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The Video4Change Grassroots Gathering has started

by Egbert Wits | Oct 12, 2019 | Featured

On October 9, 2019, forty activists & participatory video practitioners from Africa & beyond arrived at Bertha Foundation’s Retreat in Stellenbosch, Capetown, South Africa for the #video4change Grassroots Gathering. Egbert Wits writes what happened on that day.

Impact Toolkit Journey: the Beginning

by Egbert Wits | Jul 16, 2019 | Blog

The Video for Change Impact Toolkit was launched almost three months ago and we are planning to start implementing the Impact Toolkit methodology in Southeast Asia.

Member videos

Motion of No Confidence (Mosi Tidak Percaya) Part 2

Watchdoc collaborated with videomakers and activists from 12 cities in Indonesia to produce the second part of their documentary "Mosi Tidak Percaya" (Motion of No Confidence). The film captures the aspirations of the ongoing student-led movement in Indonesia.
Sign Language Festival with Indonesia Deaf Community

Civil society organisation Gerakan untuk Kesejahteraan Tunarungu Indonesia - Geratkin (Movement for Deaf Welfare in Indonesia) celebrated the International Day of Sign Language on 27 September 2019 in Jogjakarta. Participants marched and visited Museum Sonobudoyo (Indonesian Cultural History Museum) in Central Jogjakarta. In dozens of other cities in Indonesia, Gerkatin arranged similar celebrations.
The Video4Change Grassroots Gathering in South Africa

Mthwakazi Lenga sings and connects with the ancestors of the land at the opening of the #video4change grassroots gathering in Boschendal, South Africa.
The Victims Became the Suspects

The congregation of the Bethel Church in the Aceh province of Indonesia have long been facing difficulty to worship freely. In June 2012, hundreds of local Muslims attacked their church and destroyed part of it, forcing many to leave. Even today, they are worshipping in secrecy. They continuously face repression and harassment from local authorities and other civilians.
We Are Refugees in Our Own Country

This video tells the plight of some internally displaced people of the Ahmadiyah sect in Indonesia, who have experienced religious persecution. Since 1998, the lives of those in Lombok, Nusa Tenggara Barat have been torn apart.
This video tells some of these stories.

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15 Oct

in midst of all the claims that government make, we help them deliver to the ground.
An #Impact story on how our video helped the #UjjwalaScheme beneficiaries, in getting the gas cylinders refilled in a village, Maharashtra
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15 Oct

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Postúlate al Mediatón México 2019 #VocesEnAlza con @ChicaPoderosaMX antes de 20 de octubre https://t.co/c3ZNmIXLVR https://t.co/HtT5WheP7U

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15 Oct

Stopped from #filming the police? Have footage of officials preventing non-obstructive, peaceful filming? Share your story here/email feedback@witness.org! We think that #activists & civil society should also discuss what the #RightToRecord really means: https://t.co/Rer8R9Yg4Q

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