Projects
2008 forum
In April 2008 Pacific Black Box worked with two local NGOs in Bougainville to hold a 14-day forum with young people from areas directly affected by climate change.The 2008 forum focussed on the young people from the Carteret Islands atoll, who are currently relocating to the mainland due to sea levels rising. Workshops were held with local facilitators about the impact of climate change on their communities, and Pacific Black Box trainers worked with the youth to translate these issues into media productions.
The outcomes of the project included the production of six short films that have been screened at primary schools across Bougainville, at World Environment Day events in Buka, and which will be used by the PNG national TV channel 'Em TV' in science courses throughout PNG.
2009 training and research
Through a 6-month community research and training program, Pacific
Black Box worked with
the youth from three Bougainville communities to continue providing basic media training
and to research the best approach to ensure continued and sustainable support in audio-visual
media.
The six months of outreach to communities, and a one week youth
forum culminated in a ceremony in which all participants were presented
with the Community Prophets award and a public screening of An
Uncertain Future was held.
The next three years
Through the 2008 forum, and the 2009 training and research, Pacific
Black Box has developed a plan for continued training in Bougainville
over the next three years.
This plan involves working across the three regions of Bougainville
to develop a 'train the trainer' program for young people from Central,
North and South Bougainville.
The training will focus on ways of developing Community Based
Digital Resources (CBDRs) and will look at how the local trainers can
foster creative learning environments where young people can continue
to learn and use their ICT, audio visual and community development
skills.
Research and development
Pacific Black Box is actively researching new and better ways to implement our objectives. One aspect of this is the potential use of Open Source Software (OSS) at all levels of our activity.
We are exploring this issue and making some progress. There will be a link here soon to new pages on this subject.