Accepting tax-deductible donations of secondhand:
-standard definition digital video cameras, preferably with microphone input
-blank media (tapes, memory cards)
-tripods
-lavaliere microphones
-hard drives
-mac laptops for video editing
-digital point-and-shoot cameras
-digital audio recording devices
*We are also graciously accepting tax-deductible financial donations toward the purchase of equipment.
The Pathways Project: Youth Video in Chiapas
During the end of 2010, The Pathways Project, in collaboration with the Sueniños center for urban youth in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, conducted a series of video workshops with adolescents from some of the most disenfranchised neighborhoods in San Cristóbal. The pilot class, which was conducted using borrowed equipment, had great results. The students studied important aspects of audiovisual storytelling and culminated the workshop in a four-camera-shoot of the Sueniños annual children's play. They are very excited to continue the workshops and would like to make a short investigative documentary about water contamination this spring. We are now looking for help to acquire camera equipment in order to continue the class.
With adequate equipment, we also hope to expand this project to hold video/photography workshops with Indigenous Mayan students from the Yashalúm de Santiago Apostle scholarship program in Yajalón, Chiapas. Recently, a few of the Yashalúm high schoolers borrowed our personal cameras to beautifully photograph and videotape in the community of Victoria, Chiapas. They are very enthusiastic to learn more.
In a state where the average amount of time that an adult has spent in school is 3.9 years and the illiteracy rate is the highest in Mexico, promoting education is imperative to community empowerment. We are very honored to work with Sueniños and Yashalúm in their education initiatives. Thank you for considering supporting this project! |
