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Video production for global development nonprofits

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Book a free Field Storytelling Session. We record a beneficiary, your field team or a local partner over Zoom, anywhere in the world, and our editors turn it into 3 finished, subtitled videos. No cost. No flights. Yours to keep.

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Sound familiar?

Your programs run on several continents. Your content runs from one desk.

The work happens in villages, clinics and farms far from headquarters. The appeal, the grant report and the board deck are written by a small team with no footage newer than the last field trip.

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One trip a year, if that

Flights, visas and insurance mean the footage from one trip carries every appeal.

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The best voices need subtitles

Your strongest stories are told in Swahili, Spanish or Khmer, and nobody has time to subtitle them.

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Results stuck in a report

Donors read about change. They never get to see it.

ME

“When that was first proposed, I was like, I don't believe that really exists. Like, could you really get someone for us in Uganda and all these places?”

Mackinnon Engen, Executive Director, Watsi
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“...we got tremendous footage that we didn't anticipate.”

Erin Williams, Senior Strategic Operations Officer, Worldreader
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In their words

Global teams, in their own words.

Mackinnon runs Watsi, which funds surgeries from Cambodia to Uganda, and doubted a global creator network could exist until we filmed for them. Erin at Worldreader got family stories from Kenya, South Africa and Peru. Here is what they told us.

163,000views in the first week for Heifer in Honduras

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Field Storytelling Session. Free.

One person in the field, one Zoom call, three finished videos.

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Your cost
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What you get

  • 1
    A 45-minute Zoom recordingA beneficiary, someone on your field team or a local partner, anywhere in the world. A Happy producer guides every answer.
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    3 finished, subtitled videosInterviews in the speaker's own language, subtitled and ready for your next appeal.
  • 3
    Yours to keepThe videos and the raw recording. No contract, no card, no catch.
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Love the videos? We'll plan a field production with a local crew. Don't? Keep them anyway.

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Video 2
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Three ways to start

Three ways to tell your story from the field

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Heifer International farmer in HondurasStart here, free

Field Storytelling Session

We record one person in the field over Zoom and our editors turn it into 3 finished, subtitled videos.

  • 45-minute producer-guided Zoom recording
  • 3 finished, subtitled videos
  • Anyone in your programs, anywhere
  • Yours to keep, files and raw footage
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Farmers delivering milk cans in El Terero, HondurasMost requested

Local Crew Production

A vetted local crew films your program where it happens, with our producer on the brief.

  • Crews from 20,000+ creators in 130+ countries
  • Consent plan agreed first
  • Interviews in the local language
  • A library your team posts from all year
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Volunteers planting trees on a hillside in KenyaFor appeals

Field Appeal Package

Footage, edits and versions planned backwards from your appeal date and your donor calendar.

  • Shot list built from your appeal date
  • Short cuts for every channel
  • Donor thank-you videos
  • Board and grant report cuts
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In every production

Built for work that happens far from headquarters

Subtitled in every language

Interviews in the speaker's language, with subtitles your donors can read.

Vetted local crews

20,000+ creators in 130+ countries, so nobody flies a crew across the world.

Dignity-first filming

Agency and strength, not pity. People speak in their own words.

Consent first

Releases in the subject's own language. Your safeguarding policy overrides ours.

Cut for every market

Facebook, WhatsApp, YouTube: each version cut for where it will live.

You own the footage

Every finished file and all the raw footage.

Beyond video

What we film for global development nonprofits

Impact stories, appeals and the pieces around them, all from the same shoots.

Solar water tower at a borehole in Kenya
Photography of programs and the people they serve

Social graphics + an appeal calendar

Drone view over hills and a hospital in Uganda
Drone and landscape footage of where you work

Clips for impact and grant reports

A reach summary for every appeal

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How it works

How a field story comes together

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Tell us where you work

Your programs, your countries and your next appeal date.

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FREE

Start with the free session

We record one person over Zoom and deliver 3 subtitled videos, free.

