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Borneo Longhouse
A short film made together with a remote Dayak community from Indonesian Borneo, who explain their decision to rebuild a traditional longhouse to guarantee the survival of Dayak culture in the face of forest loss and plantation expansion, and ask for support for tools to rebuild a longhouse. The fundraising for this project was very successful and the community held a ceremony to “plant” the first pillar of the new longhouse. The longhouse was built in 2007-8.

 

Scotland based projects
A film created with young gypsy travelers in Edinburgh and West Lothian giving them a way to explain to Edinburgh Council and to funders about culturally appropriate youth work provision.
A film created with drug users on a rehabilitation programme in Edinburgh encouraging other users to access similar programme.
A film made with young people in Edinburgh looking into everyday things that affect mental health. This film is for Scotland’s mental health professionals and policy makers.

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  • Wangari Maathai

    “Only informed and empowered citizens can hold their leaders accountable. Leaders who know that their citizens cannot hold them accountable tend to be irresponsible, abuse power and abuse their citizens. They mismanage resources and in the process cause much poverty and suffering. In fighting poverty it is essential to empower communities.”
  • Community Worker, Indonesia

    “Currently in communities, there is a lack of balanced information. There is more information from companies and the government than information on how plantations affect people in reality. We need information based on people’s real experience.”
  • Rubber Farmer, Indonesia

    “We now have information about our friends who live closer to roads and whose land has been converted into oil palm plantations. We saw them having problems. They do not earn enough, they cannot get a job and they said the oil palm cannot pay for their daily life.”

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