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

Impact


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

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 ...

Impact

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

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 ...

Recent Comments

Our international community media organization equips women and men in underdeveloped areas with critical thinking, creative, activist and video journalism skills, enabling entire communities to expose underreported stories from their communities and take action to right the wrongs of poverty, injustice and inequality. In India, we have created the largest, most diverse network of salaried Community Producers in the world. Content produced by these fully-trained individuals has been broadcast in mainstream media and is regularly screened online and for hundreds of thousands of people during local events in disadvantaged communities throughout India.

Recent Comments

Telling the Story at the Heart of the News

On Apr-12-2013
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Video Volunteers in the News

On Nov-15-2010
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Community-Owned Media: What Does It Mean?

On Dec-24-2008
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Brazil Livelihood Project

On Nov-12-2010
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