Ethical content gathering

By sharing their experiences and perspectives, producers help make our communications more powerful and effective by bringing the impact and importance of our work to life. In return, we have a responsibility to tell their stories authentically and manage their contributions ethically across all types of content – words, photography and film.

Through our participation in the People in the Pictures group and Communications Working Group, (run by Bond, a UK network for organisations working in international development), we have been able to share and discuss good practice guidelines.

This year, we also joined Mile 91. Set up in 2006, Mile 91 support international development charities to develop their storytelling strategies, through collaboration and training.

Pictured: Vitaliano Cahuich, Beekeeper and member of EDUCE, a honey co-operative with Mayan roots based in the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico. At first sight, you will never believe he is a man in his 70s - with all the work he does and how energetic he is - he jokingly says it might be the bee stings that are the reason for this phenomenon.