The document summarizes participatory media for development (PM4D) workshops conducted in Wakatobi, Indonesia. A PM4D workshop was held with nine Bajo women from Mola Village over four days, where they created a photo-story and video about their group. Students from Mola and Lyia villages also participated in simplified one-day PM4D workshops, producing their own photo-stories. The workshops aimed to empower local communities through participatory media projects.

1. PM4D: Participatory Media for Development in
Wakatobi, Indonesia
For four weeks I integrated the activities of the WWF/TNC (World Wide Fund
for Nature/The Nature Conservancy) Program in Wakatobi Marine National
Park. I and the volunteers' group participated in contacts with the local
agents, with the local communities, and with WWF’s staff, volunteers and
donors on a trip to Wakatobi. In collaboration with Indar Aminuddin and
volunteers I worked with a group of nine Bajo women from Mola Village in
the implementation of the PM4D method and with two groups of school
students from Mola and Lyia in making photo-stories.

2. PM4D: Participatory Media for Development with Bajau
Women's Group in Wakatobi, Indonesia
The video “PM4D with Bajo women in Wakatobi” is the result of the four-day
workshop. The women participants were part of a group of women that
previously started a handicrafts center and expressed their availability for this
workshop. The project was supported by the WWF/TNC Program and the
Tourism Department of Wakatobi Regency. The women agreed to participate
in PM4D without any financial compensation and for the full four days. A
room in the village from the local government was used for the group
exercises. From the workshop, a photo-story and a participatory video were
made and are here presented. The group declared to have learn much, also
about group work. The video was screened in the handicraft center to the
rest of the community and later we heard the women’s group organized a
screening themselves for more people. We expect to hear they made more
videos by themselves and used it to seek support to expand their group
activities, as they expressed they would.

3. The women’s group was happy to share the video widely to inspire other
women’s group. Ideally it will, in due time, be shown in other islands of
Wakatobi. The translation is often poor and is a work in process. This video is
the group’s first attempt to communicate their vision and – please remember
– PM4D it is about the workshop process rather than about the final product,
so try to 'visualize' that. I’m happy to introduce to you the Bajo Women’s
Group, Sikarimanang.
Participatory Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_vFkXED_eo
Photo-story: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWCwPx_7Uxc

6. PM4D: Photo-stories with students of Mola and Lyia in
Wakatobi, Indonesia
The PM4D method can be adjustable to the available time and resources, as
well as the participants' needs. In Mola and Liya villages in Wakatobi,
Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia; since the available time to work with the local
students was limited and they were very young students, the workshop was
simplified to a Photo-story session. In one afternoon the students learned the
basics of handling a compact photo camera and of story-telling. Two groups
of about six students wrote their own stories, decided which images best
illustrate the steps of the story, went out to photograph, recorded the audio,
and directed the video editing process. In Mola it was possible to have a
screening for the community. This was a very energetic session with the other
students and family members. In Liya the conditions were not ideal, and the
participants' were left with the files of the photo-stories so they can organize
the screening themselves.
Photo-story from Mola: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4Oj6bAp_iU
Photo-story from Lyia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo_jY7qfL9w

8. PM4D: Participatory Media for Development, by Patricia
Santos – Know more @ pm4d.blogspot
Acknowledgements
Indar
Inge
Elizarni
WWF staff and volunteers: Deva, Sugua
TNC staff and volunteers: Saleh
Filmed in November 2012, Edited in March 2013, Report
sent in May 2013, Slideshare in July 2013.