THE WHY FOUNDATION
is a public media organization that aims to
support sustainable development
by securing free access to reliable information for all citizens.
We produce and distribute critical media content about
human rights and sustainable development
through a network of
“All people should see these films,
because you don’t really know how
the world is, until you have"
Richard(Porter,(Head%of%BBC%World%News
70+ television broadcasters in 191 countries
reaching 600 Million Viewers.
The majority of the world’s population still
receives information through local
television and radio broadcast in their local language.
By exploiting our
extensive network of traditional public media channels our organization is able
to
reach the largest number of people with critical information.
The WHY’s documentary films are
different from the mainstream films
broadcasted on Palestinian TV
stations and encourage people to
think critically, learn about new
cultures and countries.
Airida Poskut2
Wattan TV6
Palestine
OUR CONTENT
INDEPENDENT.
FACT BASED.
ACCESSIBLE.
RELIABLE.
FAIR.
COVERS:
Civil & Political Rights
Gender & Sexuality
War & Peace
Inequality & Development
Culture & Everyday Life
Climate & Environment
In the Nordic Region a publicly supported independent press boasts the
worlds highest market share and a media climate where
access to free
information is considered a civil right.
Public service broadcasting has a
beneficial effect on populations and its strength is directly correlated with
political engagement and a willingness to act in the public interest.
In most
countries around the world free information is simply not available.
Our primary target is to ensure free access to information for all people across
the world - distributing content broadly in countries with and without a tradition
for factual programing and creating dubbed language versions of our content
and donating it to developing nations.
Informed citizens are more likely to
engage in politics and their communities to build stronger democracies.
Broadcasts can be supported by local outreach activities to create a level of
awareness that is otherwise unattainable on such a large scale, while
simultaneously facilitating a flow of information between the global north and
global south.
Bermuda badly needs the kind of
programming provided by The
Why. The island is very small and
isolated. Consequently our youth
are often unaware of how people
live in other parts of the world. Our
island is isolated, but it is not
immune to the threats of
corruption, crime, pollution,
discrimination, government debt,
etc. For Bermuda to continue as a
modern democracy our young
people must understand these
problems. So international
documentaries of the kind that The
Why provides can have a powerful,
positive impact on our community.
Robert(Zuill 2CITV,(Bermuda
We target all demographics across all geographies.
We believe that the series is a great
opportunity to fill a gap in the
Mongolian TV market, where very
little content is available on the
issues depicted in THE WHY’s
series. We envision that Mongolian
audiences would be thrilled to have
access to such content for free and
in their own language.
Oyunchimeg Demchig2
MBTV,(Mongolia