3. African Women Welfare Foundation (AWWF) - West, East & Southern Africa - working towards empowerment and rights of women. AWWF plans to: provide support to domestically abused or abandoned women; provide support for widows who have been left without a means of livelihood; provide counselling service and emergency contraception for sexually abused women; offer literacy programmes and vocational skills for women; give poor rural HIV positive pregnant women the support and medication so they will not their infants. AWWF is developing their pilot programme with women in a refugee camp on the outskirts of Lagos, Nigeria, with a large population of women and children displaced from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Zaire. Seeking technical and financial assistance. Contact Dr Olasimbo Olaitan [email protected]



4. DebtChannel.org - Global - OneWorld has launched a global portal on international debt, in partnership with over 70 leading aid agencies, human rights and campaign groups worldwide. It includes: the latest news on debt; actions to take to help Drop the Debt; online discussions, events and networking; a web directory of direct links to organisations working on debt; and, documents on international debt.



5. Participatory Theatre for the Rights of Women & Girls - Nepal - a British Council training project working with Nepalese performers and community development workers on a participatory theatre approach to issues of the Rights of women and girls. 3 phases. Phase 1 introduced participatory methodology. Participants explored their own attitudes to gender and made performances based on personal stories. Phase 2 followed participants to the regions where they were based and worked within communities taking the process of research from the community into performances which reflected their concerns. Phase 3 will focus on creating a small team of Nepalese performers/facilitators who will provide a national resource/pool of expertise and training. Contact Ann Shrosbree [email protected]



6. Radio Forum, 3rd World Summit on Media for Children (TWSMC) - Greece - 23-26 Mar. 2001. Discussion will focus on the role of radio in children's media with an emphasis on social, educational and economic potentials, looking at how new technologies are meeting needs. Speakers from East Africa, South Africa, South Asia, Asia Pacific, Latin America and the USA will define issues relating to the future of radio that involves youth in the context of globalisation. Contact [email protected]



7. Equal Access (= access) - Global - is a digital satellite broadcasting service dedicated to serving the news, education, health and development needs of poor communities within the developing world. It will work closely with on-the-ground development organizations to create communications campaigns and educational programmes. = access will provide multiple high-quality digital radio networks and additional multimedia services. It will support the delivery of these services to rural and urban poor communities through the donation of community-based receivers, computers and solar power systems. Contact Kimberly Weichel [email protected]



8. Student Employment/Thesis Funding - AIDS, Public Health, Communication - through the Graduate Programme in Cultural & Media Studies (CMS), University of Natal, Durban, S. Africa. CMS will link MA & PH.D. thesis research projects to the Centre for AIDS Development, Research & Evaluation (CADRE). Contact Susan Govender [email protected] for more info.



9. Institute for Balanced Information for Democratic Elections (IBIDE) - Kenya - a project of the Rural Community Information Network (RCIN) examines using VHS video playback as an alternative media in regions currently reached only by state-owned Kenya Broadcasting Corporation Television & Radio. This is in order to help these communities make balanced and unbiased decisions during the General Elections 2002. Contact Mwadimeh Wa'kesho [email protected]



10. Scholarships - to the 3rd Conference on Global Strategies for the Prevention of HIV Transmission from Mothers to Infants, 9-13 Sept. 2001, Kampala, Uganda. Just a few available to individuals from developing countries. Applications & recommendations deadline: 5:00pm EST 1 Feb. 2001. Contact Christine McFeeley [email protected]



EVENTS



11. Voices of Youth (VOY) has launched a Forum for youth to comment on the images of children and young people. Are these images fair? Realistic? Accurate? Stereotyping? Leading up to the 3rd World Summit on Children & the Media, VOY will be networking with children and youth, especially those working on media-related projects. Their opinions will be presented to media professionals during the Summit. Contact Anne Sheeran [email protected]



12. NYU's Summer Course, "Integrated Marketing Communication for Behavioral Results in Health & Social Development" will be 9-27 July 2001. Application Deadline: 6 Apr. 2001. "Integrated marketing communication (IMC) offers a dynamic, proven approach to achieving behavioral results in health and other development programmes." Contact [email protected]



WEB SITES



13. Latin America in Movement - focuses on the socio-political processes taking place in the region, from the viewpoint of social movements. It contains a news section, a documental archive, information on campaigns and events and links to other resources. Multilingual - documents are in their original language (mainly Spanish).



14. People & Planet - examines the inter-related issues of population, consumption and the environment. It will review 14 topics which link people and the environment. The first 7 - Population & Human Development; Population & Reproductive Health; People & Forests; People, Food & Agriculture; People & Pollution; People, Coasts & Oceans; and, People & Renewable Energy - are now on-line.



15. Changemakers Exchange - a place to post notices about goods and services needed from or offered to social entrepreneurs and the field of social entrepreneurship. Also news and announcements about programmes and events.



MATERIALS



16. "Living with the Rubbish Queen: Telenovelas, Culture & Modernity in Brazil" by Thomas Tufte. This case study is an analysis of the historical matrices of the telenovela, a production analysis, an institutional analysis and a range of 'telenovela interviews' with low-income urban women. Tufte situates his study within the framework of media ethnography and in doing so, draws heavily on Latin American cultural theory which is virtually unknown to the English-speaking world. Contact Sarah Shrive [email protected] OR Manuel Alvarado [email protected]



17. "Community Informatics: Enabling Communities with Information & Communications Technologies", by Michael Gurstein - Outlines an approach for linking economic and social development efforts at the community level to the opportunities that information and communication's technologies present. Issues such as trends, controversies, challenges and opportunities facing the community application of ICTs are studied. Website for information. Contact [email protected]



18. "Growing Up" - a sex education film series for youth in South Asia. For English speaking schoolchildren, to be used within a curriculum or interaction group. 3 films:

"From Small to Big" - the basics of reproductive anatomy, and the physical changes of puberty;

"It's Not Just Physical" - the mental and emotional changes of adolescence;

"Boy Meets Girl" - the world of sexual attraction, crushes, relationships, love and sex.

All based on personal experiences and opinions expressed by youth in their own words. Contact Ideosync Media Combine [email protected]



19. Call for Abstracts - for Innovations in Social Marketing 2001 Conference - Deadline 16 Feb. 2001. Contact [email protected]

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