On assignment as an NGO videographer for UNICEF in Stung Treng

I’d worked as an NGO videographer on a Generation Future video for UNICEF a couple of years ago, so it’s always good to get the call to come back and make a follow up video to show how the programme has progressed / evolved.  

We filmed the last video in Siem Reap Province. This time the location was Stung Treng Province with a focus on female empowerment and getting more girls involved in STEM subjects (Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

 This area where girls are underrepresented. They can also face barriers when trying to study STEM subjects.

 Four Generation Future projects, Code for Girls, Cyclo Day, Meakea and RULErs, ran workshops to recruit and train 48 student volunteers from 4 schools in Stung Treng Province. All the groups featured female trainers and female student volunteers.

 ‘Code For Girls is a project that encourages girls to learn about coding and engineering,

which are both STEM subjects,’ says Sereny, the Code for Girls project leader.

 ‘We want them to use coding and 3D printing to come up with solutions to solve everyday problems,’ she adds.

‘I really enjoyed learning how to draw 2D and 3D models. I’ve never done this before,’ says Sovy, one of the student volunteers.

‘I've learnt a lot of new skills and gained a lot of new knowledge,’ she adds.

‘I’d like to see all Cambodian girls being confident and assured in the decisions they make,’ she concludes, which is a sentiment we can all agree with.

It was great working with the future generation of trainers and volunteers. Living in a country with such a young demographic, it’s essential that the younger generation, especially girls, learn leaderships skills and demand a voice in the decision-making process.

You can see the last video I made for Genreation Future here and more examples of my NGO videography work here.

Please don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have an NGO videography you would like to discuss.

Fast-turnaround project as a video editor for United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

I worked as a video editor for UNDP and UN Women on the joint project to address stigma and discrimination experienced by women with disabilities.

The videos were posted on UNDPs social media channels to coincide with International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPWD).

The projects was done on a very tight turnaround and it was a great team effort to get all the videos done and signed off in time to be launched on IDPWD.

As the project is in the initial stages, it would be great to see it gaining traction and shining a light on a subject that is often overlooked and that it contributes to reducing stigma and discrimination for women with disabilities across the world.

It was a pleasure working with the team at UNDP. In terms of clarity of vision and understanding how to be optimise and publish the videos on social media they were among the best I’ve worked with it.

It was also great to work with the team from University College London who are clearly experts in their field and are working very hard to get this project out of the block.

You can see more of my work as a video editor here and other example of short clips I’ve edited for publication on social media here. Below is one of the clips that was published on various agencies social media channels to help promote the project.