ESPACE is a new initiative by the canton of Neuchâtel to improve the integration of people with a migrant backgrounds.
Objectif Désistance is a new project accompanying people coming out of prison to help them integrate into society and keep them from recidivism.
The project "Skills for Industry" from the Zurich University of teacher education studies the impact of vocational skills training in different countries. I organized, produced, and edited a video about their research in Bangladesh for a conference.
Nouveaux Jardins is an initiative to bring together migrants and Swiss residents to do some gardening together. The participants learn agroecological techniques, grow vegetables, and above all, create a space where they can talk about whatever is on their minds.
I traveled to South Africa for an assignment for a Swiss NGO, fastenaktion.ch, to take pictures of the Rural Women's Assembly and their activities. I was very impressed by how women fight to make a living from agroecology for themselves and their families.
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Pictures and stories about this project have been published multiple times on the internet by creatives-for-conservation.org and humanaffairs.substack.com.
I had the pleasure of joining researchers from the University of Bern and the National University of Laos who are studying how the increasing demand for coffee is shaping the livelihoods of farmers in Laos. I made a series of videos on how the researchers work as well as personal stories from coffee farmers.