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I have always been interested in what works in terms of locally-led sustainable development, and I have seen it in action in different parts of the world. I believe that if people can read or see what others have done elsewhere, it will inspire them to try something similar for themselves. I hope you enjoy the 400+ stories.

Film festivals in the desert grow peace

The World had a wonderfully uplifting story about the people who have been refugees in Western Sahara for many years now. 

For the past 17 years, Sahrawis living in refugee camps in neighbouring Algeria have been holding the FiSahara International Film Festival. Spanish filmmakers launched it in 2003 as a way to spread awareness of the Sahrawi struggle for self-determination and to help them document a culture whose existence is threatened.

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