Canva x GiveDirectly

Canva celebrated their 10-year anniversary by producing a documentary about their donor relationship with GiveDirectly, an NGO that sends money directly to the world's poorest households. I went with Canva to Malawi for a weeklong assignment in rural villages (so remote, our daily commute was 1.5hrs each way from the city we stayed in) to make portraits of and interview cash aid recipients, documenting stories of impact. It was incredible honor to be invited into this industrious community and witness the real-time personification of “it takes a village” in umodzi (Chichewa word for “community.”)

Director: Andy Lloyd / Producer: Hamish Roxburg