Free Media Training to students to highlight social issues “Buland Bol’
Buland Bol is a movement to empower the voices of the marginalized communities in India. It offers free training and mentoring for interested citizens who are interested in becoming digital changemakers. After the training, the participants will become the voice of their communities. They will be trained to use video and social media to further the selected cause. Participants will have a strong social media presence which will build their identity.
Who can be part of Buland Bol?
- Indian citizens above 18 years of age.
- You need to have your own smartphone.
- You need one or more social media accounts – FaceBook, Instagram, Twitter
- You need to be passionate about community issues and an interest in solving social problems.
What is the training on?
There are several training modules available for the Buland Bol Volunteers:
- How to make a good short video
- Effective use of Facebook for distribution and engagement
- Effective use of Instagram and Twitter
- Editing video in the smartphone
There are 4 training modules of 2-4 hours each that each volunteer has to complete. A volunteer will be able to produce social media content after the first two modules. There will be many more training modules available for those who are interested in further learning.
After the training, the Volunteers are expected to make short videos and other digital content on social issues that concern them and their communities. The videos are made for the purpose of raising awareness on that issue.
They will share the videos on the respective FB, Instagram and Twitter pages. All content will be tagged as #BulandBol. Video Volunteers will reshare and promote the videos on all its social channels.
Deserving volunteers may be selected later and trained to become a Community Correspondent who are paid for the videos they make. Training is online and will be conducted on Zoom. In the future, there will be in-person training as well.
Buland Bol is a program of Video Volunteers. It is a program that enables citizens to create social media content on issues that are close to their hearts.
