The Drum Beat 709 - Communication and Change News and Issues

• 1. Participatory Photography for Peace: Using Images to Open up Dialogue after Violence
  by Valentina BaúThrough the illustration of Lenses of Conflict and Peace, a project carried out in a Kenyan slum with a group of young people from different tribes who experienced the events of the 2007/2008 Post-Election Violence, this paper discusses how participatory photography (PP) can be utilised as a peacebuilding tool in post-conflict environments around the world. [Dec 2015]
   
• 2. Birth Registration in Emergencies: A Review of Best Practices in Humanitarian Action
  by Penny Ward, Janis Ridsdel, and Nicoleta PantaRegistering a birth may offer a key to human rights protection and aid in emergency situations and possible protection for those children separated from their families or caregivers. This report brings together the findings of a literature review on birth registration in emergencies, Plan's own experiences, and experiences from other agencies. It offers information on advocacy, analysis to support planning, the role of information campaigns, and participatory planning. [Apr 2014]
   
• 3. What Role Do Localised Debate Programmes Play in Addressing Local Issues? Case Studies from Nepal
  "Through supporting the production of local discussion programmes in Nepal, BBC Media Action's Global Governance Project aims to provide a platform for ordinary people to raise important local issues with government officials." The project aims to achieve this level of local discussion through "building the capacity of regional radio stations across the country to produce localised versions of the national debate programme Sajha Sawal (Common Questions)." [Apr 2015]
   
• 4. Level Up Learning: A National Survey of Teaching with Digital Games
  by Lori Takeuchi and Sarah VaalaA national United States (US) survey of 694 US kindergarten through 8th grade teachers conducted in Fall 2013 by the Joan Ganz Cooney Center and the Games and Learning Publishing Council reveals that almost three-quarters of them are using digital games for instruction. 80% of digital game-using teachers wish it were easier to find curriculum-aligned games, and just 39% believe that a sufficient variety of such games even exist. Of the teachers surveyed, just 8% said they received formal training on digital game integration.
   
• 5. Citizen-Generated Data and Governments: Towards a Collaborative Model
  When feasible, it is noted that government hosting of citizen-generated data (CGD) could "dramatically increase countries' capacity to use data for monitoring and improving development initiatives." For example, while data on national access to primary education may not be disaggregated by gender or ethnicity, CGD may cover these issues, which "can feed directly into strategies for data collection or policy action." [Oct 2015]
   

• 6. Your StoryTeller
  Your StoryTeller is an initiative to create a story collection designed to extend the reach of community radio (CR) stations in India through interactive "Animated Audio-Visual Storytelling" on tuberculosis (TB) awareness and treatment. It can be downloaded on mobile phones (e.g., Android mobiles) to play the stories
   
• 7. Verboice
  Verboice is a free and open-source tool for creating and running projects that interact via voice, allowing users to listen and record messages in their own language and dialect or answer questions with a phone keypad.
   
• 8. A Practical Guide to Integrated Communications: A Workbook for Nonprofits
  Designed around 18 worksheets, this free workbook identifies and defines the categories of communications, explores their roles in messaging, and helps an organisation assess its current state of effectiveness before walking through the planning, scheduling, and implementation stages. [Oct 2013]
   
• 9. More or Less Equal: How Digital Platforms Can Help Advance Communication Rights
  by Philip Lee, ed"The concept of citizen journalism has radically altered traditional news and information flows, encouraging greater interaction and interdependence. What challenges does this development pose for societies worldwide? What ethical questions does it raise?" This booklet from Globethics.net explores these and other questions about citizen journalism. [Oct 2014]
   
• 10. 10 Tips for Developing a Data Management System for Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E)
  by Andrew IgboThis gook is developed as a practical guide to help monitoring and evaluation (M&E) officers and systems developers understand what constitutes a good M&E data management system and how to avoid common mistakes. [Oct 2013]
   

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• 11. Nous sommes le futur du Maroc [We Are the Future of Morocco]
  Dedicated to children's rights, peace, cultural exchange, education, and youth empowerment, this project uses social media, radio and other technologies, and creative artwork - made by young people for young people - from all regions of Morocco. It is designed to build a cultural bridge to partner organisations in Germany.
   
• 12. Network of Climate Change Journalists of the Greater Horn of Africa (NECJOGHA)
  The objective of the network is to enhance the interaction between climate scientists and journalists and, in so doing, to disseminate climate information in ways that are easily understood by all, including policymakers and the general public in the Greater Horn of Africa (GHA).
   
• 13. Monster Network
  This is a multi-platform initiative that promotes the development of skills for safe and beneficial use of information and communication technology (ICT) amongst children between 3 and 7 years of age. It also seeks to provide opportunities for mothers, fathers, caregivers, and educators to engage in a conversation with children about technology, its safe use, and its possibilities.
   
• 14. Stop Disasters
  This initiative uses the edutainment strategy and the tool of computers/the internet in an effort to raise awareness and instill preventative behaviour around issues of natural hazards/disasters. Anyone with internet access can download and play the game from the Stop Disasters website. The game starts in Central Europe, the Caribbean, Australia, Eastern Mediterranean, or South East Asia. The player is, as the town planner, in charge of protecting a small village.
   
• 15. My Rights, My Voice (MRMV)
  This programme aims to engage marginalised children and youth in their rights to health and education services in 8 countries: Afghanistan, Georgia, Mali, Nepal, Niger, Pakistan, Tanzania, and Viet Nam. In the latter country, for example: "Through capacity-building events in schools and communities on gender equality and children's rights, we are raising awareness among children and parents of the challenges facing them, and particularly those facing girls."