I encountered Kamoga Hassan on Facebook and saw through his profile that he was involved in multimedia and video production. About the same time, I encountered Care Miller on Facebook who (as you can see from her activity on Facebook) is very passionate about serving in Uganda, and she told me of a film crew or production company that had made a film for her to promote opportunities for people to get involved in service projects in Uganda. Not too much later, I saw the film that Kamoga Hassan posted on Facebook with Care Miller’s contact information in the credits, and I realized that they knew each other and he was the one that she had talked about. As the Serve in Uganda idea and website continued to grow, I realized the best way to get information out was to let people talk for themselves, about their projects, about the ideas and communities for which they have passion. I sent Kamoga Hassan a brief message on Facebook asking if he’d do an interview, and he responded with a lengthy interview and many, many photos. It’s wonderful stuff! And it’s going to be a three-part series so people can take it all in and really appreciate what Kamoga Hassan is up to in Uganda. I would love if people would write in further questions for Kamoga Hassan and perhaps we can get a bit of a dialogue going around his work. Write all questions and comments regarding Kamoga Hassan’s interview to info@serve-in-uganda.org and use the subject line “video and uganda.” Without further ado, here is part 1 of our interview with Kamoga Hassan: Video and Uganda.
Name: Kamoga Hassan
Age: 23 years
Name of work: Visual Power
Brief introduction of Visual power
The original idea of “Visual power” was to teach basic camera operation skills, video editing, script writing, photography, Graphics designing, music, dance and drama amonger others. This was to benefit children those who lost their parents and those with very poor parents. By offering such skills to the children, it enables them to tell their own problems affecting them in their community. Skills such as videography and photography can be used more effectively to flesh out the core problem facing the children in their communities. The children are given the chance to produce shoot films, slide shows of still shoots within their communities. This acts as an eye opener to the community to know the problems affecting the children and what should be done. All these stories are told by the children through the camera lens and other skills such as music. In future we plan to organize annual concerts throughout the country where children show the different skills that they have acquired.
Through this program, the policy makers, government heads, political leaders and NGOs will become conscious about problems facing the children and help to make the plan to solve the problems.
1) How long have you been involved there?
We have been involved in this movement since 2008 and I have also been volunteering with different organizations here in Uganda .
2) What does your work involve?
My work involves videography, photography, art and craft, I am a camera man, and I do video editing as well. I do different projects, I travel to different communities, and travel to villages, in doing so I help others to be aware of the society and their needs. I also involve the children by teaching them as I travel on how to better their lives and by teaching them skills that are income-generating.
Let us know what you’re thinking. Submit a comment or question below! Stay tuned for part 2 and 3 of the interview, coming soon!
just want to let you know, i am happy that you made this page to help serve Uganda.. thanks for adding me. I love these children, i really do…
Thanks, Care! Together we can accomplish a lot and I’m excited to highlight what others are doing in Uganda.
I have seen the pictures and really have enjoyed what i have seen so far of his work and the process in which all this has become a wonderful idea for the futures of the children, showing them a better way to succeed in this world they live in. I also want to help soon, and become a teacher of song, dance and art to many of the orphanages in kampala. So this is a wonderful page and site for helping to get a better understanding of how we can all help with the needs of the children in Uganda. Love to all that live there.
Thanks, Angel, for your comments. I’m sure your song, dance and art will mean a lot to many children!
Your very welcome, i hope to be there before this year ends because i will be living there and working every day trying to better the futures of all that want to learn my skills, men, women, children, anyone interested can come to my classes. Blessing thanks for you reply on facebook. keep me posted . Angel
I was delighted when I saw this opage. Kamoga Hassan is an inspiration to us all and has provided my organisation, Primary Education for All [www.pefa.org.uk] which a great deal of help and advice s we formulate our plans to help the poor children of Uganda.
Our main concern is that there are a lot of international organisations all working towards the same goals in Uganda with little or no co-ordination between them. We would be happy to act as a co-ordinating organisation for these efforts and would appreciate all comments; thoughts; suggestions on this idea.
Dean, thank you for your response. I hope that we continue the dialogue about how to learn more about what each of us does as individuals and how we can work together more effectively. This is part of my life’s work, so like you, I am excited about the possibilities here.
please tell me the video i sponsered, Pastor Alex and Kamoga Hassen had met and arranged acourding to my speicifications, but still need more information on Busia Distract…I sponsered that video to help build a school and fund the children in the video and around these rural area. my purpose for the video, labelled Visual Power…I have sponsered for a school that i would like to have built for the many orphans that can’t go..and to find help and ways to work with 1 area at a time…. Remember Pastor Alex Mushabe is a part of the video I sponsered, as well as a team from kampala, and camera crew Visual Power… Thank God for the making of my film….the children and love for humanity