![]() | Burning in the Sun Cambria Matlow | Innovation | 05:12 26-year-old charmer Daniel Dembele is equal parts West African and European, and looking to make his mark on the world. Seizing the moment at a crossroads in his life, Daniel decides to return to his homeland in Mali and start a local business building solar panels - the first of its kind in the sun-drenched nation. Daniel's goal is to electrify the households of rural communities, 99 percent of w. ... More |
![]() | Saving Futures. Saving Lives. The Story Of Project Peanut Butter. Jeffrey Davis | Innovation | 05:13 Travel with Project Peanut Butter's medical staff to rural health clinics in Malawi, Africa. Experience the heart-warming story of Alefa and Pilirani, two young children who move from crisis to vitality. Learn about global malnutrition. Witness the positive impact of the low cost, revolutionary, home-based treatment program (RUTFs) pioneered by Dr. Mark Manary, Dr. Andre Briend, and the Project. ... More |
![]() | The Most Distant Places Mike Seely | Innovation | 05:03 Dr. Edgar Rodas has dedicated his life to improving the health conditions for underprivileged communities in his native Ecuador, and Cinterandes is his visionary mobile hospital and rural health care project. The Most Distant Places travels with Dr. Edgar Rodas and his team to the far reaches of Ecuador. By interweaving intimate portrayals of the doctors with stories of the patients they treat, t ... More |
![]() | THE TIME COMES TO ME Olivier Uwayezu | Innovation | 03:22 Girinka program (One cow per poor Family) was inspired by the Rwandan culture and initiated by the President of the Republic of Rwanda in 2006. Beneficiaries (people that are given cows):Â Historically Marginalized People who are very poor; Disabled people (people living with some disabilities who are very poor; Elderly people who are very poor. This program is implemented in two ways Girinka i ... More |
![]() | Vidiyal_ICT for development Aparna Sanyal | Innovation | 04:54 This film was made to document the work being done by Vidiyal, a small NGO that works in the tiny district of Theni in a Southern Indian state. It looks at the manner in which information and communication technologies (ICT) have been innovatively used by them to help in development work being carried out by them in the area. They have successfully used ICT to empower women's self-help groups with ... More |