In the World Bank’s “1999 Voices of the Poor” survey, the most important need identified by the poorest of the poor was not food or shelter, but a means to a 'voice.' For the three to four billion people worldwide with little to no access to critical information, communication tools are often overlooked as necessary resources in the fight against global poverty and inequality. In partnership with the media organization Drishti and local NGOs, Video Volunteers establishes small, sustainable more...
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Since 1987, MYSA has pioneered many innovations in youth sports, environmental improvement and community development. The MYSA football league, with over 1000 teams from Mathare and the engulfing slums of Nairobi, does more than simply keep the kids physically fit and off the street; every weekend, 25-30 teams from MYSA clear the garbage and ditches around their homes. In August 1997, the Shootback Photography Programme was introduced not only to strengthen co-operative relationships between MY more...
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The Asociacion Pro Arte y Cultura (APAC) started its activities in the Santa Cruz region in 1994. The association brought together professionals with recognised experience in the cultural sector. These professionals organized activities to promote the culture of the Chiquitos region. The activities of APAC have an impact on the people of the region of Grand Chiquitania, Bolivia and Latin America.
From its inception APAC has been a network of professionals pooling together in the advancement of more...
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The Triangle Arts Trust (TAT) is a network that encourages excellence in the visual arts. By promoting an exchange of practice and ideas, it provides stimuli and opportunities for artists to realise their potential. The Trust’s activities lie outside of the institutional frameworks of colleges, museums and galleries, and are focused on providing space where the creative process can develop through experimentation and exchange. TAT helps to support local culture and infrastructure. This process more...
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In December 1998, as Cambodia was still struggling with political conflicts and social instability, an exhibition of contemporary Cambodian art entitled “Communication: Channel of Hope” opened at Situations, “a make-shift gallery” in the front room of KIDS, the first internet cafe in Phnom Penh. A large crowd gathered for the opening. For most, it was strange and unusual that such an event was taking place while the general focus was on the political situation and social unrest. The unex more...
The Arab Image Foundation (AIF) was created in 1997 by a group of Arab photographers, video-artists and curators. The Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation established in Beirut with the goal of locating, collecting, preserving, interpreting and presenting the photographic heritage of the Middle East, North Africa and the Arab diaspora from the mid 19th century to the present. The Foundation was established with the primary purpose of creating a space for the representation of Arabs by Ara more...
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SuperSudaca, a name taken from the combination of meanings of “over the top” and the usually pejorative term of “sudaca” used to identify South American immigrants in Spain, was casually founded in 2001 by a group of young Latin American architects that met and studied at the Berlage Institute in Rotterdam. Having been brought up on architectural examples of Europe and the USA they suddenly realized that they were pretty much ignorant of what was happening in their neighboring countries more...
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