Browsing Research publications by Author "Jayalakshmi, Garrabost"

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    • Bangladesh : Teen Street Theatre Tackles Trafficking 

      School of Creative Arts; Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities Research Institute; Art and Design; Media Research Group; Jayalakshmi, Garrabost (CRWRC, 2011-10-09)
      Because of Bangladesh's high illiteracy rates, CRWRC,a Canadian NGO, has decided to use traditional street theatre to raise awareness of issues that directly affect the poor and dispossessed. My video deals with anti-trafficking ...

    • Bangladesh Communities Find Resources within 

      School of Creative Arts; Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities Research Institute; Art and Design; Media Research Group; Jayalakshmi, Garrabost (CRWRC, 2011)
      This video highlights the work that a Canadian NGO called World Renew (formerly CRWRC) does with underprivileged communities in Bangladesh. It explores the notion of integrated community development - how economic issues, ...

    • Blind with Illiteracy : How CRWRC helped me see 

      School of Creative Arts; Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities Research Institute; Art and Design; Media Research Group; Jayalakshmi, Garrabost (CRWRC, 2011-11-07)
      The literacy rate in Bangladesh is as low as 27%. This is the story of Champa, a slum dweller in Dhaka who worked as a sweeper. She decided to undergo literacy training because she felt that her life was disadvantaged - ...

    • Delivering Health to Women & Children in Bangladesh 

      School of Creative Arts; Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities Research Institute; Art and Design; Media Research Group; Jayalakshmi, Garrabost (CRWRC, 2011)
      Bangladesh has a high rate of infant mortality. There has been some effort to tackle this in urban areas; however, the problem persists rurally. This film explores why this is so and what could be done about it by telling ...

    • Haiti : The Refe Late Rebuilds the Soil 

      School of Creative Arts; Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities Research Institute; Art and Design; Media Research Group; Jayalakshmi, Garrabost (CRWRC, 2011-11-13)
      The Refe Late Community in the Uplands was identified through a CRWRC research survey as a community that was so remote that it had got no help from any aid organisation after the earthquake. However, this remote hill ...

    • Haiti Earthquake : Reaching Out Through Radio 

      School of Creative Arts; Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities Research Institute; Art and Design; Media Research Group; Jayalakshmi, Garrabost (CRWRC, 2011-11-13)
      When a big national disaster like an earthquake happens, media can be deployed very differently from how it is normally used. In Haiti, pastor Gregory runs a radio broadcast where he counsels people traumatised by the ...

    • Homes of Camp Ajidel 

      School of Creative Arts; Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities Research Institute; Art and Design; Media Research Group; Jayalakshmi, Garrabost (2011-11-13)
      Nadine Senatus is one of the residents of Camp Ajidel who has received a new house thanks to the effort of aid organisation, CRWRC. This video recounts the story of what happened to Nadine on that fateful day of 12th January ...