I’ve had quite a few ideas for reports from you, comments that have been made on this blog here and also that have been sent in using this webform on the Your Story homepage.  

Here is a selection of what I have received – let me know if you are interested in finding out more on any of them  …

Firstly, I received a terribly shocking and graphic photo of a burned child.   The person who sent it into me said that they wanted to bring the world’s attention to what is happening in a certain part of the world.  I cannot verify where that photo was taken and even if I did, I would have to consider fully whether to publish it as we follow strict guidelines on what we show under the BBC guidelines on reporting suffering and distress.     

Teenagers who shoot up drugs in Bangladesh.  This is one of the story ideas from two people ; Someta and Farzana- who wrote about the issue in regard to how people in Bangladeshi society are viewing the problem – this is a topic I have not heard about before and so might work for us.   Here’s some more info on this I found.  

Moldova protests.  Mark has been sending photos and video from Moldova on the student protests there.  I also got a message of support for what they are doing from a student in Bulgaria.  I passed on his details to the Europe Today programme who were covering the issue extensively with our correspondent Oana Lungescu.

Citizen journalism from Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo.   Celestin contacted Your Story.  As a resident of Goma, he wanted to find out about trying to send material to us from there.   Safety is the key consideration here as we do not want to put anyone in any danger if they decide they want to contribute.  I am calling him tonight to find out more about what we can do safely.  

Racism on facebook?  I had a message about racist groups operating on facebook so trying to find out more on this.  If you have come across anything, let me know.

America and Cuba making music together.   Dr Peter Rovit from the University of Alabama messaged to say that he’s travelling to Cuba to work with Cuban musicians on two chamber music concerts.  A signal that relations between the two countries really are getting better?

This is just a short selection of what we’ve had, if yours is not included please don’t be offended –  I’ll talk about more  story ideas in the next post or you’ll get an email from me directly.  thanks and keep them coming.