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Four Men Severely Injured by Bomb near Khe Sahn, Vietnam
Last month, January 2010, Amanda Koster and the rest of the SalaamGarage team visited Khe Sanh to experience first hand the work of NGO Peacetrees Vietnam. While there, they learned about UXOs (unexploded ordnance) left from the Vietnam War and the dangers they cause to the local farmers and their families still today.
Unfortunately the event [...]
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Village Batzchocola- Agros and SalaamGarge Summer 2010
photo from Agros International
For more beauty from Agros International and the villages, like Batzchocola, they work to help throughout rural Guatemala.
www.agros.org/ag/our-villages/guatemala/batzchocola/
Join Us in Guatemala Summer 2010
Here are the stories we will be working on in Guatemala with Agros International. Choose yours!
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Eduardo in India with SalaamGarage- Identity for the women of Shampura Village
Eduardo Sciammarella, CEO of Los Angeles based Protohaus, joined the SalaamGarage India 2009 team to help make a difference for disadvantaged women and children. We asked Eduardo what stood out as he worked on his humanitarian stories in a rural village called Shampura outside Jaipur where NGO Vatsalya works.
Eduardo interviewing Santosh with the help [...]
Also posted in India September 2009, citizen journalism, cultural immersion, media Tagged citizen journalism, India, Rajasthan, SalaamGarage, voluntourism 3 Comments
How I Pay for my Projects
by Amanda Koster, SalaamGarage founder
from the original post on her personal blog
passion. focus. talent. intuition. faith. trust. i.e: love
many people ask me how did you make your projects happen. people really want to know how on earth i fund the projects. well, with money of course. but that’s not the real question. anyone can [...]
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Hey Citizen Journalist, Get Published
Citizen Journalism Sites
Opportunities to get your stories and projects published online are exploding just as traditional media outlets implode.
CNN and Reuters
Submit your stories to the citizen journalist components at major news outlets like CNN.com/iReport and Reuters/YouWitness, are publishing photos, videos, and stories by ….anyone. CNN’s iReport “is a user-generated site. That means the stories submitted [...]
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J-School “Lite”
by guest blogger Emily True
The social networking and citizen journalism media explosion has provided plenty of avenues for participating in the creation of news.
How many times today have you updated you Twitter/blog/Facebook account?
The fact that I was late this morning because the F train was slow might not appear worthy of “breaking news” status; however, [...]
Vietnam Humanitarian Media trip
Only 5 months till SalaamGarage takes on another great cause. On January 11, 2010 SalaamGarage’s Vietnam team and Peacetrees Vietnam NGO will be eating pho and bun in cafe in Hanoi. We’ll be sharing photography experiences with Jennifer Le, a talented Hanoi based social documentary photographer, and other media creators. [...]
Also posted in Vietnam January 2010, cultural immersion, media Tagged Dong Ha, Ha Noi, landmines, NGO, Peacetrees Vietnam, Quang Tri, unexploded ordnance, Vietnam Leave a comment
Daysha Eaton and Janat Horn published in Vietnam