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Closing the IndiaUnheard training camp with a powerful sharing session

 
/ March 13, 2011

It is the last day of the training, and everyone is given an opportunity to share what they learned from the training. The Community Correspondents (CCs) now all have excellent journalistic skills, they are able to report unheard stories and to handle videos. For many, what they have learned goes...

Telling unheard stories and reflecting on infrastructure in IndiaUnheard Training

 
/ March 13, 2011

This morning session is dedicated to the theme of infrastructure. A very concrete theme, that relates to numerous personal stories in Community Correspondents’ live. The Correspondents now should learn that their life is a story material, and how to make story from this special sort of material. Stalin starts the...

IndiaUnheard Training : from discussing practical details to debating environmental issues

 
/ March 13, 2011

The morning session usually balances technical advices and larger debates, on the themes covered by the Community Correspondents (CCs). Video Volunteers is not merely training good filmmakers, but attempting to raise awareness among  its CCs on issues crucial in contemporary India.   The IndiaUnheard process Stalin starts the day with...

Women Trained For Disaster Management

 
/ March 10, 2011

An organisation in Uttarakhand trains women in rescue and relief efforts.

Discussing development and technology in IndiaUnheard training

 
/ March 10, 2011

I  just arrived in Video Volunteers at the beginning of the week. I will intern in the NGO for 6 months. Since I will work on the India Unheard project, meeting the Community Correspondents (CCs) was very important to me. It was the occasion for very rich encounters, and a...

Identifying The Real Identity: Exercise To Help Community Correspondents Identify Their Core Issues

 
/ March 10, 2011

During the IndiaUnheard training, director Stalin K held a special session on identity. The session saw community correspondents speaking aloud about issues that are dear to their hearts such as gender discrimination, caste-based violence, economic deprivation, terrorism and destruction of forest land. Each of the CCs has deep personal connection...

Minorities EvictedIn Meghalaya

 
/ March 9, 2011

Violating the laws, rich landlords and corrupt officials continue to dupe poor families in Meghalaya.

Government Plays with Power, Dalits Displaced

 
/ March 8, 2011

The government and a power company are forcefully acquiring Dalit land, leading to violence.