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InsightShare has over fifteen years of experience facilitating Participatory Video projects with communities all around the world. Here is a cross-section of examples from over the years demonstrating various applications for the methodology.

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A terrible day in my life

Kenya

 At the start of the post election violence, Peter lost his uncle during an attack on their compound. He became depressed started using drugs. He talks about how he was able to begin to address his anger and resentment for other ethnic groups on the football pitch, through the LEAP SPORT program.

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Themes: Conflict Resolution, Sports for Change, Youth
Category: Monitoring & Evaluation

What is Participatory Video?

Worldwide

This animation explains the process and ethos behind the Participatory Video methodology, as practiced by InsightShare in its various projects around the world.  Using simple drawings, reminiscent of the storyboards created by participants, the process of community authored video for change is detailed from conception to creation and beyond.

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Themes: PV Demo
Category: Training

Tofiga O Pili Aau

Samoa

Documenting the impacts of climate change on the coastal communities in Samoa, 'Tofiga O Pili Aau' was created by representatives from eight villages on Savai-i and Upolu islands.

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Themes: Climate Change, Community Action, Natural Resource Management
Category: Community Consultation, Monitoring & Evaluation

Waiting For Water

South Africa

When people living near the small tea estate in Inanda saw water pipes being laid in October 2004, they were overjoyed. Standpipes would soon be spouting water, they were told…but they waited in vain. Three years later, Inanda residents planned, directed and filmed 'Waiting for Water' as a local lobbying tool...and the impacts were immediate.

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Themes: Community Action, Natural Resource Management
Category: Advocacy, Capacity Building

Living On A Poisonous Stream

Indonesia

The residents of Permisan village near the Porong river in East Java have been harvesting fish from their ponds for generations, but since an environmental disaster at the Lapindo Brantas gas mining site in May 2006, the area has been suffering from vast eruptions of volcanic mud, which have buried nearby villages and displaced thousands of people.

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Themes: Community Action, Human Rights
Category: Advocacy, Human Rights Based Approach

Voice of the Batwa

Uganda

'Voice of the Batwa' was planned and filmed by members of the Batwa people during a Participatory Video project facilitated by InsightShare. Part of this film was aired on Ugandan television as well as being screened to local and national politicians, donors and NGOs.

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Themes: Bio-Cultural Diversity, Indigenous Issues, Natural Resource Management
Category: Advocacy, Human Rights Based Approach

Traditional Paddy To The Rescue

Sri Lanka

'Traditional Paddy To The Rescue' was made by Sri Lankan farmers in 2007 to document the re-introduction of traditional varieties of rice, which grow successfully in their heavily salinated soils. 

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Themes: Bio-Cultural Diversity, Natural Resource Management
Category: Capacity Building, Monitoring & Evaluation

Kamayoqs

Peru

'Kamayoqs' was created during a pilot initiative with potato and alpaca Kamayoqs, in the high Andes of Peru, exploring the potential of Participatory Video for pro-poor market development and farmer-to farmer technology transfer.

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Themes: Indigenous Issues, Natural Resource Management
Category: Capacity Building, Participatory Research

Tichezerane AIDS Support Group

Malawi

This film was planned and filmed by the members of the Tichezerane AIDS Support group, in Malawi, and describes the group's history and the stories of some of its members; all of whom live with the HIV virus.

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Themes: Community Action, Health
Category: Video Messages

Play Your Part

Tanzania

‘Play your Part’ is a Participatory Video made by the Tanzanian White Ribbon Alliance to address issues of Safe Motherhood in Tanzania. The film has been shown at national and international conferences and on Tanzanian television.

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Themes: Health
Category: Advocacy, Human Rights Based Approach