With headquarters in New York City, Women’s World Banking (WWB) is an international network of microfinance institutions that offers poor women access to finance, knowledge, and markets. By providing women with the tools they need to develop small businesses and expand assets, WWB improves the economic status, health and well-being of families around the globe.
In celebration of their 30th Anniversary, Media For Change produced a video exploring the WWB mission as seen through the eyes of its network members.
Why A Network? screened at the WWB 2009 Global Meeting, and is now distributed to WWB affiliates worldwide. Edited by Heather Spilkin.
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Community Access provides safe, affordable housing and employment opportunities for individuals with psychiatric disabilities all over New York City. For over 35 years, they have been helping people make the transition from homelessness, institutionalization and/or incarceration to independent living.
Media For Change co-produced and shot this 35th Anniversary video, which screened at the 2009 Gala. Co-Produced and Edited by Heather Spilkin.
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Trickle Up is an international non-profit that helps people living on less than a $1 a day take the first steps out of poverty. By providing seed capital in the form of small grants, along with enterprise training and savings support, Trickle Up gives families an opportunity to create a sustainable business, earn income, and gain access to healthcare and education.
Using a 50-page transcribed audio interview from 1996, we wrote a letter on behalf of Co-Founder Mildred Leet that was published in their 30th Anniversary Annual Report. We also researched, wrote copy, and worked with designers on a page that explains how Trickle Up is addressing the UN Millennium Development Goals.
Click here to see Annual Report excerpts.
You can also view the E-Newsletter we researched and wrote, and the blank photo cards we produced in collaboration with designers, vendors, and program staff.
Click here to see the E-Newsletter and Blank Photo Cards
Founded in 1976, Habitat for Humanity is a renowned, volunteer-based organization that builds and rehabilitates simple, decent housing for people living in vulnerable areas around the world. Habitat is not a giveaway program; instead, homeowners spend hours of ‘sweat equity’ building alongside volunteers.
This clip from a 20-min. documentary charts the physical and emotional journey a group of students and faculty from Keene State College, NH take when they build two houses in the Dominican Republic.
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Architecture School for The Sundance Channel
Gourmet's Diary of a Foodie for PBS
Global Village for Habitat for Humanity International
Remi's Secret an independent documentary short
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Maisha is a filmmaking lab based in Kampala, Uganda that gives emerging screenwriters, producers, directors, and editors in East Africa a unique opportunity to hone their craft with the help of accomplished industry professionals. Founded by acclaimed director Mira Nair (Mississipi Masala, Monsoon Wedding, The Namesake), Maisha is a growing foundation dedicated to providing talented filmmakers with the tools they need to tell their own stories.
Media For Change is currently working with Maisha to rewrite and design a completely new, up-to-date website.
Stay tuned for a link to the
new Maisha website
Founded with Media For Change partner and social marketing guru Angela Adrar, Citizen Inspired was launched on Martin Luther King Day 2010. Dedicated to the place where creativity and communications meet global change, the blog serves as an e-magazine and online resource for artists, designers, and activists.
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World Vision Report is an award-winning weekly radio show broadcast on hundreds of stations across the country. Hosted by Peggy Wehmeyer, former ABC World News Tonight correspondent, the program covers a wide range of timely global issues. Through Media For Change, Rachel now writes and records a documentary film review series for the show.
Click here to listen to the podcast on worldvisionreport.org
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Coming soon: A review of the critically-acclaimed film Pray the Devil Back to Hell -- about a women's peace movement that helped end ten years of civil war in Liberia.