Kalemba (com legendas em Português)
Channel: PVforCC
Date: 2013-02-19

In June and July 2012, eleven farmers from the Cariango Commune in the province of Kwanza Sul, Angola, took part in a participatory video project to explore the impacts of climate change on their livelihoods.  In the village of Kalemba the participants demonstrated alternative ways of generating income in the dry season to substitute food production (including charcoal-making, ironwork and hunting) whilst emphasising the challenges they face in agricultural diversification.

The participating farmers produced 4 films in total during the 12-day workshop, exploring one central theme: drought and drought mitigation which were identified by the participants as the most significant issues currently affecting agricultural production.  The films' subject matter was drawn from a debate about low agricultural production and its causes: man-made or the impact of global climate change?  The communities represented in the films are experiencing drought in different ways and have responded with various mitigation techniques.  They decided to emphasise these different strategies by making 4 short films, one about each village, to share information between them, and draw forward these examples.

The other videos made by farmers from the Cariango Commune are:

Kipapane - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQHbM3TDcao
Lusongo - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KGA598ZsMQ
Lungo - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLRdMPaYIo0

This participatory video project was facilitated by InsightShare on behalf of Christian Aid and ACM Kwanza Sul.  It was initiated and funded by Comic Relief.

LEARN MORE...

For more information about participatory video, visit http://www.insightshare.org
Learn more about Christian Aid by visiting http://www.christianaid.org.uk/
Find out more about Comic Relief and its funding programmes at http://www.comicrelief.com/