The Mwanmba family – Congolese refugees living in Bujumbura, Burundi. “Hidden Lives – The Untold Story of Urban Refugees” is a photo project and exhibition that was produced collaboratively between the International Rescue ...
In 1876 the explorer Henry Morton Stanley first encountered the Lualaba River in what is today the Democratic Republic of Congo. Stanley was convinced that the Lualaba was connected to the great Congo River which the Portuguese had first sighted 400 ...
2011 Manchester United vs FC Barcelona final watched by supporters in a traditional English pub in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ...
Everywhere and every day women have abortions. This is the story of Maria from Montevideo, Uruguay. Maria speaks of the stigma attached to abortions in her country and her experience of having an abortion after an accidental pregnancy. The film is part ...
This film follows a group of friends who commute together to work in Warsaw. About 500,000 people commute into the Polish capital every day. Part of a series of short films about life in Warsaw, the Polish capital. ...
Ekon Association in Warsaw is a recycling plant that provides jobs for people with learning difficulties or mental health issues who would otherwise find it difficult to get work. For those who are often excluded from society, work is ‘A ...
Wika Szmit is 74 years old and a pensioner. Three times a week she runs discos at the Bolek club in Warsaw. Part of a series of short films about life in Warsaw, the Polish capital. ...
‘Jodie’ is a film about life in Warsaw seen through the eyes of a foreigner, an American living on a socialist-era housing estate and figuring out a way to be happy in Poland. Part of a series of short films about life in Warsaw, the Polish ...
The best call centre consultants are like doctors – they look beneath the skin of a client to determine the best way to sell him a product. Over 200,000 Poles work in 1,500 call centres in Poland. Call centres get commissions from companies that do...
On 13 March 2017 the discovery in Sierra Leone of the world's 14th largest diamond ever found was reported around the world. At 709 carat it is also the second largest ever seen in the country. The man who found it is pastor Emmanuel Momoh assisted ...
Now I am a Refugee tells the personal and moving story of Mazen, a Syrian refugee who arrived on the Greek island in the summer of 2015. Mazen is a powerful storyteller and as he takes us through his journey, he reflects on his past and on his future as ...
The diagnosis of cancer in anyone we love is a terrifying prospect, but we probably least expect it in our children. Three families at very different stages of this journey share their experiences of this life-changing ordeal. 13-year-old Julie Farum ...
In Northern Italy, one of the most delicate crafts has survived both industrialisation and globalisation. The hand-built violin is a huge success for the city of Cremona, where past and present comes together in a lucrative niche business. Meet 32 year ...
Two Danes, one mountain, one dream. Panos photographer and filmmaker Christian Als and his friend Lee Z. Berg climbed the majestic Ama Dablam mountain (6856m) in Nepal together. The mountain is often described as one of the most spectacular mountains in ...
40% of crops are lost to pests worldwide. For over 2 billion smallholder farmers in the world, these crops are a vital source of food and income for their families. The Plantwise Programme, an initiative from the Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences ...
Everywhere and every day women have abortions. This is the story of Bhakti who, after discovering she was pregnant, decided to have an abortion, just like millions of other women around the world. Bhakti, who lives in India, shares her experience of why ...
Across southeast Asia, indigenous communities often lack formal legal title to their ancestral lands. As a result, traditional holdings can face expropriation and encroachment by business interests or by the state. Law groups on the island of Mindanao in...
In South Sudan, 13 Dutch organisations of the Dutch Relief Alliance (DRA) are helping with emergency relief activities. The alliance includes CARE Netherlands, Cordaid, Dorcas, ICCO, Kerk in Actie, OXFAM NOVIB, Plan Netherlands, Tear, Terre des Hommes, ...
Save the Children in Jordan commissioned Dutch photographer and director Chris de Bode and Dutch Filmmaker Steven Elbers to produce a short documentary, ‘Living on Scrap’, which tells the story of two young boys working to support their families by ...
The Boko Haram conflict in the Lake Chad region has displaced over 1,3 million children, causing a complex humanitarian crisis. One in three people in this region don’t have access to safe drinking water. In Chad, diarrhoea is one of the leading ...
After the recession of the 1990s, Japan’s white collar salarymen increasingly must work arduous hours for fear of losing their jobs. This often leads to depression and suicide. ...
This short documentary follows a mother’s devotion after her 11-year-old daughter is struck by a stray bullet in New York City. Nearly a third of stray bullet shooting victims in the United States are children. ...
The number of temp workers in Japan has been steadily climbing – from 16% in 1985 to 34% in 2007. As more and more companies continue to replace costly full-time employees with cheaper temp workers, an income gap between lifetime workers and their ...
Red Ant Security Relocation & Eviction Services, or the 'Red Ants' in short, is a private security company in Johannesburg, South Africa, whose employees have become notorious for using excessive force in conducting their operations. They are ...
Mercy Owiti is a palliative care nurse in Nyeri, Kenya. For people like her, caring for patients at the end of life often means more than just pain relief. That’s why the Kenya Hospices and Palliative Care Association has been training health care ...
They drive their children around in armoured minibuses; drones buzz around in the air above their homes. The Ovadia family are always armed when they venture outside their home and their settlement. This year, Israel celebrates the 70th anniversary ...
William Katende, his wife and six children own six hectares of farmland about 300 meters from the equator where they mainly grow matoke, a starchy variety of banana which is picked green and cooked. They sell about half of the food they produce and ...
As one of the fastest expanding economies in the world and the second most populous country in Africa, Ethiopia faces environmental pressures. In Amhara province, the last remaining native forests surround church buildings and have been protected for ...
The Jungle was a refugee camp near Calais in northern France. According to Help Refugees, before it was demolished in 2016 it was home to 9,106 men, women and unaccompanied children living in a muddy expanse of tents and temporary shelters which they...
The Jungle was a refugee camp near Calais in northern France. By August 2016 the camp had trebled in size over the previous year housing some 9,106 men, women and unaccompanied children according to Help Refugees. Most were living in a muddy expanse...
The Jungle was a refugee camp near Calais in northern France. By August 2016 the camp had trebled in size over the previous year housing some 9,106 men, women and unaccompanied children according to Help Refugees. Most were living in a muddy expanse of ...
Bibiane suffers in isolation with cataract blindness. As a respected elder and the matriarch of her family, she should be enjoying time with her grandchildren and her community. Instead she is completely dependent on her grandson to lead her around for ...
Warning: Some viewers may find this video distressing. Papua New Guinea has one of the world’s highest rates of violence against women and children. An estimated two out of three women have experienced physical or sexual assault, and often when ...
In Cameroon’s Far North region, chaos and displacement stemming from Boko Haram’s violence have upended people’s lives. The kids and teachers at Baigai Public School are a mix of refugees from across the border in Nigeria, internally ...
Joseph Gatyoung Khan was one of thousands of people who fled the long civil war in Sudan. After living in the United States for 22 years he was reunited with his family in southern Sudan in 2010. ...
Seven is the age of all of these children. It is also the number of years the Syrian Civil War has been raging, still with no end in sight. All of these children are born in Syria yet most of them cannot remember their homeland. Like millions of ...