How do you teach creativity and critical thinking to people from very disadvantaged communities, with little formal education? Doing this is a major goal of Video Volunteers’ work in training community producers. If organizations don’t develop these training tools, the world could find itself in a situation where technology allows...
Jitu Makwana, Community Producer from Aapna Malak Maa, wrote about the change that the video brought about in his community. Read it below. We have translated it into English from Gujarati. Friends, we have seen that we have a lot of issues around us. Dirty surroundings and toilets are one...
Sharda, Community Producer, Aapna Malak Maa wrote about the impact of her film. We have translated it into English for you. Sonalben lives in Choraniya village of Limbdi Taluka. Her husband used to beat her up after getting drunk. He also gave her a lot of mental trauma. In the...
Video Volunteers has partnered with MTV Iggy to produce videos in Kashmir about life in the refugee camps of Jammu. Here’s a link to one of the videos, about a boy who watched his entire family be slaughtered: MTV iggy is a new channel/show of MTV that is focused on...
Bipin, Community Producer from Aapna Malak Maa team, wrote about the impact of the video on de-addiction. Read further to know what he has to say. It has been translated into English from Gujarati. In Dhandalpur village 5 people – Sunilbhai Naginbhai, Ganeshbhai Bhikhabhai, Ketanbhai Dhirubhai, Thobhanbhai Lagharbhai, and Bhanubhai...
Neeru Rathod, Community Producer from Aapna Malak Maa, wrote about the impact of her video about violence on women. We have translated it into English from Gujarati: Hi friends. I am Neeru Rathod. I will tell you about the impacts, solutions offered, changes in people and the actions taken by...
In early 2008 six teachers perpetrated a series of rapes against female Dalit students at a teacher-training college outside of Ahmedabad, Gujarat. In reaction, Apna Malak Ma’s latest video magazine focused on local instances of violence against women. Community Producer Sharda, a 20 year old Dalit girl from Siyani village,...
Can a Community Producer like Samata, from a slum in Mumbai, ever become fully competitive in a mainstream market? In thinking about Video Volunteers’ future work, I’m realizing we need to develop new models of community video that are scalable and allow for video to be a livelihood for thousands...
