We are very pleased to announce that MamelodiStories.org took best of category for Blogs in the 8th Annual Horizon Interactive Awards. The Horizon Interactive Awards is “a prestigious international competition recognizing outstanding achievement among interactive media producers.” The contest received more than 2,000 entries from 32 countries and nearly all 50 states. We are very happy to win the award, of course, but are mostly excited that new people will be coming to check out this site and get a chance to see how God is changing lives in Mamelodi.
So we want to welcome any new visitors! My wife and I have been blogging about our year volunteering in South Africa with Africa Revolution, working closely with a local church in the township of Mamelodi called the Powerhouse. We’ve been teaching web design and small business courses at the church’s skills development center in addition to helping out with the weekly feeding scheme. We’ve also been blessed to travel around southern Africa. Additionally, I have had the chance this year to experiment with shooting 3D panoramic images and am exploring that medium as a tool for telling stories.
Our time here is coming to a close soon, but that definitely won’t be the end of the story. We are planning a coffee table book featuring the best stories and photos as well as exhibits and who knows what else. Subscribe to our RSS feed or email updates to make sure you don’t miss any important announcements.
P.S. The UNC-Chapel Hill School of Journalism and Mass Communication (our alma mater) won best of category in the College & University category for its Cape Fear to Down Here multimedia project. Congratulations to Pat Davison, all the workshop faculty and of course the students that busted their tails for a week to put those stories together!