Our Video
Brings Change

An IndiaUnheard video has helped over 500 people in a remote village of Manipur in North East India get healthcare for the first time.An IndiaUnheard video by Daniel Mate, our correspondent from Chandel district of Manipur, has inspired a local organization Burning Voices to donate a carload of lifesaving medicine for villagers who were in dire need of healthcare in a remote village.

On 24th May this year, we published Daniel Mate’s video Village Lacks Healthcare. The video report showed the plight of a village called Bongli, 10km from Tengoupal, Manipur which had no access to healthcare. The lack of medicine and proper healthcare was forcing people to using herbs and faith healing to take care of their sick and dying. The only remaining option is to travel 10 km to Tengoupal, where if they are lucky the Public Health Centre would be open. If it is open they may not have adequate staff to attend their needs. Despite complaints have been made, the government has taken no action so far to improve the situation for these people.

Once this story was shown on IndiaUnheard website, Daniel was contacted by Ronid Chingangbam – a senior member of an organization called Burning Voices. Burning Voices is a Manipuri youth group which promotes contemporary art and literature. Ronid soon met Daniel with several cartons of medicine needed for the village. Daniel, with the help of Kuki Student Organization – a local students’ group and a local doctor distributed these medicines among the villagers of Bongli as well as some other neighbouring villages that needed it.

So within a month of it’s publication the video helped over 500 people in a remote village access healthcare.

H.Thangtinlen Daniel Mate
Daniel is from the Kuki tribal community in Manipur’s Tengnocipal village. His community is wedged in a dangerous conflict between the Indian army and a militant separatist movement. Through IndiaUnheard, Daniel wants to bring to light to what is actually happening in Manipur.

H.Thangtinlen Daniel Mate has produced 5 stories for us.

5 Responses to “Our Video
Brings Change”

1. UBSINGH says:

   September 6, 2010 at 9:00 am

   Really an inspiration to those who intend to do something to the deprived classes of our society. Heartiest Congratulations and Good Luck to the whole team for such a missionery work.
2. IndiaUnheard Team says:

   September 6, 2010 at 2:05 pm

   Thank you so much for the review. I hope you keep watching our videos and continue to support us.
3. Srivathsa says:

   December 28, 2010 at 8:55 pm

   Its heartening to hear about some success.
   Since you end up working with people in remote areas, I guess you end up coming across NGOs that help with these issues? If so, why dont you list them on your website? so that people like me can offer some financial assistance at least..
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