What does Climate Change have to do with Farming Families?

Anand is a media activist working in one of the most sensitive areas in the country-- Malegaon, Maharastrata. Born in a migrant Dalit family, he chronicles caste oppression, denial of basic rights to his community and the toll that migration has on them. Motiram Dive and his son Subhash Dive have been farming all their lives, like their ancestors before them. They describe how deforestation teamed with rampant industrialisation have affected their way of life. Farming in dry weather and still air requires extra labour and money but yields little produce. This video is part of a project by Video Volunteers and the Indian Network for Ethics and Climate Change to document the effects of climate change on local communities across 14 states in India. These communities tell our CCs how changing weather patterns affects their livelihoods and that little has been done to help them cope.
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Community Voice Is Hard to Define. We’re Trying Anyway.

 
/ February 26, 2026

This piece summarizes the key findings from eight research reports recently published by Video Volunteers exploring how community voice works, where it breaks down, and what it actually produces when it is taken seriously.

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A Call for Research on AI’s Role in Amplifying the Insights of the Systemically Unheard

 
/ January 14, 2025

The article argues that systematically ignoring and silencing the voices of the poor and marginalized worldwide does not serve society or democracy well and must be countered. While new technologies such as AI could provide an opportunity for change, we contend that these technologies need to account more effectively for...

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