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Subject: Programs Launch in Southeast Asia

This month we have extremely exciting news as we have launched two of our programs: Handheld Human Rights and Project Einstein. All we have achieved was only possible thanks to a lot of hard work and support from people like you.

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We conducted the initial training for Handheld Human Rights with our Thailand-based partner the All Burma IT Student Union (ABITSU). Together we acquired the necessary equipment to set up the portal to house the network, installed InSTEDD’s Geochat,  trained our partners on portal maintenance and, most importantly, trained on issues of security which will allow human rights workers to securely share critical information with each other across borders. Many thanks to ABITSU for such a successful launch.

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We also completed a photo training over a two day period with students in a refugee camp in Mae La, Thailand. In this training, as with those we did in Bangladesh and South Africa, the students let their creativity and talent shine above and beyond our expectations. We’re excited to have completed the initial steps for having Thailand connected to Project Einstein, and to start work on the book that will showcase the young people’s photographs.

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This past month, our own DdTv page was launched on Witness’s The Hub, an interactive community which allows people to share, watch, and comment on video that explores important human rights issues. Our page showcases our organization, and importantly provides a space to view each DdTv episode as it is released. Soon, viewers will be able to explore links to relevant sites, videos, and additional reading material about the issues DdTv explores. We’re excited to be working with Witness, and to explore how this partnership will evolve.

Catch up on all new DdTv episodes on the DdTv page of our website or subscribe via iTunes, Miro, http://www.facebook.com/l/6188b;channels.com, Pando, or RSS

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Along with documenting our work in Thailand through episodes of DdTv, we also tried some exciting experiments streaming live from the field online. Thanks to the support of Nokia and WoMWorld we were able to take two Nokia N97s with us to Thailand and the results were exciting unedited looks into the tech community of Bangkok, and a refugee camp where we were launching Project Einstein.

Even if you missed the live streams you can still catch the recorded versions on our channel on http://www.facebook.com/l/6188b;Qik.com.

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Whew! That’s a big update, but September was a big month and we wanted to be sure to share the exciting news with all of you.

Many Thanks,

Mark, Liz, Gabe & Emily
Digital Democracy
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