FLIP Video Contest

We've counted all the votes! The winner is HCFA Goat Project!

Eleven betterplace.org projects were selected to receive FLIP video cameras and to document their work with short films. Some of the projects met with troubles and could not submit their films on time for the contest, but others are shown here in our YouTube playlist. Users could vote for their favorite film.

Who won?

Here's the list of rankings at the end of the contest. We had to go through all of our votes carefully to decide on the winner. It was a tight race at the very end! Last update: midnight on 17. October.

1. HCFA Goat Project:                    617 Votes
2. Kick HIV:                                      614
3. SAEP South Africa:                     411
4. Togo Nursery School:                 156
5. BeBook Mobile Library:              52
6. Sol y Vida:                                      50
7. KIDS Glasses for Everyone:       29
8. David im Regenbogenland:        12

Project and video descriptions:

David in Regenbogenland is a video that tells the story of one child living who is treated at the Regenbogenland Children's Hospital. The Children's Hospital Regenbogenland (translated "rainbow land") is a house for children and youth with incurable or degenerative illnesses.  Visit the Regenbogen project on betterplace.org.

Sol y Vida is a foundation that provides medical supplies to help children with cancer in Ecuador. Many families in Ecuador do not have access to health insurance. With the help of donations of medicine and money, Sol y Vida staff and volunteers try to save as many young lives as possible. Visit the Sol y Vida project on betterplace.org

Togo Nursery School Project is a project collaboration with agbe e.V. which, together with the people of Tomegbé, Togo, has built a nursery school for 150 children. The people believe that this project will not only benefit the children of the region who, due to poor hygenic conditions often do not survive until grade school, but the mothers and entire communities will benefit as well, since the mothers will have more time to work and gain independence to help build the community while their children are in a safe place. The teachers for the school are local people from Tomegbé as well, and the school is sustainably supported by renting solar powered lamps to the community.  Visit the Nursery School for Togo project on betterplace.org

HCFA Goat Project, or "Women who watch over goats" provides income opportunities for women and their families in the form of pet goats. HOPE Children's Foundation Africa is committed to improving the lives of the orphans and vulnerable children of Kawempe Division, Uganda. Various projects, such as this goat project, offer opportunities for health care, educational programs, HIV/AIDS treatment, a feeding program and assistance with income generating activities. Visit a project from HOPE Children's Foundation on betterplace.org

Kick HIV! is a project that provides innovational HIV educational opportunities to youth in South Africa through the sport of football. The video shows the fundraising and awareness events throughout Germany as well as the work being done in South Africa. Visit the Kick HIV project on betterplace.org

BeBook, is a mobile library for deprived children in Goa, India. With readings, interactive workshops, dance and theatre, children are involved in books and education and experience that storytelling and reading is fun. Visit the BeBook mobile library project on betterplace.org

K.I.D.S. Glasses for Everyone is a project in India to bring free eyewear to children with vision impairment, thus offering improvements to learning and involvement and ultimately for a better life. Visit the KIDS Glasses for Everyone project on betterplace.org

SAEP High School Environment Project is dedicated to helping children and young adults in Cape Town's historically disadvantaged township communities develop their academic and life skills, obtain productive employment, and contribute as leaders to the economic and social development of their communities and their country. In this video, students build a sculpture from waste products, following the Quad-R principle: re-cycle, re-think, re-duce, and re-use. Though we received this video a bit late, we are going to shut our eyes and let them enter the FLIP contest.  You can visit the SAEP projects on betterplace.org.