The TLAYOLCHIKAWALIS (ACTIONS TO PROTECT THE HEARTS) CAMPAIGN is aimed at making effective the right to know of the masehual people of Cuetzalan in order for them to help each other. With very scarce access to infrastructure, services and information in their own language, there has been a worrisome trend of misleading information and fake news, and the need for a campaign which not only provides reliable information but enables the community to organize themselves to help and see for each other, In order to mobilize and organize community members for the provision of supplies and other economic relief in this economic crisis in Cuetzalan, the campaign is absolutely necessary. The campaign is being led by a long established local “Union of Cooperatives Tosepan” that brings together 395 Indigenous communities of the Sierra Norte of Puebla, but we need help for the campaign costs in Cuetzalan del Progreso and surrounding communities. Currently, TOSEPAN is being accompanied by the Mexican NGO Redes por la Diversidad, Equidad y Sustentabilidad A.C. in a very important indigenous telecommunications network project together with Telecomunicaciones Indígenas Comunitarias A.C. and Rhizomatica.

ICT Tools used: broadcasting, internet, dissemination via social networks of the campaign.

http://tayolchikawalis.org/

• Mexico

• Indigenous and nomadic peoples

By building up a reliable information and communication system to allow people to help each other and build trust, this project promotes the following WSIS values in the community: C3. Access to information and knowledge; C4. Capacity building; C5. Building confidence and security in use of ICTs; C6. Enabling environment; C7. ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life — E-health, E-agriculture; C8. Cultural diversity and identity, linguistic diversity and local content.