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1. Alive on Earth distributes local stories from around the world via video and the internet. We provide communities who are under-served or might otherwise be passive subjects of international news coverage, with access to equipment, training, and a platform to tell their stories to the world in a frame of their own choosing.
2. Alive on Earth is a non-for-profit that fosters community leaders to use 21st century tools, distributes local stories from around the world, fosters community journalism for under-served or otherwise passive subjects of international news coverage, coordinates access to equipment, training, and a platform to tell their stories to the world in a frame of their own choosing.