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Every new start is a story. Tell yours with 3 free videos.

Book a free Newcomer Storytelling Session. We record a newcomer you serve, a caseworker or a host family over Zoom, in the language they speak best, and our editors turn it into 3 finished, subtitled videos. No cost. Yours to keep.

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Sound familiar?

Your caseworkers see a new start every week. Your donors never do.

Resettlement, legal services and integration teams carry the stories that move people to give, volunteer and host. They also carry real risk: status, safety and family back home. So the stories stay in case notes, and the appeal goes out with a stock photo.

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Stories you can't risk telling wrong

Names, faces and immigration status need care. Nobody on staff has time to plan around them.

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Lost in translation

The most moving voices often speak Dari, Spanish or Arabic. The appeal goes out in English only.

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Impact stuck in a report

Arrivals, placements and court wins live in a spreadsheet. Funders never meet a single family.

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“...it's clear in your videos that you have a talent for making people feel comfortable”

Brad Nahill, SEE Turtles
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“We do find value in your ability to source, content creators around the world.”

Menna Jammal, Communications Director, Baitulmaal
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In their words

Teams who work across borders, in their own words.

Kids in Need of Defense needed its lawyers on camera, explaining why no child should face immigration court alone. Baitulmaal needed content creators on the ground where it serves families, from Nairobi to southern Türkiye. Here is what our clients told us.

200,000+people reached in 30 days for KIND

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Newcomer Storytelling Session. Free.

One person, one Zoom call, three finished videos, in the language they speak best.

FREE
Your cost
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What you get

  • 1
    A 45-minute Zoom recordingA newcomer you serve, a caseworker or a host family. A Happy producer guides every answer, in the language they speak best.
  • 2
    3 finished, subtitled videosCaptioned and subtitled, ready for your next appeal, World Refugee Day post or grant report.
  • 3
    Safe, and yours to keepFaces and names stay off camera whenever status or safety calls for it. You keep the videos and the raw recording.
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Love the videos? We'll plan stories for every program. Don't? Keep them anyway.

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Three ways to start

Three ways to tell your newcomers' stories

Start free. Add crews where your clients live when you're ready, quoted up front.

Detention hotline staffer at Americans for Immigrant Justice in MiamiStart here, free

Newcomer Storytelling Session

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

  • 45-minute producer-guided Zoom recording
  • 3 finished, subtitled videos
  • A newcomer, caseworker, host family or your ED
  • Yours to keep, files and raw footage
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Baitulmaal staffer interviewed at a distribution in NairobiMost requested

Program story series

A vetted local crew films your clinic, classroom or welcome center, with our producer on the brief.

  • Consent and anonymity plan agreed first
  • Interviews in the speaker's own language
  • Short cuts for social, email and your site
  • Stills for your annual report
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Food distribution in southern TürkiyeFor appeals

Appeal season package

Footage, edits and versions planned around World Refugee Day, Giving Tuesday and year-end.

  • Shot list built backwards from your appeal date
  • Versions in English and your clients' languages
  • Donor and volunteer thank-yous
  • A host family and volunteer recruitment cut
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Built for newcomer services

What every newcomer story includes

Subtitles in their languages

Interviews run in the language people speak best, with English subtitles and any second version you need.

Status and safety first

Faces, names and locations stay out whenever status or safety calls for it. Your policy wins.

Dignity, not pity

People speak about strength and new starts, in their own words, on their own terms.

Vetted local crews

20,000+ creators in 130+ countries, so stories get filmed where your clients live.

They see it first

Anyone sharing something sensitive reviews it before it goes live.

You own everything

You keep every finished file and all the raw footage.

Beyond video

Everything your appeal and your grant report need

Stories only matter where decisions get made. We deliver the pieces around the films too, all from the same shoots.

Americans for Immigrant Justice staff presenting their impact
Photography of your programs and staff

Social graphics + a ready-to-post content calendar

Food distribution in southern Türkiye
Filming at distributions, clinics and events

Clips for grant reports, your website and newsletter

A reach summary for every campaign

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How it works

From first arrival to a story donors share

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Tell us who you serve

Your programs, your languages 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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We film and edit

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

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Everyone uses it

Your team posts all year. Your funders meet the families behind the numbers.

Detention hotline at Americans for Immigrant Justice
Miami
Baitulmaal staffer at a distribution for Sudanese refugees
Nairobi
Food distribution in southern Türkiye
Türkiye

Public proof

Filmed for teams who serve people far from home

In Miami we filmed the detention hotline at Americans for Immigrant Justice. For Kids in Need of Defense, interview-style stories from its lawyers reached 200,000+ people in 30 days. For Baitulmaal, local crews filmed distributions for Sudanese refugees in Nairobi and families in southern Türkiye, part of 200+ videos delivered.

Miami, USANairobi, KenyaSouthern TürkiyeConsent first

Read the KIND case study · Read the Baitulmaal case study

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Real client videos

Stories we told for teams who protect people

Real client videos from organizations working for migrants, refugees and human rights.

200,000+Organic reach in 30 daysKIND
200+Videos deliveredBaitulmaal
250,000Organic reachHuman Rights Foundation
500,000+Organic reachSearch for Common Ground

Who we work with

Built for teams welcoming people who start over

Resettlement agenciesPlacing families and building new starts
Immigration legal servicesRepresenting people in immigration court
Integration and ESL programsLanguage, jobs and civic life
Community sponsorship networksHost families, volunteers and congregations
Advocacy coalitionsMoving policy with real voices

Questions

Questions refugee and immigrant services 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?+

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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How do you protect clients whose status or safety is at risk?+

Every shoot is planned around consent and dignity. People sign releases in their own language, we never show minors' names or identifying details, and anyone sharing something sensitive reviews it before it goes live. Your safeguarding policy always overrides ours, starting with your free session.

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Can the videos be in our clients' 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 hard stories without exploiting anyone's pain?+

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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Do you fly a crew out?+

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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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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How long until we get the videos?+

Your three free videos land in your inbox within two weeks of your session, with a simple review link if you want a change. For bigger shoots, we plan backwards from your gala, board meeting or appeal date. Tell us the date on your free session.

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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. We'll record them over Zoom, in the language they speak best, and send you 3 finished videos.

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  • 3 videos, yours to keep
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