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“The Spirit of truth”
AFSUADVOCACY THROUGH FILMING AND SCREENING UGANDA (AFSU)



The Power of Film

KEY QUESTIONS AND FACTS



FILMING AND SCREENING IS THE BEST WAY TO SENSITISE OUR COMMUNITY



PROVIDED BY: AFSU MEMBERS 2006
CONTENTS
The Power of Film……………………………………………………………………….2
The AFSU story………………………………………………………………………….2
Program Objectives……………………………………………………………………..3
Mission and Principles………………………………………………………………….3
Background………………………………………………………………………………4
The need for AFSU……………………………………………………………………..4
Why Filming and Screening…………………………………………………………....5
*Educate and Inform…………………………………………………………………….5
*Entertain…………………………………………………………………………………5
*Provide Employment and skills Training…………………………………………….6
*Raise Awareness……………………………………………………………………....6
Aid and Equipment wish list……………………………………………………………7
Program Components…………………………………………………………………..8
Local AFSU Advisory Committees…………………………………………………….8
*Evening feature Screenings…………………………………………………………..8
*Daytime Educational Screenings……………………………………………………..8
My Real life: The Participatory Video Project (PVP)………………………………...9
No Place Like Home: A Poverty video Exchange Project…………………………..9
Targeted Messaging…………………………………………………………………….9
Employment and Training………………………………………………………………9
Volunteer/ Internships…………………………………………………………………..9
Contacts………………………………………………………………………………...11


