Lazarina has produced short documentaries on a wide spectrum of themes, including the environment, human rights, social justice and education equity. In the humanitarian assistance arena, she has documented initiatives in community-based education, prevention of child labor and human trafficking. In the non-governmental sector, she has assisted organizations such as Sustainable Harvest International, Jubilee USA, and The Advocacy Project, in creating video counterparts to their campaign and outreach efforts.
An overview of The Albanian Initiative: Coordinated Action Against Human Trafficking (CAAHT) program, highlighting project components, best practices and beneficiary testimonials. Funded by: United States Agency for International Development
Gaiam One is an experimental farm in Chimirol, southern Costa Rica, which applies the principles of biodynamic agriculture and sustainability.
Sustainable Harvest International has worked with more than 750 families to construct wood-conserving stoves in their homes, saving more than 1, 650 trees per year and improving women's and children's health.
Covers the impact of community-based education for overaged youth in Kabul and Parwan provinces. Funded by the United States Agency for International Development.
This video was used in Jubilee USA's Stand Up campaign in October 2008 to generate awareness on international financial institutions and mobilize action in alleviating odious debt for impoverished countries. For more info, visit www.jubileeusa.org
Produced by Lazarina Todorova in collaboration with Mental Disability Rights International (MDRI). A video press release documenting human rights abuses in orphanages and psychiatric institutions in Turkey's mental health system. MDRI's findings were cited as a concern in the November 2005 EU Commission's report on human rights in Turkey and the use of unmodified ECT (electroconvulsive or "shock" treatment), featured in MDRI's report, was recently abolished at Bakirköy, Turkey's largest psychi...
Highlights of teaching methodology in mathematics lessons. Instructional DVD, produced for MEDUCA (Ministry of Education, Panama) to help improve teaching methodology and combat child labor in the country. Sponsored by U.S. Dept. of Labor.
Highlights of teaching methodology in language arts. Instructional DVD, produced for MEDUCA (Ministry of Education, Panama) to help improve teaching methodology and combat child labor in the country. Sponsored by U.S. Dept. of Labor.
A video testimonial by a beneficiary of the Afghanistan Primary Education Program. Funded by the United States Agency for International Development.