The Ugandan Maarifa Centres have come of age. The Awach, Metu and Gulu Maarifa Centres have become a 'must visit' place for the communities in Northern Uganda. In April 2011, James Nguo, ALIN Regional Director and an Ashoka Fellow visited the centres. The video shows community members experiences on using computers for the first time at the centres.

Mau forest restoration initiatives in Kenya is a video focusing on the importance of Mau forest complex to Kenya, how its been affected and how communities are restoring

Arid Lands Information Network (ALIN) was hosted on the Eco-Show on the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation on 11 April 2010 between 12.00 and 12.45 PM.

The guests on the show were Anthony Mugo, Programmes Manager-ALIN and Noah Lusaka, Projects Manager-ALIN. The two discussed water sustainability in the arid lands and the interventions necessary for water conservation

This Feature film is about a farmer, Mr. Mwema Ndung'i from kyavuu village, Mutomo District, Kenya. Mwema uses indiginious knowledge to control ant pests through eliminating queen ants from anthills

Alternative Livelihood for the Waso Borana

Merti is a small but extra-ordinary Community in Isiolo District. Its approximately 250KM from Siolo town. This film is highlighting and establishing the community, how it came to settle there, features and the people of Merti

This Film was in Merti (Isiolo District, Kenya)

Kitheka Tundu group Climate Change Adaptation in Mutomo

Meet Flora Nzambuli, a farmer at Mutomo District in Eastern Province who is has been using interesting techniques to adapt to climate change in her home. She is a small-holder farmer trying to improve her livelihood in an area with low rainfall and harsh weather conditions

The short video promotes the activities at Nguruman Community Information Center.

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The film is about the effects of climate change in Naivasha basin. It highlights the importance of communities to understand climate change, how to adapt and educate people around the forest on reducing Carbon emissions, conserving the remaining forest cover and managing the micro climate

This documentary highlights effects of deforestation in Naivasha- Eburru forest- and the opinions the residents can take on deforestation by teaching them importance of trees and climate change in general. The insight is appealing to people to reduce emissions to change behaviour and conserve the environment.

The documentary highlights how farmers in Naivasha have adapted to effects of climate change in the region. The residents have come up with mechanisms to counter climate changes like planting of drought resistant crops and water harvesting technologies.

Mazingira-Lodrick & Ngiri40 ft Shiro & Hilda

Water Planting in Mutomo

The Fall of a Donkey

Water and Sanitation

The film is about the micro climate change in Mutomo and its effects to Food security around there

The Kenya Broadcasting Corporation airs the Sokopepe technology used for marketing at Ngarua Maarifa Centre

A Maarifa centre is a room or a ‘fabricated shipping container’ where communities access information resources. The centre is equipped with computers and internet access. It is an information hub where local knowledge is documented by communities with the support of field officers and shared widely.

Enkaramatani is a Maasai statement meaning "Mother Shephard" The video was shot in Isinya, Kajiado District in Kenya. The film is about the role of Maasai women in Cattle keeping and their sentiments to all the Maasai women in keeping livestock production. The challenges they face as women and what are the alternatives of livelihood there is in the quest for survival.
The film was produced by Isinya Community Knowledge Centre, a network of Arid Lands Information Network supported by the Finnish Embassy

This documentary highlights effects of deforestation in Naivasha, the main focus being Eburru forest which has been adversely affected by deforestation. It also highlights the opinions of the residents and their take on deforestation and climate change in general. It has a poetry treatment with the objective to educate communities around Lake Naivasha on the importance of trees. The insight is appealing to people to reduce emissions to change behaviour and conserve the environment. ... (more info) (less info)

This film shows how climate change is affecting the community of Kyuso, in Kenya. Joseph Mwangangi and Joseph Meithya Kasawla explain how the rains have failed in recent years, leading to crop failures and food shortages in the region. Many people now have to buy grain from the Kenya Cereals Board, and prices are increasing rapidly.