Voices from the Roof of the World

17/05/2024

101 East from Al Jazeera is broadcasting our show Saving Red Pandas today, in case you missed it previously.

101 East reveals how India is fighting to conserve its population of one of the world’s rarest animals.

15/03/2024

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27/02/2024

Watch No Monastery No Village next Sunday on Aga Khan University. a GLOF threatens a remote Buddhist monastery in northwestern Nepal.

25/02/2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-0IBY9tDls

Voices from the Roof of the World is back with 5 more urgent documentaries coming every Sunday. Watch this powerful report from people threatened by the floods and landslides on Pakistan's side of the Hindu Kush Mts.

Video title: Under the Hindukush | Voices from the Roof of the World High in the foothills of Pakistan’s Hindukush mountains, the villages of Chitral faced ...

19/01/2024

https://youtu.be/C65SKijNJmQ

At 4000m altitude, amidst the misty , lives the endangered species of the . But with rising temperatures and human persecution, the ...

12/01/2024

https://fb.watch/pwYt4gaP9q/

18/12/2023

13/12/2023

“I came from my home islands to work with you to solve the greatest challenge of our generations...We have built a canoe with a weak and leaky hull. Yet we have to put it into the water because we have no other option. ..We need to phase out fossil fuels... to keep the world liveable. As we sail this leaky canoe together, let’s agree to plug the leaks for the sake of all of us, especially the most vulnerable.”

John Silk, head of the delegation for the Republic of Marshall Islands reacting to the COP28 agreement

11/12/2023

How would you respond if the water ran out in your town? Watch the story of 3 women faced with this dilemma in episode 3 of VRW Dhye (Day) Dreams.

10/12/2023

03/12/2023

has one of the highest rates in South Asia, with nearly 10 million children suffering from stunting. In 2022, Pakistan's monsoon floo...

30/11/2023

VRW Season 3 launches today with Starving for Change, looking at the effects of climate change on malnutrition in Pakistan and what can be done about it. The Urdu version airs from today Nov. 30th, on Express News Pakistan at 11PM and Dec 1st and 3rd at 4PM Pakistan time. The English version premieres on Dec. 3rd. on aku.edu/vrw and AKDN channels.

VRW Season 3 Episode 1Climate change has devastated Pakistan’s agrarian economy and its ability to thrive. Three-fifths of Pakistan’s children are malnouris...

03/11/2023

Sneeuwluipaarden zijn 's werelds meest ongrijpbare grote katten, met een leefgebied van 1600 vierkante km. Zonder een grote wildernis kunnen ze niet overleven. Maar, door de klimaatverandering en door menselijke invasie wordt hun leefgebied snel kleiner… Met minder natuurlijke prooien om te eten, ...

20/08/2023

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/19/climate/young-climate-activists.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage§ion=Climate%20and%20Environment

‘We’re the last resort,’ one young activist said.

27/07/2023

Congratulations to all the filmmakers from Season 1 and 2. You made us all proud to be part of the VRW team.

Documentary Series Profiles Climate Change in the Mountains of Central and South Asia"Voices from the Roof of the World Season Two,” an international documentary series on climate change produced by Andrew Tkach and directed by 9 independent filmmakers from Central and South Asia, has won the 2023...

21/07/2023

https://northeastfilmjournal.com/film-review-shepherds-of-naar-2022-paradise-tradition-and-hardship

"The approach of the filmmaker is formal and exhibits her ability to connect with the people of the Naar village and their stories", writes Dipankar Sarkar.

12/07/2023

Congratulations to our VRW Award Winners
6th South Asian Short Film Festival
(3-8 July 2023)
Organised by the Federation of Film Societies of India Eastern Region:
🏆Satyajit Ray Golden Award for the Best Documentary: Shepherds of Naar (Nepal, Nepali, 2022, 24M) Asmita Shrish
🏆Mrinal Sen Golden Award for the Best Direction in Documentary: The Valleys Our Ancestors Chose (Pakistan, English, Urdu, 2023, 34M) Tazeen Bari

20/06/2023

https://hkh.icimod.org/hi-wise/

ICIMOD’s new report - HI-WISE ~ Water, Ice Society and Ecosystems in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH).

03/03/2023

Watch and vote for our film in the Jackson Wild CITES World Wildlife Showcase.

Snow Leopards are one of the most elusive wild cats. In the frigid and rugged Karakoram mountains of northern Pakistan, they lead a solitary life, mostly unknown to science.

08/01/2023

https://youtu.be/lc9SPu8aYNg
Our Season concludes with look at how climate change is impacting an ancient culture and their physical world.

The Kalasha are an indigenous community residing in three valleys found at the foothills of the Hindu Kush Mountains in Pakistan. Their ancient religion is d...

06/01/2023

https://www.facebook.com/AKUGlobal/videos/3262862460642445/

06/01/2023

https://www.facebook.com/AKUGlobal/videos/3262862460642445/.

This Sunday the final episode of Season 2, a warning from the Kalasha community in Pakistan.

01/01/2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MApHmUe1dvM
This summer the floods in Pakistan gave the clearest warning of the consequences of our inaction to stop global warming. Watch Cry from the Mountains to see how it all began.

Last May record temperatures provoked a GLOF or glacial lake outburst flood in northern Pakistan, sweeping away bridges and villages in the valley below the ...

28/12/2022

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21/12/2022

https://youtu.be/Rnk7nXdej2Q
Now you can see the complete look at what is happening to the glacier's of Kyrgyzstan's beautiful Sary-Jaz valley.

The people of the Sary-Jaz River valley have always believed that the Asteris and Enilchek glaciers will be here forever. After all, the Sary-Jaz valley is...

14/12/2022

What is the health of Kyrgyzstan's largest glacier?. Find out by watching Cold Wind Valley Sunday 8pm Pakistan time, here, AKU and Express TV
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