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Digital Democracy TV: Arriving in Bangkok
By: digitaldemocracy
Posted: Sep 15 09
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Regions: Thailand
Tags: advocacy, education, grassroots media, independent, media training, mobile phones, web 2.0
Digital Democracy's Co-Directors' Mark and Emily are headed to Thailand for six weeks. While there, they'll be working with our partners around Burma's borders to implement our programs Handheld Human Rights and Project Einstein. In this episode the voyage begins: from packing, to flying, their arrival in Bangkok, and ultimately navigating the city, we follow Mark and Emily half way around the world as they begin the journey of launching Dd's programs, which have developed from nearly 2 years of research and project development.
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