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Laura Tovey, Assistant Country Manager in Ghana tells us about a new project in which our volunteers are always involved in journalism.
A new partnership was established between projects abroad and the vision released – a newspaper for the people of Buduburam Liberian refugee camp.
Since last print edition in October 2005, The Vision is only available online to www.thevisiononline.net. But now projects abroad, the financing is secured, the paper goes to print again. Running With an initial print run of 1,000 copies will be available to the vision available to those who do not have regular access to the Internet. All journalism volunteers in Ghana now have the chance to one or two days work a week, the Vision.
More than 42,000 people live on Buduburam camp, established in 1990 to record a segment of the Liberian people through the civil war in Liberia started on 24 December 1989 postponed. To meet the needs of this population, The Vision was founded in May 2004 by Jos Garneo Cephas and Semantics King Jr., two journalists from Liberia. Says With its emphasis on human rights stories King Jr., the goal of the vision is to "information for the purposes of education, awareness social awareness and support for the new democratic process in Liberia. This is achieved by providing a forum for setting the agenda of matters achieve the interests of refugees, even the refugee public officials accountable. "
Several Projects Abroad volunteers have already visited the camp where he made contacts in order to hunt out the most important messages. The volunteers can also work with other stages of production, including editing, Proofing participate and training for current employees.
Projects Already deposits abroad and works with newspapers in India, Bolivia and Romania. Mircea Samoila, Director of Ghana, edited our magazine in Romania for a year and helped to set up the journalism project in India. When asked why he was with the vision wanted to participate, said Mircea, "access to information is a right, and a particularly urgent need for the Liberian refugees at the moment. They have also the right to be present for their situation to their host country [Ghana] impartial and honest manner, unclouded by prejudice and ignorance. Projects Abroad Pressure is the sponsor of The Vision, so that they can provide these rights to the Liberian refugees in Ghana. The inclusion of our own journalism volunteers in the Production of the paper will ensure that the situation of Liberian refugees outside Ghana as well known, and that their story is also told from a Western perspective. "
Already the editorial team is looking into the future. Once the vision is restored in printed form, King Jr. has plans for expansion. It aims to the new standards of professionalism is something volunteers help by keeping their skills and experience to help the formation of a permanent staff. Founders The newspaper also plans to take back to Liberia. Every day more refugees return to their homeland, brought by the hope of peace, the election of Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf inspired as President and it is important for the vision to go with them.
King, Jr. said: "My exact plans for the Vision for Liberia about them as the only national paper that would pursue exclusively with issues of human rights continue educating and informing the Liberian citizenship of their basic human rights, which in turn would enable them to protect their rights and those of others. This knowledge will help to slightly violate the legal rights identified by the government not only, but is used by other political leaders. That is my vision for … The vision. "
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