Video Volunteers

Cause Area

  • Advocacy & Human Rights
  • Community
  • International
  • Media & Broadcasting
  • Women

Location

125 E 84th St.New York, NY 10021 United States
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Mission Statement

Video Volunteers is a nonprofit program dedicated to using video to help alleviate poverty and accelerate social change in the developing world. By matching volunteer filmmakers with local organizations serving those in need, Video Volunteers empowers the voice of the world's poor to be heard. Through video, stories are captured, knowledge is shared and needs are conveyed. Through video, social change is ignited.

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Video Volunteers is a movement of people who believe in the power of media to bring the world closer together and cause people to take action. Working with the Creative Visions Foundation and Drishti Media Collective, Video Volunteers uses the now ubiquitous video camera to accelerate social change at the most basic level: To fix wells, educate children, and fight for social justice and womenà ¢??s rights. Video Volunteers matches filmmakers with non-governmental organizations around the world for two- to four-month stays. These à ¢??Video Volunteers,à ¢?? equipped with cameras, tapes and computer software, produce films for the NGOà ¢??s advocacy, fundraising, training and community awareness efforts. The Video Volunteers also train staff in video production. This enables the NGO to continue to produce basic videos that make their organizations more successful.

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