See the immense possibilities of Video Volunteers - of what participative empowering media can do for people.
Video Volunteers gives people their voice back. As Salman Rushdie had said " Those who do not have power over the stories that
dominate their lives, power to retell them, rethink them, deconstruct them, joke about them, and change them as times change,
truly are powerless because they cannot think new thoughts".....Video Volunteers gives communities the space to think new thoughts.
The project creates a media network for the poor to accelerate social change by creating teams of Producers who create monthly
Video Programs that are screened to local communities and globally.
Project Needs and Beneficiaries:
To support the creation of Community Video Units among the poor across India, employ local
Producers to create Video Magazines every month on critical social issues, and to distribute these videos to a wide audience in slums
and villages to create social change. The beneficiaries will be hundreds poor & marginalized individuals, thousands of people within
their communities and the NGOs supporting them.
Activities:
Creation of 10 new Community Video Units in 2007, and distribution online and on TV. Each CVU will have 5-10 local
Community Producers in partnership with a local NGO. Monthly Video Productions shown on widescreen projectors and local cable.
Potential Long Term Impact:
With the creation of a Network of 100s of Community Video Producers, we can give a voice to 1000s of
poor communities in the developing world and democratize the media.
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Camera Gives Voice to Voices of Girls
30 girls from Gwalior, Bhind and Morena who are being trained in the art of photography by the Government of Madhya Pradesh, Department of Women and Child development and UNICEF.
Many of the girls taking part were using a camera for the first time. Out of 30 about 20 were from Bhina and Morena (districts having child sex ratio of less then 850/1000).
The voices of girls have been muffled as they hardly have a forum to vent their feelings and social barriers don't permit them to engage in any activity outside other than going to school - if they are fortunate enough. But now "clicks" of camera are going to break this barrier of silence.
There are plans to hold a public exhibition of photographs clicked by the girls over the next few days. These photographs will be displayed in the schools where the girls study.
"Such initiatives will go a long way in empowering these girls," Ashok Shivhare, additional commissioner, Gwalior, said after inaugurating the workshop.
Anil Gulati, communication specialist, UNICEF Office for Madhya Pradesh, said: "This workshop is part of an effort to provide an opportunity to children to express their opinions using the power of photography."
"This is part of the initiative to provide more space and forums to child participation and how they can be engaged to document what they know, see or hear on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the ground realities," he added.
Suresh Tomar, joint director, department of women and child development, said: "We are hoping the children would be able to use the art of photography to help realise the MDGs."
Two senior photographers, Prabhas Roy and Jagdish Yadav from Delhi, are training the girls to master the art of photography.
Community Video for Social Change:
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 This resource is a comprehensive guide to planning and implementing participatory video activities in conflict-affected settings, with a focus on gender-based violence prevention and response, harmful practices, HIV/AIDS, and related health issues. The Toolkit includes a manual titled “A Practical Guide to Community Video Training” that provides detailed session descriptions, exercises, and support materials for a two-week training workshop integrating thematic content with video production, team-building, and interpersonal communication skills.
The Toolkit is designed for communication personnel, program managers, and humanitarian agency and NGO staff who wish to strengthen health and social development programs through participatory video. It can also serve as a resource for health advocates, media activists, social researchers, students, and others seeking in-depth information on participatory communication and community-based social change.
Download the full document:
Community Video for Social Change
(includes the Practical Guide for Community Video Training)
By chapter:
Community Video for Social Change: A Toolkit
Part 1. Critical Issues in Conflict-Affected Settings
Part 2. Participatory Communication in Development and Humanitarian Contexts
Part 3. Community Video for Social Change
Part 4. Planning a Community Video Project
Part 5. Implementing a Community Video Initiative
Part 6. Program Quality and Sustainability
Part 7. Monitoring and Evaluation
Part 8. Sharing Lessons and Best Practices in Participatory Video for Social Change
Annexes
Practical Guide for Community Video Training
I. Introduction to the Practical Guide for Community Video Training
II. Community Video Training Plan
III. Community Video Training Exercises
IV. Source Sheets
V. Resources for Participatory Video Training
For further information or if you're interested in a hardcopy please contact us at (612) 872-7060 or email us at info@ARChq.org.
This toolkit, published by the American Refugee Committee and Communication for Change, is a guide to planning and implementing participatory video activities in conflict-affected settings, with a focus on gender-based violence prevention and response, harmful practices, HIV/AIDS, and related health issues.
The toolkit comprises two documents. The first outlines practices and approaches related to using community video for social change in conflict-affected development and humanitarian settings. It also outlines steps for planning and designing a community video project, as well as implementation, ongoing support, and ways of integrating community video activities into broader work within an organisation or programme. The toolkit provides recommendations for monitoring and evaluation, and suggests opportunities for sharing experiences.
The second document is a manual titled "A Practical Guide to Community Video Training." This guide provides detailed session descriptions, exercises, and support materials for a two-week training workshop integrating thematic content with video production, team-building, and interpersonal communication skills.
The guide is designed primarily as a facilitation tool; however, it can also serve as a resource for communication personnel, programme managers, and humanitarian aid agency and non-governmental organisation staff who wish to strengthen health and social development programmes through participatory video. It is also intended as a resource for health advocates, media activists, social researchers, students, and others seeking in-depth information on participatory communication and community-based social change.
The toolkit was produced based on the experiences of the "Through Our Eyes" community video project in Liberia, Uganda, Sudan, Thailand, and Rwanda. Implemented by the American Refugee Committee (ARC) and its technical partner, Communication for Change (C4C), the project has been primarily supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) since 2008. Throughout the toolkit, relevant examples from the Through Our Eyes experience and other participatory communication programmes are integrated.
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