Gaëlle Sévenier - Free Lance Reporter

Video reporter: Canary Islands, Royal Garden (02/08)       NEPAL Observing historical elections in remote Maghar villages, Nepal On April 10th 2008, Nepal held its first democratic elections, selecting the Constituent Assembly charged with writing the new Nepali Constitution. Chin Thapa, a 25 years old Nepali porter born in the remote Maghar village of Kubinde, voted for the first time of his life. Encounter with a mountaineer – Annapurna Base Camp, Nepal April 1st 2008 - Professional mountaineer Iñaki Ochoa de Olza was attempting face south of Annapurna I, 8091 meters. - Iñaki died on the way down... WMO Publications 2008-2009 PRESS RELEASES INFO NOTES UNICEF Publications       UNICEF - Malawi TELLING THEIR STORIES... [Page 1 of 17] LILONGWE, Malawi, December 2008 - Story telling booklet with 8 stories on the direct impact of the UNICEF supported Social Cash Transfers on the lives of ultra poor families in Malawi. Cash transfer programme in Malawi changes the lives of families in extreme poverty MCHINJI DISTRICT, Malawi, 14 January 2007 – Over the last 10 years, Blackson Kalinde and his wife Sara have lost three of their children and their children’s spouses to AIDS, leaving 20 of their grandchildren orphaned. The elderly couple soon became the primary caregivers for four of their grandchildren. Support reaches a household of five siblings orphaned by AIDS in Malawi LILONGWE, Malawi, 30 April 2008 – At just 13 years of age, Tiyamike was already a veteran caregiver responsible for looking after five younger siblings. Unite for Children, unite against AIDS Schools for Africa: Portrait of a role model for girls and women in Malawi LILONGWE, Malawi, 11 March 2008 – Zile Shumba is the Executive Director of CKK, a company hired by UNICEF Malawi to build new classrooms as part of the Schools for Africa initiative. Des écoles pour l'Afrique : portrait d'une réussite modèle pour les filles et les femmes du Malawi (Version française) Malawi - Escuelas para África: Un modelo de comportamiento positivo para las niñas y las mujeres de Malawi (Spanish version) "Scuole per l'Africa": un modello per le ragazze del Malawi (Italian version) Preventing mother-to-child transmission to fight HIV/AIDS in Malawi LILONGWE, Malawi, 25 March 2008 – Mwanza District Hospital, located near the southern border of Malawi, provides crucial care to many of the country’s most vulnerable families. Among them were two young couples who recently arrived at the hospital days apart with different stories but similar needs. Community programmes help support impoverished child-headed households LILONGWE, Malawi, 4 March 2008 – Many children in Malawi, some as young as 13, are the head of their households after their parents die or abandon them. They face enormous responsibilities, not only for themselves, but for their siblings as well. UNICEF-supported programmes bring improved learning facilities to Malawi BLANTYRE, Malawi, 3 April 2008 – Blessings Molles, a 12-year-old student at the Thembe School, tells a story that is all too familiar in Malawi. Il miglior fratello maggiore del mondo (Italian version) Un programme d'allocation monétaire change la vie des familles les plus pauvres (French version) En Malawi, un programa de transferencia de efectivo cambia las vidas de las familias en situación de pobreza extrema (Spanish version) Life-skills education for girls helps end the cycle of abuse in Malawi LILONGWE, Malawi, 22 February 2008 – At the age of 14, Catherine accidentally became pregnant, so she dropped out of school and married the father. From that moment on, the young mother’s life was filled with emotional and physical abuse.    UNGEI - Life-skills education for girls helps end the cycle of abuse in Malawi    Nyasatimes - Life-skills education for girls helps end the cycle of abuse in Malawi    NewsBrief ReleifWeb - Malawi community programmes help support impoverished child-headed households        UNICEF - Eastern Europe The Proof of the Pudding… UNICEF’s study tour to Switzerland convinced Moldovan delegates to use iodized salt in processed food. April 2006, Geneva, Switzerland Welcome to Moldovan delegation. Shahnaz Kianian-Firouzgar, Deputy Regional Director, CEE/CIS. ARTICLES FREE LANCE - SOUTH AMERICA (2002-2004)  Deux années de reportage en Amérique Latine : Crédo (Version française)        Colombia Series of Massacres in Colombia - The violence in Colombia continues to escalate, resulting in a series of massacres of ethnic minorities near the Venezuelan border - The real victims of the Colombian Civil War - English Version Publications: The Denver Post (Colorado, USA) : Online publication, July 11th 2004 FIRE (USA)- Online publication, June 21st 2004 - Drug barons Massacre Colombian Indians in trafficking row Publication: The Big Issue in the