Video Volunteers has launched Buland Bol - an online, free training program to train marginalised communities in video production, editing, storytelling and creating impacts with the help of social media advocacy.
More than 400 applications were received from different parts of the country as a result of social media campaign run by Video Volunteers. The first batch consisting of 70 selected participants are undergoing orientation on the program.
If you wish to know more about Buland Bol, read all about it here.
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