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Helping ourselves! / produced by Television Trust for the Environment ; series consultant, Jenny Richards ; executive producer, Sophie Chalk ; director, Ashley Bruce.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Life (Bullfrog Films). Series 4 ; program 4.
- Life 4 ; 4
- Millennium series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Community development--India.
- Community development.
- Self-help groups.
- India.
- India--Economic conditions--1947-.
- Economic conditions.
- Poverty--India.
- Poverty.
- Self-help groups--India.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (25 min.) : digital, sound, color.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Oley, Pennsylvania] : [Distributed by] Bullfrog Films, [2017]
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- Over the last 25 years India has cut absolute poverty by half. Still 440 million people live on less than a dollar a day. This Life program looks at two projects that are helping Indian communities move out of poverty--in line with the Millennium Development Goal of halving poverty by 2015--and that have succeeded in giving previously powerless people some control over their lives. In Karnataka, the IT revolution has allowed farmers to access land deeds vital to obtaining credit with which they can sow next year's harvest. In Andhra Pradesh, women's self-help groups have enabled rural women to change aspects of their lives, and given them a voice in local government.
- Participant:
- Commentary: Ramon Tikaram.
- Credits:
- Editor, Sotira Kyriacou ; series editor, Jenny Richards.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced in 2005.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed April 24, 2017).
- Originally broadcast on the television program Lifeonline in 2004.
- Publisher Number:
- bf-l4help Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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