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Children Carry Trash Not Books

 
/ May 4, 2010

The children of Solan in Himachal Pradesh have access to schools and a right to free education.

Funds for Books Embezzled

 
/ May 3, 2010

Officials in Nagpur’s education department siphon money from education funds for personal gain.

Pottery Disappearing

 
/ May 3, 2010

Manipur is home to a rich and important pottery trade. Its ceramic artisans hold a key place in Manipuri culture.

Despite Rain No Water

 
/ May 3, 2010

Many are blaming corruption for a severe water crisis in Dang.

India's Mines in the Sacred Mountain

 
/ December 21, 2009

An impassioned invective by Arundhati Roy speaks on behalf of the Dongria Kondh people in south Orissa. Their bauxite-rich ancestral hills, worth around $4 triliion, were snatched out from under them by the India’s supreme court and sold to British-owned Vedanta, one of the biggest mining corporations in the world...

The Fascinating Innovators of Brazil Community Arts and Culture

 
/ December 14, 2009

– Jessica Mayberry During our month in Brazil working on our new project VCU.br, my partner Stalin and I met with more than a dozen different community media groups. Every meeting was too short, with us starting off by explaining why we had called them and explaining our work, and...

Community media in Brazil – first impressions

 
/ December 14, 2009

– Jessica Maberry A mural in the favela made by local residents associated with the community arts organization CEDECA in Grajau, Sao Paulo. Political and social graffiti is everywhere in Sao Paulo, and making it keeps kids out of crime. Almost undoubtedly, Brazil is the country in the world with...

When a Small Organization Works in a New Country

 
/ December 14, 2009

– Jessica Mayberry For Video Volunteers, starting a project in a new country (Brazil, where we have just started a program focused on video as a way for young people from favelas to earn a living) has been a really interesting but also challenging process. When I started VV in...