Oxfam GB in Indonesia In Action

   ”I wanted to make a difference in other people lives” says Vania Kristiani Budiyanto during interview with Oxfam. 

Situated in Ubud area, here is where the IDEP office is located. This morning, Oxfam visited that office and was welcomed by a nice and charming young lady. “Hi I’m Vania! Welcome to IDEP, she said with a big smile. 

Vania is working as a Community Based Disaster Management  (CBDM) Project Officer in IDEP Foundation. As the project officer, she plays an important role in increasing the awareness among people to understand and implement a range of effective actions that can help to reduce the chance of disaster happening in their area, be more prepared if disaster does happen and recover more quickly. 

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Film is a media that has the biggest power in influencing its audiences.  It can capture different points of time in life such as in struggles and happiness, in the form of perfect live portraits.  

One of the uses of film is to empower people which is known as Community Video.  Its role is increasingly more important than before, especially in the past few years. Community Video is a tool to encourage social change because it is based on real experience, need and expectation of a community in a particular place. 

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