October 2011

World Food Day – October 16, 2011

 
/ October 14, 2011

Video Volunteers and the Red Cross Help Communities across India Testify to Vast Problem of Hunger NEW YORK – October 14, 2011 – On the eve of World Food Day – October 16 – Video Volunteers is releasing 12 documentary videos created by people living in slums and villages across India whose...

Slum Dwellers Lose Homes

 
/ October 13, 2011

Slums in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, are being uprooted without provisions for rehabilitation.

Long Walk To School

 
/ October 11, 2011

In rural Tamil Nadu, children walk six kilometers to get to school.

Say No to Plastic!

 
/ October 10, 2011

People of Rajasthan openly flout the ban on plastic.

IndiaUnheard Impact: Community Video Brings Gender Equality

 
/ October 9, 2011

600 female laborers in Maharashtra get equal pay because of our Community Correspondent Rohini Pawar’s video

Lone Teacher Runs School

 
/ October 6, 2011

Only one teacher has been appointed to take responsibility of running a government school in Madhupur, Jharkhand.

Video Volunteers Trainings: The Adivasis of Songadh, Gujarat

 
/ October 6, 2011

“Even in the age of information overload, it is surprising that so little information is available on the tribals. So many histories- personal, political, oral, visual, gastronomic, medical, linguistic, are tucked away in little pockets of the country. During the Songadh trainings, I realized that these pockets are not the...