“The Spirit of truth”
AFSUThe Power of Film.
Throughout the world, millions of people are living in marginalized communities, having fled violent conflicts and upheaval in their homes and outside their countries. Traditional most project and aid organizations respond to their immediate physical needs for food, shelter and medical care, but other critical needs are left unattended. The trauma of their past experiences and the uncertainty of their future well-being exert an enormous physical and psychological toll on the men, women and children whom the world knows only as poor.
AFSU has Education, Rural Finance and Poverty eradication, Epidemic diseases program which must be curried out in all districts of Uganda first in Mukono, Lyantonde and Wakiso Districts it must reach accumulative audience of more than 200,000 by 2008.
The AFSU Story
In 2006, when Uganda was just coming into our daily consciousness with reports of lobbying, a group of concerned Ugandans who were working for YTC Inc. and other professionals decided and formed AFSU.
AFSU mobilized quickly and was entertaining, train, lobby children and their families in Mengo- Kampala within weeks. AFSU was supported and encouraged by several local people, CBOs and Non governmental organizations including YTC Inc. secretary general Mugambe K. Hussein.
"Diversion is a luxury we afford ourselves without sacrifice. Why would we deprive it from community? Sometimes, community project and humanitarian assistance can have a narrow emphasis on only material and physical needs. Timely and appropriate interventions like AFSU not only have immediate relevance but may help avert a generation of emotional incapacitation..."
AFSU's first hand experience in Kampala proved the power of the big screen: films restore hope, educate, entertain, inspire and people learn more from hearing and seeing.
Following the success in the Kampala YTC Inc. AFSU was born. Most NGOs use the workshops, meetings, conferences yet these have become monotony to the community. Few NGOs have ventured into filming and screening or social marketing approaches e.g. music, dance and drama, TV radio tailored programs to sensitize community or bring long term changes, yet these means have worked best for the business class. Ongoing violent conflict, diseases, poverty, agriculture and persecution of individuals in Uganda and Africa had forced millions of civilians to flee their homes. In May 2007, AFSU fully registered as Non governmental Organization in Uganda to help meet the psychosocial needs of thousands of community from Uganda and Africa , some of whom had been in the communities for as long as 30 years. The project in Uganda and Africa continues.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
AFSU's programs aim to:
Educate and inform the community through potentially life-saving messages on poverty eradication, health care, Control and prevention of HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Tuberculosis and other infectious diseases, gender-based violence and post-conflict reconciliation.
Entertain the community, helping to alleviate problems of psychosocial trauma and despair.
Empower the youth community through participatory video activities that develop confidence and self-esteem by giving them the opportunity to be creative and tell their story.
Enable greater self-sufficiency of the community by hiring them to implement AFSU's programs in the communities as well as training them in fundamental work skills, including video-projection techniques. Community also comprises of a local committee that AFSU relies upon to choose appropriate films and determine program logistics such as locations for screening.
Mission and Principles
Mission to empower the Ugandan society especially in rural areas with skills and knowledge as well as creating relevant awareness in order to stimulate economic development and improve the standard of living.
Principles AFSU has been both effective in its mission and embraced by many leading humanitarian organizations due to unwavering commitment to its core principles:
AFSU works with local committees to ensure that the content used in its programs is appropriate and relevant for the intended audience. These Advisory Committees represent a cross-section of the local population and engage the rarely heard voices of women, aged and youth and marginalized communities e.g. in slums, HIV/ AIDS, Malaria, Tuberculosis victims etc.
AFSU collaborates with local communities in program design, implementation and evaluation.
AFSU partners with humanitarian experts, CBOs and non governmental organizations in the field.
AFSU performs ongoing evaluations to measure results and identify possible program improvements.
Background
AFSU is more ready to use the power of film to promote health, modern agriculture, and poverty eradication, strengthen communities and enrich the lives of the Uganda and world’s vulnerable and uprooted. The desired impact of AFSU’s programs is to facilitate social change through film and video by giving individuals knowledge and confidence, and by providing communication tools, information, and opportunities for people to come together to explore, debate and express ideas.
The Need for AFSU
Civilians have always been victims of any change let be diseases, poverty or war. Today, they are often the targets. The world's marginalized communities and displaced persons are now estimated at more than 40 million. By the thousands, people in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America are forced to abandon their homes, families and livelihoods. At present poor and marginalized communities remain in communities and camps for an average of 20 years with nothing to do but wait, unable to make a living or lead a normal life in their host communities and countries like Uganda with people in Northern part who badly are affected by LRA rebels .
Life in a refugee camp and poor community is an excruciating, traumatic and confining existence-- an existence which often stretches on indefinitely without resolution. Although host communities and relief organizations respond quickly to some of the immediate needs of food, shelter and medical attention, refugees too often go without education, a sense of community, a connection to the outside world and any type of mental stimulation or heart-lifting diversion.
The majority of people who face poverty and refugees are women and children who have suffered unimaginable horrors, and have been separated from or lost their families. Many children have been born in poverty or even in camps and it is the only world they have ever known. A generation is coming into maturity with few experiences that give them the self-esteem, knowledge and tools to become practive, productive and participatory members of their community.
Intellectual, visual and aural stimulation are needs often overlooked in humanitarian responses where the first priority is naturally given to legal and physical protection, subsistence, and health care. As poor and displaced populations languish in homes and camps, the erosion of cultural norms and community environment further aggravates health and social problems. By packaging taboo subjects within entertainment, tough issues can be destigmatized. AFSU's programs address critical social issues such as poverty eradication, HIV and AIDS, sexual and domestic violence, reproductive health and family planning.
AFSU's programs achieve both positive immediate change as well as an enduring long-term impact. In the short term, the poor communities and refugees experience psychological relief from the harsh realities of the community/ camps and obtain constructive knowledge and skills, giving them a greater sense of purpose and focus. In the long term, the films offer communities a broader view of the world, an opportunity to imagine other futures for themselves and a vision for how they can make a difference in their communities. Effective interventions, which engage communities or refugees in constructive activities, can maximize other core investments made in community or refugee care, conflict resolution, reconciliation, repatriation and community development.
Why Filming and screening?
AFSU addresses the frequently neglected problems of community despair and psychological trauma. AFSU uses the power of film to break monotony and isolation, as well as to convey essential information. Movies help to restore dignity, quality of life, and hope which have been missing in the lives of community who often remain in homes for years. AFSU's initiatives have the following goals:
Educate and Inform
AFSU screens educational films on topics central to the community experience, including poverty eradication, modern agriculture, HIV and AIDS awareness, reproductive health, sexual and gender-based violence, sexually transmitted diseases, human rights, conflict resolution, land mine awareness and repatriation.
Entertain
AFSU shows films that feed the soul, spirit and imagination AFSU carefully selects nonviolent, family-oriented films that are culturally appropriate, with extensive input from community themselves AFSU screenings bring hope while alleviating problems of psychosocial trauma, isolation and despair. Through these shared positive experiences, a sense of community is created.
Provide Employment and Skills Training
AFSU trains and employs community to operate its programs, promoting self-sufficiency and empowerment. Using camcorders, AFSU also teaches basic filmmaking skills so that community can tell their own stories and educate their own communities.
Raise Awareness
Through celebrity advocacy and involvement, AFSU raises awareness of the global community crisis.
By use of AFSU method of filming and screening local companies create awareness about their products and services to community .
- AFSU Supporter
"AFSU makes people happy; it makes people come together in peace. It also shows people movies on developmental issues, poverty eradication methods, conflict resolution and people have greatly changed; less conflicts between people in the communities and among the ethnic groups in Uganda."
- AFSU Supporter
“Helps people, especially when you are sad and AFSU shows very entertaining films or a film that educates individuals on an area where he/she has a problem. The person will be healed as he or she reflects and thinks about it, and have a self consultation to solve a problem by him/herself."
- AFSU Supporter
"The idea of AFSU is divine. If AFSU had been thought of at the start of the community, there would be less traumatized and mentally challenged people in Uganda. People find an avenue to release tension and explore with more brains at the screening."
-AFSU Supporter
“If you have seen something funny you laugh and try to join the other person near you to your laughter and in this case you interact with a hard sworn enemy which in the process may be your friend through the interaction you have just made with him or her.”

