Maza Yi Moyo - Water is Life

Participatory Video and Citizen journalism-project

Background:

The training aimed to train a group of eight “Anglican Church of Angola“-activists in the basics of participatory video production and citizen journalism.The video was related to the Maza yi Moyo (“Water is life“)-project; what was achieved and how it effects its beneficiaries.
This initiative in itself is working to create community-managed improved water and to promoto household adoption of improved sanitation and hygiene practices in the Songo Municipality within the Uíge Province, in Angola.

Activities:

• Introduction to video-activism, its possibilities and its impact
• Introduction to the language of film
• Pre-production, production and post-production of the participatory video
• Video-activism in Uige and how to reach Episcopal Relief and Developments target audiences
• Implementation of public screening

Results & Impact:

• Production of a Participatory video on Episcopal Relief and Developments WASH-inititive
• Empowerment of eight staff members to form the “Anglicana Media-Unit“
• Hand over of technical tools to ensure continous video-production to partner-organisations
• Distribution infrastruction has been established to ensure local and worldwide distributions of video productions of the “Anglicana Media-Unit“