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A local crew films

When you are ready, a vetted crew films on the ground with our producer on the brief.

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We edit and deliver

Subtitled cuts for every channel, ready for your appeal.

World map showing Honduras, Ghana, Kenya, Cambodia
Honduras
Ghana
Kenya
Cambodia
Valley in Honduras where Heifer farmers work
Honduras
Drone view of a town in Ghana
Ghana
Baitulmaal emergency water truck in Kenya
Kenya

Public proof

Filmed on the ground, from Honduras to Cambodia

Heifer International's women farmers in Honduras, Kiva's Jibu water franchise in Ghana, Baitulmaal's drought response in Kenya and Watsi's partner hospital in Cambodia. Each was filmed where the work happens, with our producer on the brief, and every frame went into a library the client owns.

Heifer InternationalKivaBaitulmaalWatsi

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Real client videos

Stories we told for global development nonprofits

A few of the organizations we film for around the world.

163,000Views in the first weekHeifer International, Honduras
160,000+Organic reachWater.org
285,000+Organic reachBuild Change
200+Videos deliveredBaitulmaal

Who we work with

Built for organizations working far from headquarters

International NGOsWith country offices and local partners
Livelihoods and agricultureFarmers, cooperatives and entrepreneurs
Global healthClinics, surgeries and community health
Water and housingBoreholes, sanitation and safer homes
FoundationsFunding development work overseas

Questions

Questions global development teams ask us

Tap a question. Each answer comes with a 20-second video.

Is the free session really free?+

Yes. The Zoom session and the three videos our editors cut from it cost nothing. No contract, no card, and you keep every file with no obligation to buy anything afterwards. Book your free session and see your story on screen.

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What happens on the free session?+

You pick one person close to your work, and our producer interviews them live over Zoom for forty-five minutes while we record. Our editors then turn that conversation into three finished, captioned videos for your website, your social channels and your next appeal. All you have to do is show up, so book your free session.

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Who can we put on camera from the field?+

Anyone whose story moves people: your director, a program lead, a volunteer, someone your program served, or a grantee overseas joining from a phone. Our producer guides every answer, so nobody needs camera experience or a script. Bring your people to a free session and we'll handle the rest.

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Do you fly a crew out to film our programs?+

Usually not. We hire vetted local crews from our network of more than 20,000 creators in over 130 countries, and our producer directs them live on the day. Your story is filmed by people who know the language and the place, and your free session is where we plan it.

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We're based outside the US. Can you work with us?+

Yes. NGOs and foundations from Nairobi to Manila to Bogotá work with us the same way: a local crew, our producer and our editors, with review calls set in your working hours. Your free session runs on Zoom, wherever you are.

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Can you film in conflict zones or places under travel advisories?+

Yes, because we don't send a crew in: a vetted local crew that already lives and works there films under your organization's security guidance. Your security team always has the final word, and if the risk to anyone is too high, we say so. Plan it with us on your free session.

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Can you make versions in other languages?+

Yes. Interviews run in whatever language the speaker is most comfortable in, and every video ships with subtitles plus any second language you need, from Spanish and French to Swahili, Arabic and Haitian Creole. Tell us your audiences on your free session and we'll plan every version.

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How do you tell stories of need without pity?+

We tell stories of strength, not pity. The people on camera speak in their own words about change, progress and what they want the world to know, because donors give more when they see dignity and agency. See how we'd frame your story on a free session.

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Who owns the videos?+

You do. Your organization owns the finished videos and all of the raw footage, including everything we record on your free session. Use them on any channel, in any report, for as long as you like.

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What does it cost after the free session?+

Whatever comes next is scoped to exactly what you need, from a single film to a steady stream of videos for every program, and you get the price in writing before any work starts. No surprise change orders and no pressure. Your free session shows you what that scope should be.

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Tell us who to put on camera, anywhere in the world. We'll record them over Zoom and send you 3 finished, subtitled videos. Free.

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