Watch VVs News Show On TV

Speak Out India is the first ever community news show on Indian TV aired every Saturday at 5.30 pm and on Sunday 11.30 am. The correspondents of the program are from slums and villages, trained by Video Volunteers.
Watch VVs News Show On TV

Community Video Units

Community-run production companies that produce solutions-oriented video magazines on issues decided by the community. Community members watch the videos in outdoor screenings and take action.
Community Video Units

IndiaUnheard

A community news service in which community correspondents from nearly every state in India report on issues ranging from corruption to local culture. One video a day is released and distributed online.
IndiaUnheard

Brazil Livelihood Project

Trains young people from the favelas of Brazil to run their own video businesses.
Brazil Livelihood Project

Videoshala

Local people produce educational videos that include themes of citizenship, diversity, and democracy and then screen them in schools.
Videoshala

Impact


Thousands of community members have taken action on human rights issues like corruption and gender as a result of our trainings.

Awards


Video Volunteers has won many prestigious global awards for its innovative community media models.

Watch Today’s IndiaUnheard Video


Video Volunteers publishes a daily 'IndiaUnheard' video made by our Community Correspondents spread across India.

Video Volunteers in the News


Read, see and hear what's being said about Video Volunteers and our partners.

Call For India Unheard Community Correspondents: Nominate your Candidates

Video Volunteers launched its community news service, IndiaUnheard, on 3rd of May 2010. Since then, we have trained 45 people to be community correspondents, voices of an India beyond the margins. Together these people have produced 275 videos released as ...

Where are the women on TV?

The perfect Indian woman is all about choices and she knows how to make the right one. She’s educated, knows her rights, is empowered enough to speak her mind. She’s a smart consumer who knows what suits her and will ...

Identifying The Real Identity: Exercise To Help Community Correspondents Identify Their Core Issues

During the IndiaUnheard training, director Stalin K held a special session on identity. The session saw community correspondents speaking aloud about issues that are dear to their hearts such as gender discrimination, caste-based violence, economic deprivation, terrorism and destruction of ...

Innovation Agent: Jessica Mayberry, Founder of Video Volunteers

The following article,  by Lydia Dishman, was published in the October-'2010 issue of Fast Company magazine - the International business publication. We are re-publishing the content  from the original article. Imagine giving a village full of people who have never seen ...

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Video Volunteers is an international media organization empowering the voices of the world’s unheard communities. Its mission is to empower the world’s poorest citizens to right the wrongs they witness by becoming players in the global media revolution. Video Volunteers provides disadvantaged communities with journalistic, critical thinking and creative skills, teaching people to articulate and share their perspectives on the issues that matter to them – on a local and a global scale.

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