Students from Manchester College have travelled to India to make a film about the Kamla Foundation.

The Kamla Foundation helps marginalised communities develop their capacity to meet basic needs and create solutions to poverty and injustice.

Its approach is to build partnerships that respond to locally defined problems with culturally sustainable solutions.

The Foundation’s Vision is an India where those who are oppressed have an opportunity to live in dignity, free from hunger and marginalisation.

Jack Grindrod and Daryl Borbitey, both studying on The Manchester College’s Foundation Degree in Film and TV Production, are spending two weeks in India, along with tutor, Heath Olive.

They will document the work of Kamla Foundation in some of the most deprived regions of the country.

This footage will be published on the new website that another group of students are building for the Foundation, to be launched in February 2017.

Tutor, Heath Olive said: ‘Jack, Darryl and myself are very much looking forward to travelling to India to help raise awareness of the excellent work by the Kamla Foundation.

‘We will be making a series of films highlighting the areas in which Kamla have helped to improve lives.

These include supplying clean water to villages who previously struggled without, and funding operations to correct cleft palates, a relatively cheap operation that really changes peoples lives immeasurably and work to improve the lives of those at the very bottom of society.’ Assistant Principal at The Manchester College, Carol Whitworth said: ‘This is an amazing opportunity for our students to change the lives of marginalised people.

"The filming piece and website are two exceptionally challenging live briefs and a unique step for the students on their journey to amazing careers.

"I believe the experiences they have working with Kamla Foundation will stay with them for the rest of their lives.’ Bhupendra Mistry, Founding Director of Kamla Foundation, said: ‘Over the past 18 months we have been exploring ways in which the college and the Foundation can collaborate in order to transform the lives of the communities we support.

"Through the delivery of these live projects, we are extending our collective reach and impact and inspiring our student community to make a genuine difference to those most in need. Together we’ll be changing minds and changing lives.’