We are a Living Culture The Maasai community have adopted a revitalised, multifaceted approach to preserve their culture in the face of several waves of change. At an event in London on Wednesday night, five representatives from the Maasai told an audience at The Building Centre that they aim to create an educational centre, a women’s empowerment initiative which concentrates…
What helps communities to be strong in the face of natural disasters? InsightShare has been supporting British Red Cross and Nepal Red Cross Society to use Participatory Video and Most Significant Change (PV MSC) as a method to help unpack how the earthquake recovery happened in Nepal and understand how to strengthen urban resilience. The…
October 15th, 2017 – exactly one year ago, the green heart of central Portugal was ravaged by the second most serious wave of wildfires to take the lives and livelihoods of many. I have stayed in this region every summer for the last decade and although wildfires are nothing new here, the scale of the…
Last Month, I went to Oxford for InsightShare Participatory Video (PV) Training of Facilitators. Honestly, I didn’t know what to expect and had no clue how you can actually facilitate a Participatory Video method. In only 6 days, I learnt to facilitate group exercises for participants to use the camera, shoot, edit, produce AND screen! And…
