By Videographer Sean Marin At the end of November I got an email asking if I was interested in going to Haiti to film a two year earthquake anniversary piece for a NGO called Three Angels. Like any person with a bone for adventure I immediately agreed to it. But there was a bit of a catch. There would be [...]
By: Juliana Rincón Parra The recent investigation done by journalists of Plaza Publica in Guatemala has uncovered how government authorities, although legally having to prevent child labor, allow children under 14 years of age to work in their cane fields, which is a physically demanding and dangerous work. Sugar Cane Pieces by Chris McBrien CCBy In the article Child labor and exploitation in Guatemala’s sugar Alberto Arce and [...]
“I’d love for viewers to have an emotional investment in Rico and Starr’s story. It’s easy to pass by youths like Rico and Starr on the street. And it’s easy to not watch a film like this…but I feel their story is incredibly compelling and potent.” -Goro Toshima Broken Doors follows a young, homeless couple (Rico and Starr) struggling to [...]
After watching a video of African children suffering from parasites in their feet, Asher Collie couldn’t just just sit and watch this continuing, she instant knew that she could help African men and women by teaching them a simple trade—how to make shoes. You did your first trip to Uganda and Zambia in spring 2010, what was it that sparked the idea to start Sole [...]
Solar Sister eradicates energy poverty by empowering women with economic opportunity. We combine the breakthrough potential of solar technology with a deliberately woman-centered direct sales network to bring light, hope and opportunity to even the most remote communities in rural Africa. Describe the process when you invest in the women in a rural village? Solar Sister is bringing a grassroots, women [...]
The Love Alliance seems to be focused towards getting individuals to lifestyles of social justice, how can individuals impact global issues? We believe anyone can make an impact on the world, locally and globally. Every day we make decisions that create a positive or negative impact towards injustice. My favorite example of this is looking at the products [...]
By: Juliana Rincón Parra The recent investigation done by journalists of Plaza Publica in Guatemala has uncovered how government authorities, although legally having to prevent child labor, allow children under 14 years of age to work in their cane fields, which is a physically demanding and dangerous work. Sugar Cane Pieces by Chris McBrien CCBy In the article Child labor and exploitation in Guatemala’s sugar Alberto Arce and [...]
By: Juliana Rincón Parra Video journalist Maggie Padlewska will travel alone for one year, visiting a country each week for a total of 52 countries. During her journey she’ll be recording, editing and producing videos of her interactions with communities, organizations and people under-represented by mass media and uploading them to the web, so that the stories of these people in lesser known [...]
By Videographer Sean Marin At the end of November I got an email asking if I was interested in going to Haiti to film a two year earthquake anniversary piece for a NGO called Three Angels. Like any person with a bone for adventure I immediately agreed to it. But there was a bit of a catch. There would be [...]
Changing our everyday lives to be greener and more environmentally friendly is, in many ways, just as important as the next big renewable energy policy change on the governmental or national level. Without changes on all levels of society any single change in one area is not likely to be as effective as it ultimately could be when all things [...]
By: Juliana Rincón Parra Video journalist Maggie Padlewska will travel alone for one year, visiting a country each week for a total of 52 countries. During her journey she’ll be recording, editing and producing videos of her interactions with communities, organizations and people under-represented by mass media and uploading them to the web, so that the stories of these people in lesser known [...]
By:Barry Rodriguez This article comes via World Next Door Haiti has always had a big place in my heart. After the January 2010 earthquake devastated the Caribbean nation, I had the incredible privilege to live inside an internally displaced people camp and write about what life is really like for families there (click here to read those articles). That is why [...]
By Videographer Sean Marin At the end of November I got an email asking if I was interested in going to Haiti to film a two year earthquake anniversary piece for a NGO called Three Angels. Like any person with a bone for adventure I immediately agreed to it. But there was a bit of a catch. There would be [...]
By Antonio Pasolini, Justmeans A new socially responsible campaign aims at advancing literacy in Latin American countries. The initiative is by Grupo Nelson, the Spanish division of Thomas Nelson, to celebrate International World Book Day on April 23, 2012. The name of the campaign is “Dona un Libro”, or “Donate a Book” and it will encourage readers to donate new or [...]
By: Juliana Rincón Parra The recent investigation done by journalists of Plaza Publica in Guatemala has uncovered how government authorities, although legally having to prevent child labor, allow children under 14 years of age to work in their cane fields, which is a physically demanding and dangerous work. Sugar Cane Pieces by Chris McBrien CCBy In the article Child labor and exploitation in Guatemala’s sugar Alberto Arce and [...]
By: Sarica Cernohous It is so important to consider the implications of how and what we feed ourselves and our families. When we purchase our food without this sort of mindfulness, we can find our purchasing power feeding the likes of pesticide/herbicide/fungicide-laden, GMO-laced, corporate agribusiness. Although not always the case, this model often has in its sites its shareholders profits rather [...]
In 2012, Not For Sale plans to do significantly more to help re-abolish slavery and help create new futures for survivors receiving support, services, and care in its international projects across the globe. In Thailand, Not For Sale supports the work of a street team of modern-day abolitionists to help provide emergency and long-term assistance to impoverished children and adults living [...]
The violence and impunity Mexico has been facing these past years have prompted artists, creators and media to join forces and launch a campaign to change statistics into names and stories. Through a collaborative project they are asking viewers to research other casualties and give voices to the victims of violence. Artists have recorded several videos telling some of the [...]
Changing our everyday lives to be greener and more environmentally friendly is, in many ways, just as important as the next big renewable energy policy change on the governmental or national level. Without changes on all levels of society any single change in one area is not likely to be as effective as it ultimately could be when all things [...]
By: KATIE MEYLER About More Than Me: We get little girls off the street and into school in one of the world’s most dangerous slums in the world in Liberia, West Africa. We work with community leaders to identify the girls who are at the highest risk of being sexually exploited to ensure that education and opportunity, not exploitation and poverty, defines [...]
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