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Tripping The Line
Two friends are working hard on searching for a new music beat and have great hopes. But who owns the copyright? Their friendship is soon to be tested. Short drama scripted and filmed by a group of members of the … Continue reading
Posted in Homelessness, Participatory media, Radio, Training, UK, Youth
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Betrayed – Namibia
Coerced sterilisation – as Victoria suffered in Namibia – is against her human and legal rights. Her husband becomes abusive when she tells him that she can’t bear any more children. This is based on a true story and was filmed … Continue reading
Posted in Gender, HIV, HIV - Namibia, Living with HIV, Namibia, Participatory media, Training, Violence, Women
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“Children First!” – “Watoto Kwanza!” – Tanzania
Communities can be unsafe places for all people living with HIV because of violence, including stigma and abuse. Children living with or affected by HIV can be especially vulnerable without appropriate support. But guardians and parents may lack sufficient skills … Continue reading
Posted in All, Children, Documentaries, Education, HIV, Stepping Stones Project, Tanzania
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“Together” – Support Groups – The Namibia Women’s Health network
“TOGETHER” explores key challenges experienced by women living with HIV in Namibia such as coerced sterilisation, gender based violence and the practice of evicting widows by their family members after the death of a husband from AIDS-related illness. NWHN works … Continue reading
Posted in Documentaries, Gender, HIV, Namibia
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Our Africa Project
Our Africa: an amazing collection of videos by African children across the continent showing their lives and countries. Children from the SOS Children’s Villages are being trained to use small flip cameras to make their own films and tell their … Continue reading
Posted in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Children, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mozambique, Participatory media, Zimbabwe
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Adugna Dance Company – A Shared Gift – Ethiopia
The moving story of Adugna, Ethiopia’s biggest contemporary dance company which has transformed street children into professional dancers. Filmed in Ethiopia by GEMTV and in Paris by Dominique Chadwick. Film directed and edited by Dominique Chadwick Dominique Chadwick was one … Continue reading
Posted in Arts, Documentaries, Ethiopia, GEMTV Project - Ethiopia, Training
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Samfya – Nasanga Inshila (Extract) – Zambia
Penelope is a young woman from Samfya in northern Zambia. Her life is suddenly turned around when she becomes an orphan at the age of 14, when both her parents die of AIDs. Life becomes very difficult for Penelope who … Continue reading
Posted in Education, HIV, Participatory media, Zambia
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Preserving the Future – Fishing communities – Ghana
Illegal fishing is widespread on the western cost of Ghana contributing to the decline of fish stocks. For their own survival fishing communities have to change their fishing methods and collaborate with the government, the Marine police and Navy to … Continue reading
Posted in Documentaries, Ghana, Good governance, Mwananchi project
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Africa’s Voices- Citizen participation, Radio and Mobile phones
Africa’s Voices is a twelve-month pilot project ran by the Centre of Governance and Human Rights at Cambridge University. Building upon the existing enthusiasm for interactive radio, Africa’s Voices gathers citizens’ opinion on governance and development issues, challenging the dominant … Continue reading
Posted in Documentaries, Good governance, Malawi, Radio, Zambia
Tagged Africa, Community Radio, Governance
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Breaking the Barrier – Deaf community – Ghana
About 1% of the population in Ghana has hearing loss. The main challenge for the deaf community is communicating with the larger society so that they can have proper access to health, education and employment in their country. The Ghana … Continue reading
Posted in Documentaries, Ghana, Good governance, Mwananchi project
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