Buddhism For Development, one of Cambodia's largest and oldest continually operating local NGOs, has agreed to partner with Kinyei to promote and run the Shout human rights day event here in Battambang. BFD brings with it strong ties to the local community and will be an essential component to making Shout a huge event for Battambang. We're excited.
Partnering with the Cambodian NGO, Support Children and Young People, this project will engage young citizens of Battambang in a series of workshops teaching media skills to ultimately produce small human rights documentaries. These will be a pivotal part of Shout! the Human Rights festival to be held on the banks of the river Sangke in Battambang on December 10th, 2009.
The Profile Project is an experiment in ad hoc collaboration in the international development sector. Short video profiles will showcase the human rights work being done on the ground in Battambang and screened at the Shout! Human Rights Festival on December 10th, 2009.
The Profile Project works like this:
International volunteer writes up an idea for a video
Cambodian volunteers here in Battambang gather the footage for it
We're in Phnom Penh tonight, getting some materials together for Barcamp Phnom Penh (2). At time of writing there are 1146 participants currently registered from 12 countries, which I gather is something of a record. It's certainly floored us.
Project Soup is a collaboration platform for community development which operates by fostering human relationships across the globe. Used as a platform for individuals and organizations around the world to share resources, stories and facilitate lasting partnerships, Project Soup fosters real personal engagement across geographic and cultural boundaries.
Cambodia remains a country plagued with constant challenges to the maintenance of its citizens' basic human rights, from abuse of child labor and trafficking to widespread domestic violence and political malfeasance. Awareness of these issues and knowledge of about what can be done to avoid or resolve them is sorely lacking, especially in rural areas where access to relevant information is poor or inconsistent.
Kinyei is an organization based in Battambang, Cambodia which supports social projects and grassroots enterprise with social media and its platforms for volunteer engagement.
The Profile Project is an experiment in ad hoc collaboration in the international development sector. Short video profiles will showcase the human rights work being done on the ground in Battambang and screened at the 
