Stories about Humanitarian Response from January, 2010
China: “Avatar” and forced demolition
Fauna from ChinaSMACK translated Chinese reaction of the Hollywood movie “Avatar”, some comments related the struggle to the forced eviction and demolition of people's home in development project.
China: The tragic curtain call of substitute teachers
Starting 2010, 448,000 substitute teachers in China will be laid off. CC & Key from China Hush translated local news and online comments on this latest policy by the ministry of education.
Lebanon: Bloggers Participated in “Kolena Laila”
"Kolena Laila"(We are all Laila) is an online initiative that aims to spread awareness about the Arab women in the Middle East and North Africa. In its fourth year, "Laila" got to be Lebanese. Here are some of the Lebanese bloggers' contributions.
South Asia: Looking Back At 2009 (Part 2)
This is the second part of our retrospection of some of the major events, which took place in 2009 in the South Asian countries, seen through the eyes of the citizen journalists.
Brazil: Net-citizens unite to track floods
Blogger Cristiana Soares, in collaboration with net-citizens, launched Projeto Enchentes [Project Floods, pt], a platform for tracking -- and gathering information about -- floods in Brazil. The project counts with a collaborative map created by Henrique Brandão.
Philippines: Life in evacuation centers
Almost 10,000 families spent the Christmas and New Year in temporary shelters after Mayon Volcano, the most active volcano in the Philippines, spewed ash and lava flows three weeks ago. Citizen groups document the life of residents in evacuation centers.
Myanmar: Shortage of prison doctors
The Irrawaddy reports that there is only one doctor available for every 7,314 prisoners in Myanmar. There are almost 250,000 prisoners in the country.
