The contribution of women to agriculture and food security in rural communities should not be overlooked. As we are in #WomensHistoryMonth, we continue to celebrate and appreciate #WomenInAgriculture #Womensmonth #WomenEmpowerment #equities

Happening now: Participatory Video Making training of 33 young people @ ORAP Zimbabwe under CFOR Force for Change youth engagement with the use of the Make It Grow - Zimbabwe video making toolkit. This workshop is including youth with disabilities & it aims at making grants more accessible!

Hosted by Fambidzanai Permaculture Centre ZWE, Make it Grow participants met for an in-person event in Harare on the 13th February 2023. It was interesting to hear how former trainees are applying their skills since our workshops. #foodsystemstransformation #videoproposals

Here are some ways that Make it Grow trainees are applying their #skills since the video making workshops: 📸making video proposals 📸Advocacy work 📸Videos for project reporting 📸Sharing video stories of change Global Sustainable Development Sheffield Sheffield Geography Global Sustainable & International Development ShefFood - Sheffield's Food Partnership

New Blog is live... Read it here: makeitgrow.org/l/make-it-grow… @sheffieldgeog Global Sustainable Development Sheffield Global Sustainable & International Development ShefFood - Sheffield's Food Partnership

Read all about Make it Grow on the The Institute of Sustainable Food page! sheffield.ac.uk/sustainable-fo… Global Sustainable Development Sheffield Global Sustainable & International Development The University of Sheffield

As part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science 2022, Make it Grow Founder, Dr. Pamela Richardson created and delivered an online digital storytelling workshop and event. Read all about it here on the blog! siid-blog.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/blog/reflectio… Global Sustainable Development Sheffield The University of Sheffield @sheffieldgeog

📢CALL: African Youth Storytelling Contest! Are you a African storyteller aged 18-35 and able to tell stories via videos & other formats? Share how your community is thriving & building healthy landscapes, for a chance to win cash prizes. ✅Submit now: bit.ly/3NRGIvO

Pamela Richardson & recent MA Geography Graduate, Prisca Adong, presented 2 papers about impacts of the Make it Grow project last week... Fabulous interactions at the #DSAConference2023! #DevelopmentStudiesAssociation @sheffieldgeog Institute for Sustainable Food Global Sustainable Development Sheffield Research & Impact at Sheffield

Busy working on creating the next phase of our collaboration with Hand in Hand Zimbabwe ...handinhand.co.zw/make-it-grow-n…

🎥✨ Excited to recap our Training of Trainers video making session from Monday! We reviewed our videos and gave feedback and discussed using video for project communications, like advocacy and campaign videos. We are making great progress! 📹🚀 #VideoMaking #community

In our video training workshop we have been focusing on video making, storytelling & project reporting. Next, we will focus on #videoproposals

We are underway with the Training of Trainers programme. The participants are about to co-create a project plan with their community groups. Here's a previous example of a funded video proposal below. Let us know what you think! youtube.com/watch?v=paoMul…

The Co-creating Sustainable Food project launched a podcast series! bit.ly/4id2arW Also check out the website & book. Produced by Pamela Richardson (Video-Co-Lab Institute for Sustainable Food Make It Grow - Zimbabwe) in collaboration with #Kufunda Village, PORET & PELUM Zimbabwe

Our women's groups are doing incredible work, and worked with us to co-co-create video proposals to secure small grants for their community food projects. Watch their videos here: lnkd.in/e7GjGqFy lnkd.in/ewYifPP8 lnkd.in/emFP_PDq