Inspiring Cases

Italy: Changing the narrative about malnutrition Malnutrition is commonly associated with images of suffering and helpless children. The Italian CSO Nutriaid wanted to step away from these traditional ‘victim frame’ images and messages. With the support of a journalist and a film editor, Nutriaid changed their communication campaigns. They analysed and identified climate change as [...]

Spain: Giving a voice to Senegalese street vendors Unauthorized street vending is a reality in the daily life of many Catalan municipalities. According to SOS Racisme, a Catalan NGO, street vendors experience racism and abuse of authority. The NGO worked together with the digital newspaper Catalunya Plural to provide an alternative vision to the widespread [...]

France: Inviting journalists to ‘the other Palestine’ The simple word "Palestine" often leads to an avalanche of violent clichés: political conflicts, war, blood. But beyond shock images and hot news, the West Bank has real wealth. Land of myth and history, cradle of civilizations, it concentrates undeniable cultural and religious treasures, such as the Basilica [...]

Italy: nationwide attention for Piedmont-migrants Agape and ANOLF Alessandria, two small CSOs from Italy, had never worked with journalists before. They saw the Frame, Voice, Report programme as an opportunity to tell constructive stories about migration, their main field of work. They cooperated with a journalist that specialized on migration issues. Together they implemented the [...]

Denmark/Nepal: People tell their stories in documentary The Danish organization School Life in Nepal made a documentary about two young Dalit people. In the film, the Dalit boy and the girl tell and show different aspects of their life, such as poverty, joy, alcoholism, music, school life, gender issues and their dreams. Mobilising students The documentary was [...]

Uganda: Tiny Evaluation Tool helps persons with disabilities to speak out Communities know a lot about the impact of development projects. However, they sometimes find it difficult to express it. Sometimes they can be tempted to tell outsiders what they think the outsider wants to hear. In such situations, getting participants’ feedback on a project [...]

Finland: Engaged volunteers reach millions of people The Finnish volunteer-based organisation FinnWID – Finnish Women in Development –wanted to raise awareness on human trafficking, particularly of women being trafficked from Nigeria to Europe. The campaign showcased a story about a female campaign activist and former victim of trafficking who now has asylum in Finland. In [...]

Denmark: Sustainability caravan inspired engineers Could you imagine that all engineers in Denmark were engaged in developing specific solutions for achieving the Global Goals through their companies? That was the idea from the Danish Society of Engineers that kick-started an eight-month long “Sustainability Caravan” around Denmark. Green printing The caravan had two different goals. The [...]

Belgium: Circus artists give human face to migration Amoukanama is a citizen initiative that was initiated by a group of circus artists from Belgium and Guinea. Their dream is to establish a circus school in Matam Conackry in Guinea, where Guinean artists learn about acrobatics and further develop their life skills. For Frame, Voice, Report, [...]

Belgium: Broadcasting company changes its framing of women in war zones Women are almost always excluded from the coverage of war. The media project No Man’s Land – The She Side of the War, aimed to give a voice to women and mothers who work for peace in conflict zones. The project was initiated by [...]