Meedan
Project Title
For one-time general support
Date
Sep. 08, 2016
Duration
12 months
Description
New media has enabled people from around world to communicate widely and rapidly across borders of all kinds. But low-level digital access, as well as differences in language, remain key barriers to effective communication and collaboration among activists and journalists. This is particularly true in the Middle East and North Africa region, where uprisings, unrest, and government censorship in recent years have fostered a distinct need for effective digital communication. With Corporation support, Meedan, a leading media development nonprofit focused on the Arab world, will continue its important work promoting digital media literacy, open-source tools that allow for collaboration for improved access to information, and new methods of digital storytelling.