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September 29th - October 28th Workshop Statistics
Total Countries	20*
Developed Nations	2
Developing Nations	18
Initial registrants	32
Male	7
Female	25
Participants who did not show up	9
Participants who completed workshop and activities [and therefore received certificates of completion]	23
Bangladesh, Canada, Congo, Dominican Republic, India, Kenya, Lesotho, New Caledonia, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Phillippines, Sierra Leone, Spain, Vanuatu, Zimbabwe, USA

Virtual Activism has just completed the online workshop on Maximizing the use and effectiveness of the Internet in Human Rights and Development [September/October]. Puleng Letsie of the UNDP, Lesotho, said the workshop was "very important, and it will definitely impact on my work as I have learnt some very important internet basics to assist me in the execution of my duties as I deal with providing people with relevant and up-to-date information. Thank you very much for giving us this opportunity. It has been a worthwhile exercise." To read more workshop evaluations, click here.

 

 

 

 

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Virtual Activism has just completed two online workshops: the 3 week workshop Web Design Simplified [August/September] and the 5 week Workshop Maximizing the use and effectiveness of the Internet in Human Rights and Development [August/September]. "My organisation is already benefiting from the training I have received," wrote Allen Ssekindi, Uganda Media Women's Association, Uganda. "I am already advising about the internet. The facilitator made the training enjoyable and would make every effort to ensure that every participant was following. This kept me going knowing that some one cared in all this."

August 4th - September 4th Workshop Statistics
Total Countries	17*
Developed Nations	4
Developing Nations	13
Initial registrants	31
Male	4
Female	27
Participants who did not show up	9
Participants who completed workshop and activities [and therefore received certificates of completion]	21
Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, Egypt, Germany, India, Kenya, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Switzerland, Trinidad & Tobago, Uganda, USA

The Web Design Simplified workshop was attended by 6 participants. As a pilot project, Virtual Activism chose to deliberately limit the number of participants. Two participants did not complete the workshop for personal reasons. Four completed the workshop and have succeeded in creating their own websites. "I did not imagine that after 3 weeks I would be able to create a single page" said Nedal Sawlmah of the Al Faraa Camp in Palestine, "Really, its fantastic". Sheree Trotman from Barbados said:"This workshop is evdience of what we can achieve by using the technology we have at our disposal to equip people to become advocates in all areas of human rights and other developmental issues." She added: "I must commend the facilitator for her patience in answering questions and creating a very amicable virtual environment."

To view the websites that some of our participants have created click below:

Nedal Sawalmah - Palestine
Sheree Trotman - Barbados

 

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Previous online workshops news

The online workshop on Maximizing the use and effectiveness of the Internet in Human Rights and Development that took place in April/May was, according to Christina Wanke a participant from Human Rights Internet, Canada, 'a smashing success'.

The combination of "content and quality of this workshop.. [and] the time and energy that Marlyn put into it... Added to this formula is the synergy of the participants (the thought provoking questions and new information ... a fresh set of eyes)" she added, made it all a success.

Virtual Activism's workshops are a combination of reading, activities, and online discussions, as well as full of excellent resources for the use of nonprofit organizations around the world. The main principle of the workshops is to understand the basics in terms of issues as well as technology, and then begin using some of the tools the Internet offers for advocacy, and especially making use of 'free tools' on the Internet.

The April/May workshop included 25 participants from 11 countries around the world, mostly developing countries. This is the second workshop on the same issue, and it will be offered 4 times/year. Other workshops are in the planning process. If you want to have more information on this workshop or other workshops offered by Virtual Activism, please click here. Also, if you want to receive notification of future workshops, please make sure you register in our Newsletter which only sends out an email whenever there is important news to share, such as a workshop announcement or some other NGO-related activities.

The March 3rd-April 2nd and the April 7th- May 8th workshop have both been successfully completed. Participants received Certificates of Participation and Completion at the end of each workshop.

Virtual Activism's training manual is part of the online training offered. Parts of the manual will be published online and will be distributed on CD.

To read what other participants said about the workshops that we offered, click here..