Aid and Equipment Wish List
If you are interested in making Financial Aid "AFSU "Account Number: 207598003 BANK OF AFRICA-UGANDA and in-kind donation, Grant to AFSU,
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or call us Hotline:(+256) 772-485542 Office line: +256-414-274940.
AFSU 2007-2008 EQUIPMENT WISH LIST
Item Amount Needed
Laptop computers for office work (PCs preferred) -5
40"+ multi system TVs -3
Daytime screens (6" x 8") with frame and case -3
Prosumer camcorders (PAL mini DV, Sony preferred) -6
3 chip digital camera PAL (Ideal model Sony PV 170 or PV 150) -2
Tripods (capable of carrying 3 kilos of weight or more) -7
iMac and 500 GB external drive for digital editing -2
Daytime projectors -2
Light evening screenings projectors (for a 12" x 16" screen) -2
Speakers with built in amplifier (JBL ideal) -3
Multi system (PAL/NTSC) Mini DV decks -4
Blank Mini DV tapes (*as many as possible) -*
DVD burner -1
Small monitors for editing suites -4
Color photocopiers -2
500 GB external hard drive -2
Wireless microphone system -1
Microphone stand -2
Mountain bicycles -4
Camping Lanterns -4
Wireless computer network system -3
Telfax phone -1
Books on cinema history, participatory video, facilitation techniques (*as many as possible) -*
Security metal detector -2
GPS (Global Positioning System) -1
Electronic Counting System (to record attendance) -1
Transport Aid ( Car or Video Van) -2
Internet facilities(Broadband) -*