North, Great Britain, June 14th-20th English Version - Massacres en Série en Colombie - Version Française - recherches pour le Nouvel Observateur La Guerre Civile Colombienne entre guérilleros et paramilitaires vient d'engendrer plusieurs massacres de minorités ethniques près de la frontière du Venezuela pour contrôler les zones de production et de trafic de Cocaïne. Les véritables victimes de la Guerre Civile Colombienne, 2ème article 2004 - Massakre på indianere i Colombia Danish Version, Online Publication Modkraft, Danemark, June 18th The Lost City of Colombia Version Française Photos et synopsis Juin 2004 - Les rescapés du rapt de la Cité Perdue - Following the trail of the 8 foreigners kidnapped last September in the Lost City English Version - Trek to the Lost City of Colombia - English version - The Tico Times Backstage of Cocaine A land worker from the Colombian Sierra Nevada explains it's fabrication in a parmilitary zone English Version, - July 2004 - The Tico Times Panama The Wounaan Indigenous tribe, Darien Lutte contre la crémation de leur territoire -recherches Nouvel Observateur Version française - Avril 2004 The Kuna Indigenous World Tico Times, Costa Rica - Avril 2004 - Recherches Nouvel Observateur - La face cachée du monde Kuna : Wuala, petit village de la Comarca Wargandi Version française The Hidden Face of the Kuna World : Wuala, a little village of the Comarca Wargandi English version - Les Kunas de l'archipel de San Blas : peuple guerrier autonome Version Française The Kunas of the San Blas archipelago of Panama : an autonomous warrior tribe English version - Election présidentielle, espoir pour les peuples indigènes du Panama Version française Presidential election, a hope for the indigenous tribes of Panama English Version The King Tito Santana and the Naso Teribe tribe Le roi Tito Santana et son peuple Naso du fleuve Teribe, Panama - Mars 2004 Développement en territoire indigène : la Comarca Naso Teribe du Panama Version Française El pueblo del último Rey indígena de América Central Mundimedia, España - Version Española - Une alternative durable en territoire indigène Panaméen: l'écotourisme des Naso Teribes Version Française Costa Rica Radio For Peace International: international news - AFP Radio Paz Internacional se va de la UPaz (Nov 19) Desalojo por razones politicas de RFPI de terreno de las Naciones Unidades - La Nacion Version Española- Noviembre 18, 2003 Online Version Española, La Nacion Radio Paz Internacional se va de sede de la UPaz en San José, Version Española, Nov 19 - AFP Une radio expulsée du campus de l'Université pour la Paix appartenant à l'ONU Note AFP Version française - 14 Novembre - AFP Radio Paz Internacional seso transmisiones en medio del conflicto con la UPaz. Nota- Noviembre 13th -Version Española - AFP Version en linea- La Nacion - Mundimedia - Gente del Forum, Forum de Barcelona Nuevas pruebas sobre aleteo ilegal de tiburón por empresas taiwaneses en Costa Rica Costa Rica-Ecología Nov 13 - Version Española - AFP Cencorship in the University for Peace - November 12th English Version - Modcraft, Denmark Cadenas y Puaz en la UPaz - Nov 11 Version en linea - La Nacion - Version Española El conflicto empieza entre UPaz y Radio Paz Internacional- Nov 4th - Esp Conflicto ideologico o economico?- Nov 3rd (Esp) - Barcelona, España. Se agudiza conflicto entre UPAZ y Radio Paz Internacional - (Version Española) Nov 4th - AFP Resalojo de Radio for Peace International - Oct 31st Radio Paz Internacional denuncia desalojo por razones políticas - Oct 31st - Esp - AFP Radio Paz Internacional denuncia desalojo por razones políticas - Reportaje - Nov 1 - Esp Eviction of Radio for Peace International - Nov 1st - English version FN lukker uafhængig radiostation Danish online version- Publication: Modcraft (Nov 4th) - The Worker (Nov 8th) Denmark - Danish The Indigenous tribes of Costa Rica - October 2003 Reportage / Reasearch pour Géo: - Les visages cachés du Costa Rica - Recherches pour Géo Magasine Version française - Hidden faces of Costa Rica English version - Exclusion de Sangre Indigena Gente del Forum, Barcelona, España Version Española Indígenas de Costa Rica piden respeto a su cultura y sus tierras ancestrales -AFP-15 oct Publication: El Tiempo - Honduras - 20 oct Sangre Indigena Online publication: Si al trueque - La Nacion - Revista Dominical - 5 oct - Esp La Dama de Tortuguero - Oct 2003 Version Española, Publication: La Nacion Producto No Consumible - Oct 2003 Amunsulu, musica del mundo - version esp & fr - El Bosque Eterno de los ninos - AFP La Nacion: publication Sept 04 Impulso Sinfonico - Sept 2003 - La Sinfonica Municipal de Heredia - Version Española en linea- Nov 9- La Nacion El Presidente Abel Pacheco, inauguracion, Costa Rica Dic 14 2003 (Esp) - Agence France Presse San Jose - AFP Nicaragua Finca