Video Volunteers

Video Volunteers C/O Temin and Company 750 Lexington Avenue, 26th Floor New York, NY 10022 United States +646-505-8605 http://www.videovolunteers.org, www.ch19.org

Mission

Video Volunteers is a social media network that leverages the power of media to expand and accelerate positive social change, empower communities, overcome illiteracy and provide a real platform for voice among marginalized people in the developing world. By developing innovative and sustainable media platforms for production and distribution, focused on the needs and requirements of the poor and voiceless, we empower communities to create and share their own solutions to rights violations.

Programs

Estalblishing Community Video Units in partnership with NGOs; running a program helping poor kids in Brazil favelas set up video businesses; running a Community News Service called IndiaUnheard where one community correspondent in every state in India is reporting on their issues for the web, their community, national and local media; created the VideoActive Girls model model of media training that has been shared with hundreds of NGOs and resulted in a toolkit; set up community radio stations.

Personnel Overview

Jessica Mayberry - VV Founder, Director
Jessica worked for three years in broadcast news at CNN and the Fox News Channel, and in documentaries for Court TV. "I started Video Volunteers because I saw that there was an unmet need for high quality videos, and also for training, within the community of social entrepreneurs.”

Stalin K - India Country Director
Stalin K. is a documentary filmmaker and human rights activist from Gujarat, India. He has directed 12 documentaries and has won several awards. He has designed over 15 rights-based campaigns and conducted over 150 trainings in participatory video, street theatre, radio and communications.

Personnel Statistics

Jessica Mayberry,
Executive Director
Founded in 2002
Employees: 12
Volunteers: 5

Financial Statistics

Budget (2010): £ 189,096
Budget (2007): £ 137,904
Maximum Budget: £ 198,551
Overhead: 10 %
Other funding sources: Individuals, Foundations, NGOs, mainstream media, consultancies
Religious Affiliation: None