Simon Cumbers Media Fund applicant, Susan Cahill travelled to Bolivia in 2009 to investigate the possibility of the coca plant solving Bolivia’s food crisis. Susan documented her journey through the coca strongholds in the North and South Yungas of Bolivia and interviewed local ‘cocaleros’, community leaders, politicians and alternative food producers. The documentary was broadcast […]
Mention in the Sunday Tribune
Susan Cahill’s project for the Simon Cumbers Media Fund, More Than They Can Chew, was broadcast twice over the weekend: 17th & 18th July on Newstalk. The documentary explored the relationship between coca leaf growing and poverty in Bolivia and received a positive review from the Sunday Tribunes’ radio critic Eithne Tynan. More Than They […]
Simon Cumbers Media Fund to be showcased at PhotoIreland Festival
Photojournalist and Simon Cumbers Media Fund applicant, Kim Haugthon, will host an evening talk at the PhotoIreland Fesitval 2010 in the Exchange in Temple Bar on Sunday, 11th July at 7.30pm. Kim will discuss her experiences working on projects funded by the Simon Cumbers Media Fund in Lesotho, Vietnam, Ethiopia and Mozambique over the past […]
