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Ruud Elmendorp
Videojournalist
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my wife.
Video Journalist Africa
Naked Africa

Personal Statement

Ruud Elmendorp is a Dutch video journalist with 20 years of experience in television reporting.

He's travelling across the African continent looking for remarkable stories next to the news, and going beyond the daily headlines.

Stories about daily lives, strong people on a continent full of challenges and ingenuity.

The television reports are offered to national channels in Europe, USA and Asia.

Follow Ruud's history on:

http://videojournalist.nl

Also for commissions worldwide.

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Tennis to make township children champions - Kenya

Sports

Tennis to make township children champions - Kenya

Children in the Kibera slum of Kenya's capital Nairobi receive tennis training on an improvised tennis court maintained by a local organization called Sadili, meaning ‘well-being’ ...
by Ruud Elmendorp, on 27th of April 2012
Soda bottles lighting up houses - Nairobi

Environment

Soda bottles lighting up houses - Nairobi

VIDEO: Empty soda bottles fitted in the roof of the shacks of the Korogocho township in Nairobi Kenya are lighting up houses that used to be dark. Hence saving on costs and improving se...
by Ruud Elmendorp, on 29th of March 2012
VIDEO: Street boys manage hotel in Tanzania

Society

VIDEO: Street boys manage hotel in Tanzania

Former street boys in the Kiboko Lodge in Arusha are running the hotel which was originally set up by the Dutch Watoto Foundation.
by Ruud Elmendorp, on 13th of December 2011
VIDEO: Free mosquito nets to save Kenyan nomads

Society

VIDEO: Free mosquito nets to save Kenyan nomads

VIDEO: The distribution of durable mosquito nets has started in Kenya's North Eastern Province, to protect people from the worlds biggest malaria carrier. Garissa. 25th October 201...
by Ruud Elmendorp, on 25th of October 2011
More help to come for rape victims in Dadaab refugee camp - Kenya

Politics

More help to come for rape victims in Dadaab refugee ca...

Video: Women in the world's biggest refugee camp, Dadaab in Kenya, increasingly fall victim to rape. A new UNFPA center is opened to offer better help and support for victims. 3rd ...
by Ruud Elmendorp, on 3rd of September 2011
The Good Forecast solar panels in Kenya

Environment

The Good Forecast solar panels in Kenya

Video: A Dutch company has opened a solar panel factory for the local market. 35 staff members work at the factory in the Kenyan town of Naivasha. The idea is to produce 250,000 solar p...
by Ruud Elmendorp, on 28th of August 2011
Mothers work in hospitals to pay for their children's treatment

Our World

Mothers work in hospitals to pay for their children's t...

Video: Mothers of children with cancer in Kenya are forced to start businesses inside the hospital to make money to pay for treatment. Nairobi, Kenya. 22nd June 2011
by Ruud Elmendorp, on 22nd of June 2011