Social and ecological awareness in Luanda

Participatory Video project on ecological/social -education and -awareness

Background:

Looking for alternatives to spread knowledge concerning environmental education, ADRA-Angola expressed the wish to use audio-visual means to bridge the communication gap to their target audiences throughout all provinces.

Activities:

• Two weeks full-time training in video production, editing and script-writing with the Angolan NGO ADRA

Results:

• The participants have received technical as well as journalistic knowledge to produce audio-visual material independently and how to distribute it
• Two participatory-videos were produced, one concerning environmental education: "O lixo em Luanda" (The garbage in Luanda) and another one concerning social awareness "Os Lavadores de carros nas ruas"
• The skills acquired are used by the participants to deepen video reports for future activities and to spread awareness concerning ecological education within their provinces.
• Afterwards the participants trained other people from their teams on the subjects learned.