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Ghetto films is a trust Organization with its inception as a clear show of people's collective power with roots and special tendrils of commitment, solidarity, sacrifice and the power of love for changing the livelihoods of the people in the Ghetto and slum areas.


Ghetto Film Trust

Ghetto films is establishing media and art as an essential part of religious, social and political life, that there was not even a word to describe it .Meadia and Art is integrated into everything, from worship and religion, to everyday activities and decisions, to clothing. It served as a communication and educational tool, thereby influencing societal and political changes. Through the programs in many other societies, media and artistic expression has affected by social, political and environmental influences; and in turn affected social and political situations.


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We inherited a system that is characterized by extreme glorification of secrecy and secrecy in all organs of governance. This is still so despite the fact that whatever is done by those in authority is done in the name of the people. This has consequently created an imbalance in information dissemination in the entire country.


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News worthiness has also taken a different angle in that, in the main stream media stories owe their news worthiness to conflicting politics, social and economic crimes at the expense of meaningful sustainable development issues. For instance, more than half of this city’s success stories have got their roots in the non-formal settlements yet these great people’s settlements still remain victims of negative publicity.


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Since establishment in year, 2006, Ghetto films has created a craving desire for information for the people in the slums and its environs to be able to hold their leaders accountable for all past and present facets of governance. This has happened through locally organized accountability media and arts forums, focused group discussions and debates in collaboration with other community based organizations.


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The timely unveiling of Ghetto films’ issue based plan of activities to its Target audience will enhance our branding and therefore engineer achievement of the main goal ‘mobilizing community voice and action through media and arts. This will further create a forum to foster the improvement of people’s livelihoods through citizen participation in the legislative agendas amongst other issues.


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The Ghetto, slums and its environs is the bedroom of this country’s casual laborers, and 40% holders of this city’s fame whose voices and struggles for decent livelihood have often fallen on deaf ears. Through the media and arts, therefore gives them a chance for experience sharing thus strengthening their local struggles for recognition in the local legislative assembly and further pushing them to the global arena.


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The mingling of both local and international participants’ leads to World’s biggest Conglomeration of Social movements and individuals through arts will strengthen the human race’s unity regardless of their cultural diversity and social status. This ‘unity in diversity’ will consequently hasten the possibilities of realizing another world thus have effective impacts on social change. In addition, sensitization on the millennium development goals through film will have big impact and new development strategies with set goals.


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Ghetto films considers media and arts as an important and integral part of every community's in; Integrating the media and arts into community development plans ,Engaging media and artists in planning ,Providing technical assistance ,Stimulating cultural tourism and Governmental and education systems need to establish stronger support systems for the arts that include arts incubators, apprenticeships, design centres, and educational training that includes business and marketing skills and performance skills.


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