Magdalena : An Oasis in the Ometepe Island, Nicaragua - Nicaragua: A sandinist farm turns into a relaxing place for backpackers, April 03 English Version Publications: Indymedia, The Revue (Guatemala) , The Tico Times [online version] July 4th-10th (Costa Rica) - Finca Magdalena, un oasis en la isla de Ometepe, Nicaragua - Version Española A Tales of two Islands: The Bainbridge - Ometepe Sister Island Association in Nicaragua - May 03, The Revue, Guatemala, English Version Nicaragua: La Fabrica saves Granada's street dogs A bar restaurant in Nicaragua helps street dogs survive - English Version- - Mars 03 - The Revue (Guatemala) Nicaragua a la caza del turismo de aventura Una organización desarrolla un programa para impulsar el turismo sostenible en Nicaragua Diciembre 4 -Esp- AFP Nicaragua : The Spirit of Little Corn Island, July 2003 English Version Publication: The Tico Times (Costa Rica) - The Revue - Guatemala Nicaragua : l'Esprit de l'île du Maïs, Juillet 2003 Version Française Honduras Gangs: Politics of Toleration toward Youths Extermination - Politique d'extermination des gangs au Honduras, Juillet 03 Reportage sur les meurtres d'adolescents dans lesquels sont impliquées les autorités Honduriennes. Version Française Les autorités honduriennes impliquées dans des meurtres d'enfants - Version française Honduras: Política de Exterminación de las Pandillas, Julio 03 Version española Indymedia (online publication) - Honduras: Politics of Toleration toward Youths Extermination, April 03 On April 5th, 70 people died in a massacre in the penitentiary of El Porvenir, La Ceiba, Honduras. Those murders, treated by the local police as fights between different gangs, would be a set up to eliminate gang members in the country - English Version Publication: Guatemala: Entre Mundos (online publication, page 4-15) - Honduras: extra judical killings of teenagers, January 2003 English version - Publication: Fin de Semana (Guatemala) Vilkårlige henrettelser af børn i Honduras Danish version, Monsun Kadut puhtaiksi! Hondurasin kuolemanpartiot metsästävät lökäpöksynuoria, Libero, Finland Finish Version Guatemala Los Cimientos Alliance: The Seeds of Hope for the Mayans in Guatemala An old American women creates an organization to defend homeless victimes of the Guatemalan civil war English Version - February 03 - Indymedia, The Revue (Guatemala) Two Generations of Popular Indigenous Painter in Lake Atitlan Story of a Guatemalan artist, English Version, March 2003, The Revue- Mars 03 (Central America), Entre Mundos- Dec 02 (Guatemala) Champerico: Los Mayas Sin Tierra - Indigenous victims of the civil war October 02, Update Sept 04 - Backstage Guatemala - English Version - The mayans without land- December 2002, Publications: The Big Issue In The North Magazine (Great Britain), Entre Mundos online version (Guatemala), El Libero (Finland) - Champerico: La Lucha de los Mayas Sin Tierra - Version Española Entre Mundos, Fin de Semana- January 03 (Guatemala), Indymedia - Guatemala Backstage - Danish Version Modcraft (Denmark) - Guatemala : Les laissés pour compte des Accords de Paix -Version française       Central America The Heart of Central America: intercultural indigenous gathering Coeur de la Terre, fusion théatrale en Amérique Centrale 10 mars 2004 -Version Française Documentaire Vidéo: dossier pilot [PDF] English Version Original Tico Times: Cultural Drift Converges on Panamanian Islands Tico Times online, Costa Rica, published on March 5th, 2004 Human Spirit: Stories that Illuminate and Elevate the Art of Living - Online Version, March 11th Traveling Central America Backpaking from Guatemala to Costa Rica - June 2003 - English Version Publication: Tracing a Path through the Isthmus - online publication - sept 19th - The Tico Times, Costa Rica Corazon de la Tierra: an artistic voice for indigenous minorities in Central America An intercultural theater project in Guatemala with the Mayas, Honduras with the Garifunas and Panama with the Kunas. Corazon de La Tierra : an artistic voice for minorities in Central America - English version - Mars 03 Africa The African Community Center: A Light Of Hope in a Sudanese Lost Boy's Life - English version A Sudanese Story online , Mai 2002- The African Community Center of Colorado - The Diplomat, Denver, USA Adoption Internationale: l'adoption en Côte d'Ivoire Master's thesis - June 1999 - Version française World Wide Arte Linguistico El autor intenta explicar, a través de teorías científicas y de supropia experiencia, lo que pasa en el cerebro de un poliglota. La Nacion Version Española L'explosion de la communication Philippe Breton et Serge Proulx: Analyse de Science Politique - Version française Word Cultural imperialism American Cultural Imperialism: Gift or Threat? (Entre Mundos, Guatemala), September 2002 ©2008 More about the Reporter