Sharek961 is an independent, unaffiliated, non-partisan, all-volunteer project, and the result of the hard work and collaboration of many partners and individuals. Our partners are below in alphabetical order.

Content Partners

Demotix is a citizen-journalism website and photo agency that takes user-generated content (UGC) and photographs from freelance journalists and amateurs, and markets them to the mainstream media.

Meedan is a translation hub that puts Arabic and English speakers in touch.

Sawt Ashabab is a collaborative youth media platform in Lebanon, independent and alternative news by young people and for everybody. In print, multimedia, and online, and in both Arabic and English.

Hosting Partners

eMoksha is a non-profit organization that aims to enable stronger democracies through increased citizen awareness and engagement.

RootSpace is a non-profit organization in Lebanon working to support sustainable knowledge-based development through promoting innovation, social entrepreneurship, media, and ICT for dev.  RootSpace is the organizational host of Sharek961.org.

Outreach Partners

Social Media Exchange is a nonprofit initiative that provides training and translation to support the strategic use of digital media and the social web by NGOs, civil society, and community groups in Lebanon and the Middle East.

Technical Partners

FrontlineSMS is free software that enables users to send and receive text messages with large groups of people through mobile phones.

NewsRack is a highly customizable, multi-lingual news filtering tool.

SwiftRiver is a platform that makes sense of multiple sources of information in a fast-changing situation.

Ushahidi is an award-winning platform, started in Kenya, that crowd-sources citizen reporting.

Endorsements

Sharek961 seeks to facilitate the work of civil society and media organizations working towards promoting transparency and accountability in Lebanon.

Online Partnerships

Sharek961 also seeks to share its mission with important national and international news and activism websites to present comprehensive coverage of Lebanese affairs.