Storytelling: A catalyst for change
Behind every movement, there's a story. And behind each story, there's a storyteller. Storytelling has always been a crucial part of all cultures. illuminAid wants to give more people, especially those in underprivileged communities, the tools to share their stories. By doing this, we're empowering these communities to not only tell their stories but also to drive change and improve the lives of their people.
5 steps to showing a video in rural communities
As you may know, our four-day workshops are full-day intensive trainings on the creation and dissemination of educational videos. During those four days, we cover everything from turning on a camera to editing a video to displaying a video on a projector in a remote community without electricity.
How illuminAid’s Three-part Intervention Makes a Difference
By focusing on the three key aspects of development - education, resources, and empowerment, IlluminAid is driving significant changes in impoverished communities worldwide.
What’s in the illuminAid kit?
Discover how illuminAid is revolutionizing education in the world's most impoverished regions with our innovative video technology kits, powering positive social evolution through the barriers of electricity, literacy, geography, and more.
Q&A: Pathfinder’s use of ICT4D in Mozambique
Empowering communities through locally-created videos, illuminAid's Video Education Workshop in Mozambique fostered change by supporting Pathfinder International's efforts to address child marriage and gender-based violence. Jose Mpingo, a dedicated participant, highlights the powerful impact of these videos in changing beliefs and attitudes in Cabo Delgado province.
The power of ICT4D and its worldwide benefits
illuminAid proudly leverages modern digital tools to help NGOs and government ministries spread valuable information to communities without electricity access.
The Territory: Fighting for the future of the Amazon Rainforest
What happens when a tiny band of indigenous people in one of the most remote regions of Brazil faces the destruction of their life and land? They turn to video, drones and smartphones.
How video technology is an avenue toward worldwide fairness
Technology has the power to equalize the information gap. Various agencies and organizations are using the tools of the Information Age to share vital pieces of information around the world.
Localization upstages production values in global development videos
Some International Development Executives believe high-quality video is better than locally-made video, even if the videos are dubbed or subtitled, we have not found this to be true. illuminAid is a staunch advocate of hyper-localized video that resonates better with the audience and can spur emotions that can catalyze positive behavior change in key aspects of life