FilmAid:  Healing and Rebuilding

In places where, year after year, people must rely on help from others for the essentials, FilmAid’s programs help empower refugees to speak out, to identify and address their own needs and to imagine a better future.

Of the refugees recently surveyed in Kakuma Camp, Kenya: 

96%   feel FilmAid screenings help with conflict reduction and                  community building
  
94%   believe FilmAid films provide assistance with problem
                 solving
  
77%    perceive FilmAid has made a positive impact in the
                 community Read more...

FilmAid: Connecting Youth Across the Globe

When Hurricane Katrina tore through the Gulf Coast, FilmAid responded.  We brought much needed entertainment and diversion to people displaced in Louisiana.  Through an innovative partnership with local organizations in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, Baton Rouge and New Orleans, FilmAid is now providing affected young people with the tools to share their experiences through video. Read more...

The Power of Film: A Lifeline of Hope 

On October 16, FilmAid held our inaugural Power of Film Gala in New York City.  It was an evening of inspiration and celebration honoring Ambassador Richard Holbrooke and award-winning producer Jane Rosenthal, in whose names scholarships to study communications will be given to two deserving refugees.   A highlight of the evening was the screening of scenes from the film, “God Grew Tired of Us,” which documents the transition to America of three “lost boys of Sudan.”  One of those featured in the film, John Dau, inspired the sold- out audience. Read more...

Heeding the Call: FilmAid Changes Lives

Initially a simple idea to provide diversion and entertainment to Kosovar refugees in Macedonia in 1999, FilmAid is now an integral component of the psycho-social and health services for tens of thousands of men, women and children living in refugee camps in Kenya and Tanzania. Read more...

FilmAid is deeply grateful for your support of our programs. We hope that you will continue to partner with us as we enhance and expand our efforts on behalf of refugees across the globe.

For more information on how you can help, please visit our website or contact us:

FilmAid International
24 East 23rd St., 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10010
tel. (212) 529-1088
fax (212) 529-1084
info@filmaid.org
www.filmaid.org