Communication Technology in Rural Areas
All Set to Roll: The Third IU Training Camp
With monsoon receding and the sun eking its way out, the Third IndiaUnheard Training Camp is all set to roll out in Goa on the 26th of September, 2011. A housewife from rural Rajasthan, a college student from the slums of Mumbai, a dalit teenager from remote Jharkhand, a grassroots...
Closing the IndiaUnheard training camp with a powerful sharing session
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...
IndiaUnheard Training : from discussing practical details to debating environmental issues
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...
IndiaUnheard Training Camp 2011 – First Day
Today is the first day of the IndiaUnheard training camp and we are so excited! 16 community correspondents who have all been producing videos for the last one year have all been streaming in today and yesterday. They are here to both celebrate their achievements, brush up on training, and...
Avatar Star Endorses Video Volunteers: Actor Stephen Lang Films Video Supporting Global Media Initiative
You may know Steven Lang as the villainous colonel Quaritch in Avatar, but in reality he believes the camera is a stronger weapon than the gun. He’s become a champion of using cinema for the empowerment of the most disadvantaged, and has recently made a video endorsing the global...
Video Volunteers honored in Japan by Junior Chamber International
This is a post by Jessica Mayberry, the Founding Director of Video Volunteers, who was recently honored as an ‘Outstanding Young Leader’ by Junior Chamber International, Japan. Ms Mayberry traveled to Japan to accept the award. In this blog she recollects the event and her experience. I am writing from...