News and Publicity

August 2008

German volunteers arrive at Libre Expresión
Within the ASA 2008 program two German students were selected for a scholarship:
Johanna Weller
Lea Große Vorholt
Their task will be the realization of the project "Institute of Image” (Center for young people) (IDI), which will be coordinated by Libre Expresión. In order to be well prepared for their task, they will have attended two workshops in April and June before they leave for Honduras. Their stay in Honduras will be financed by the ASA program, supplemented by German government funds, including travel costs, a three-month scholarship and insurance costs.

Libre Expresión participates in the Aids World Conference
Wendy Aguilar, the project coordinator, was selected for a scholarship to participate in the XVII International Aids Conference (AIDS 2008), which will be held in Mexico City from 3 until 8 august 2008. This will be the first international AIDS conference to be held in Latin America.
AIDS 2008 will offer many opportunities to present new and important scientific research results and to enter into a productive and structured dialogue on the major challenges on how the world should respond to AIDS.

July 2008

Wendy Aguilar will visit the Netherlands to interchange experiences
The founder of Libre Expresion lives in the Netherlands, Mijke Bos. Wendy and Mijke will be united in july for two weeks, to interchange experiences and prepare the installation of the Institute of Image.

May 2008

The project ‘Jóvenes Mirando Hacia Adelante’ (Young people building a future) acknowledges the effort of 28 young boys and girls.
On 5 May 2008, the daily newspaper ‘El Heraldo de Honduras’featured an item in the Metro section on the “Jóvenes Mirando Hacia Adelante” research project that was initiated in November 2007 (supported in part by the ‘Colectivo Latinoamericano de Jóvenes’ and financed by W.K. Kellogg and FLACSO). In several sectors of the Villa Nueva neighborhood, a leadership project involving 28 young people between 12 and 24 years old was started up under the name ’28 young people fighting for their neighborhood’, which is managed by Wendy Aguilar, project coordinator of Libre Expresión (main researcher) and Lourdes Soto (co-researcher). The young people involved participate with great enthusiasm, creativity and joy and clearly set their hearts to it during meetings, but especially for the BIG DAY, the carrying out of interviews.
The ‘Jóvenes Mirando Hacia Adelante’ project is an innovative and dynamic research project closely linked to the daily life of young people. Its main objective is that young people find out the problems and needs among young people living in Villa Nueva. http://www.elheraldo.hn/ez/index.php/plain_site_user/ediciones/2008/05/05/28_jovenes_lideres_luchan_por_su_colonia

March-April 2008

The Libre Expresión team receiving continuous training to acquire further skills

March 2008
On 3 March 2008, Lourdes Soto, technical project assistant, took off on a creative journey as she was granted a scholarship for a leadership training in creative community leadership by the ‘Escuela de Facilitadores de La Creatividad y la Innovación’ (EFCI) supported by the ‘Centro de la Cooperación Española’ (AECID), ‘Proyecto Cultural El Sitio’, Kellog Foundation and the FLACSO-Pairca fund. EFCI is an inclusive and intercultural program situated in the town of Antigua in Guatemala, which trains potential creative and innovative leaders in making propositions for new participative models and capacitating them in their dedication to the development of their organizations and communities.

April 2008
On 17 April 2007, Wendy Aguilar, the project coordinator, received the good news that she was selected for a scholarship to participate in the Leadership Program ‘Young people and sexual and reproductive health’(GOJoven) in Guatemala City. On 26 April 2008, she has successfully terminated her participation in the project which was implemented by International Health Programs / Public Health Institute and financed by the Summit Foundation. The GOJoven Program intends to strengthen leadership in sexual and reproductive health issues among young people in Guatemala, Honduras, Belize and Quintana Roo province in Mexico. The leadership program is given four times a year in one of the participating countries.

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Publicity

SPANISH

Link of the United Nations Volunteers Honduras web page: www.undp.un.hn/unv/libre_expresion.htm

The Communication Initiative:
www.comminit.com/la/descripciones/lapdshonduras/descripciones-2562.html

English

Honduras This Week Online (Online edition 32, August 8, 2005):
www.marrder.com/htw/2005jul/cultural.htm

Honduras This Week Online (Online edition 21, May 31, 2005):
www.marrder.com/htw/2004may/editorial.htm

Dutch

Magazine Jetsetters, Libre Expresión en de inspirerende kracht van fotografie, augustus/September 2006
PDF (1.054 kb)

“Lessen fotografie als therapie in Honduras”, 26 augustus 2005, Dagblad van het Noorden

ITALIAN

“I calendari della Solidarietà”, December 20, 2005, La Repubblica Italia, www.repubblica.it/speciale/2005/calendari/solidarieta7.html

“La solidarierà al muro (appesa)”, January 2006, Electronic newsletter of the web site “Bazar, Cultura Libre” www.bazarweb.info/articolo.php?id=3655

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