"Does it have any impact," a friend recently asked me, "giving video training to different groups in Afghanistan for only 1 week?" If by impact he meant does anything get learned that will be useful to the students now and in the future, then my answer is yes. In the...
Prior to departing from Jalalabad after completing our work there on behalf of Small World News and Internews Afghanistan, I recorded this video entry to briefly explain what we've been doing. I also include a few images from the trainings we've been doing as well as a small taste...
Since the beginning of 2011 Juan Rodriguez has been working in Afghanistan with the mission to help this country communicate. This has meant bringing internet connectivity to schools, mobile phones for farmers, and an array of crowdsource projects for health, security, and agriculture. On one beautiful and relaxed Friday...
"Has anyone NEVER flown on a helicopter before?" asks the tall, well armed soldier with an Australian flag sewn onto his flak jacket with oh so many extra banana clips in it. "We haven't!" - my colleague and I are the only ones of the group of 5 to...
After one week of teaching video production in Herat, Afghanistan, the following video was made during my last hours in the city. It goes over my impressions of the city, the work we've been doing here (our company Small World News, currently doing work for Internews), and other interesting...
