Blogging the Dream: Battling Mental Health Stigmas
In the city of Câmpulung Moldovenesc, in North Eastern Romania, the Orizonturi Foundation will be creating a Blogging Club in the upcoming months in hopes of changing their community's perceptions of...
View ArticleBlogging The Dream: Dreaming To Blog
The Orizonturi Foundation in Campulung Moldovenesc, Romania has been helping people with mental health issues since 1995. Its citizen media initiative the “Blogging the dream project” created a...
View ArticleBlogging the Dream: Spreading the Word
The Orizonturi Foundation's “Blogging the Dream” project got a little boost in November when project leader Gabriela Tanasan was invited by the Soros Foundation to participate in their Advocacy Through...
View ArticleBlogging the Dream: Theory Into Practice
The Orizonturi Foundation’s “Blogging the Dream” project is well into its hands-on practicum phase, and some participant blogs are already up and running. Through the “Blogging the Dream” project,...
View ArticleBlogging the Dream: Strategies and Challenges
The Orizonturi Foundation’s “Blogging the Dream” project has completed its practicum period and continues to develop and expand its Blogging Club. The project, which is funded by a Rising Voices micro...
View ArticleBlogging the Dream: Mental Health and Healthy Communities
In many parts of the world mental health is defined by medication. Sadness does not become depression until it is ‘treated’ with antidepressants, and anxiety is a normal part of life; until, that is,...
View ArticleBlogging the Dream: From Dream to Reality
For over a year, the Orizonturi Foundation’s “Blogging the Dream” project has been laying the groundwork for a collaborative blog written by their mental health service users. A few months ago the blog...
View ArticleFeatured Blogger: Getutza
Getutza admits that she is a timid person. However, she has discovered that blogging has helped her overcome this shyness thanks to her participation in the Blogging the Dream project from the...
View ArticleBlogging The Dream: Breaking The Taboo About Mental Disorder
The metal health service users of the the Orizonturi Foundation’s Blogging The Dream Project in Campulung Moldovenesc, Romania continue to write about their personal life stories, experiences,...
View ArticleRising Voices: 2010 In Review
2010 was an eventful year for Rising Voices and its community. Théophile Kouamouo, one of Francophone Africa's leading bloggers and the project leader of the Rising Voices grantee Abidjan Blog Camps,...
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