PROGRAM COMPONENTS
Local AFSU Advisory Committees
AFSU usually setup a local committee in each location, representing the different ethnic and social groups. The committees are comprised of both traditional community leaders, such as tribal elders, and non-traditional voices including those of women, aged and youth. The committees guide our programmes in the community. They pre-screen all films and videos, provide input into AFSU's programmes in general, and relay the community's reaction to and interest in our activities. Selection of Films to be shown:
Educational films and entertainment films on issues including poverty eradication, health, hygiene, HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Tuberculosis and gender based violence, modern agriculture methods and repatriation.
Feature films from Africa and other parts of the world
Advertise for our sponsors
Cartoons and silent films
Public service announcements
Culture and Moral Values
All films are nonviolent and appropriate for families
Evening Feature Screenings
AFSU projects films and videos onto a large screen fixed on the side of a truck in open air spaces throughout the community. The feature presentation is preceded by a short educational film, classic cartoons, and a public service announcement. The majority of films are produced regionally and deal with a variety of topics relevant to community, such as poverty eradication, modern agriculture, conflict resolution, landmine risk, HIV/AIDS Malaria, Tuberculosis and gender-based violence. These screenings have attracted as many as 3,000 communities in one night.
Daytime Educational Screenings
In collaboration with CBOs, Educational Institutions and other organizations, AFSU holds screening sessions in community centers, schools, and health centers throughout the community followed by facilitated discussions on vital topics of concern to the participants.These screenings present a forum where community can feel comfortable discussing otherwise taboo subjects
My Real Life: The Participatory Video Project (PVP)
AFSU works with young adults in the community teaching them basic camera and editing skills in an effort to help them tell their own stories through video. Through this program, we develop the participants' self-esteem while providing hands-on skills training and a means of communicating within their community.
No Place like Home: A Poverty Video Exchange Project
(Late this year in Mukono, Lyantonde and Wakiso)To aid in the film of emotional trauma and resulting behavioral problems afflicting poverty in the Mukono, Lyantonde and Wakiso Districts of Uganda, AFSU, in collaboration with local Community and YTC Inc., is offering Rural community, aged, women and young people affected by poverty a unique opportunity to reflect on their Rural experiences through a therapeutic and empowering process of visual storytelling.
Targeted messaging
AFSU produces and distributes video messages specific to local issues and circumstances, such as repatriation, modern agricultural, poverty eradication, Malaria, Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS. Community residents actively participate in the creation of these videos, responding to an immediate, unmet need for locally relevant messaging.
Employment and Training
AFSU employs community to operate its programs. In AFSU's Mukono and Wakiso programs, for example, AFSU employs only two expatriates who work with some 25 national employees and 75 local community staff. As the programs develop, the local and community staff assumes increasing responsibility.
Volunteer/Internships
AFSU Office, Kampala, Uganda
Internship AFSU invites applications from qualified universities students or out of collage graduates to fill the above position. The position, based in Uganda, will report to the Program Assistant and is a National position (for students / graduates in Uganda)
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Drafting and Editing Program Reports.
Assisting in preparation of work plans and budgets.
Researching for new content/films based on needs identified in the field.
Pre-screening new content acquired.
Drafting the Programs Staff Orientation Manual sheets, updating FAI Program Fact Sheet and Specific Fact Sheets for Wakiso, Lyantonde and Mukono district Programs.
Researching Foundations and Grants for possible Donors, in the effort to Fundraise.
Researching relevant issues including but not limited to; best practices, rapid needs assessment, monitoring and evaluation tools, and participatory approaches/methodologies in humanitarian activities.
Maintaining the content, books/library database.
Creating a picture database for Wakiso, Lyantonde and Mukono District activities and national events.
AFSU Headquarters, Uganda
Volunteers
Film Content Coordinator
The content coordinator would help AFSU's film library interns in researching and acquiring films for use in our programs. This includes finding films that are culturally appropriate and relevant to the communities we serve, and procuring them through distributors or filmmakers.
The content coordinator will ensure that permission is obtained for each of the films in the library to be screened in the communities. They will follow up on acquisitions already in progress. They will maintain the content database and film library. This position requires a self-motivated problem solver with strong organizational and interpersonal skills. A background in film is required; knowledge of Uganda and African cinema a plus. At least one full day per week will have to be spent at AFSU's headquarters in Kampala-Uganda.
For other volunteer opportunities, please see our list of internships below.
Internships
Interns will assist in all aspects of AFSU’s mission to promote health, poverty eradication, and modern agriculture, strengthen communities and enrich the lives of the community’s vulnerable and uprooted. The following are descriptions of each distinct internship.
Development Intern
The responsibilities of the development intern vary from researching foundations and grants to helping draft proposals and reports. The development intern will also be involved in planning fund-raising events and meetings with donors. This internship requires strong organizational, interpersonal and writing skills. A background in fund-raising and knowledge of Raiser's Edge is helpful.
Research Intern
This internship requires strong research, organizational and presentation skills to help compile information about projects and statistics relating to community in general, the communities AFSU currently serves and those that we will be working with in the future. Research topics include behavior, change, communication and community statistics for use in reports and proposals. A background in community project and/or public health is helpful.
Administrative Intern
This internship is an opportunity to learn about all aspects of nonprofit management and administration. He/she will learn the basic operations of each department. He/she will help keep AFSU’s headquarters office in running order and work closely with the Program Associate in handling the diverse needs of the office. This internship requires strong interpersonal, organizational and writing skills.
Film Library Intern
The film library intern would assist the Film Content Supervisor in researching and acquiring films to add to our libraries in the field. This includes finding films that are culturally appropriate and relevant to the communities we serve and procuring them through distributors or filmmakers. The film library intern is responsible for keeping records of releases for each of the films in the library to be screened in the community. He/she will help maintain the content database and film library. This internship requires a self-motivated problem solver with strong organizational skills. A background in film is required; knowledge of Uganda and African cinema a plus.
Additional Requirements for All Internships
The ideal candidate has a strong background in international affairs, education and media and an interest in using the arts in poverty eradication, modern agriculture, humanitarian aid, development and human rights. AFSU is a small organization, where flexibility and a good sense of humor are of utmost importance. We require a commitment of at least two full days per week (or equivalent amount) and willingness to work independently on a variety of tasks ranging from office work to program design. Candidates should also be familiar with computer programs (including Microsoft Access and Excel), have experience working in an office environment and have strong writing and communication skills.
To apply please mail, E-mail or fax your resume and a cover letter indicating which position you are applying for to:

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