Barangay Laiban is home to hundreds of families. For many of its indigenous residents, gathering water from riversides and springs has been a cultural practice. They rely on upland springs as a primary water source. During the rainy season, this becomes a challenge as water becomes turbid, making it difficult to access clean and potable water, which often leads to health problems such as diarrhea. 

Through this pilot project, the Foundation provided water filters for 245 households, ensuring better health and well-being for the community. 

The project was featured by GMA Network, a prominent broadcasting organization in the Philippines, in a documentary titled Women and Water: Pasan ang Tubig (Carrying Water). The documentary highlights the disproportionate effects of water inaccessibility on women.  

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This initiative addresses health risks such as diarrhea and reduces the time spent collecting water, allowing residents more time for education and livelihood. The project emphasizes community ownership and follows the foundation’s strategy of long-term, grassroots solutions, previously piloted in Barangay Laiban, Rizal. Zain Jaffer highlighted the goal of improving health, peace of mind, and self-reliance in communities through sustainable solutions.

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This feature-length documentary offers intimate, firsthand perspectives from Nepali communities and climate experts, allowing viewers to experience the impact of these crises through the voices of those directly affected. It’s a story of resilience and urgency—a call to action to bring global attention to the human cost of environmental neglect.

Co-created by Deej Phillips and Neelima Vallangi, the film has received much recognition, including the award for Best documentary in the 2022 Aravali Film Festival. The film’s trailer, which can be viewed below, was also screened at a virtual United National Development Programme (UNDP) event.

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Featured in this documentary series, Anjana, Sreejith and Dipika come from vastly different regions of India. But all three have one thing in common: they are making an invaluable impact on the lives of the people they share their communities with and beyond, by communicating and implementing low cost and low tech solutions to adjust to the climate crisis.

Episode 3 : Harvest Mother

In Maharashtra, Anjana dedicates her life to protecting her fellow farmers’ harvests from climateexacerbated events like worsening droughts, with ingenious low-tech adaptation solutions.

Episode 2 : Climate Guardians

In Gujarat, Dipika travels door to door in her slum settlement, teaching others how to be more resilient to the climate crisis, and ways to cope with the increasingly brutal heat of the summer months.

Episode 1 : The Mangrove Family

In Kerala, a family continues their fathers extraordinary mangrove conservation legacy, resulting in greater protection for coastal communities from extreme weather events.

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After a successful proof-of-concept, SFO plans to expand the initiative into a full-scale program in the spring of 2025. The project aims to engage more students at a national level. Support from The Zain Jaffer Foundation has also been instrumental in developing the below work-in-progress preview version of the documentary, which will serve as a foundation for the final film.​

Through Picturing My Climate Future, SFO and The Zain Jaffer Foundation hope to amplify youth voices and promote intergenerational dialogue about climate action.​

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In a story that spans over five years, we witness the family’s drastic change in circumstances, from sleeping under the open sky, completely immersed in the natural world, to spending their days loading carts of sand in the pursuit of a few hundred rupees.

The film’s portrayal of the camel-herders’ life and the evolving landscape of Kutch is particularly meaningful for Zain Jaffer, whose family heritage is rooted in this region. His connection to Kutch underscores the Foundation’s commitment to supporting stories that resonate with his own legacy and the broader impact of environmental and social change.

Under The Open Sky is produced by Guerrera Films, a team dedicated to authentic storytelling that captures the complexity of human resilience. Through their lens, the viewer is invited to experience the beauty and challenges of life in Kutch, breathing the same air as a family whose traditions are being eroded by rapid modernization.

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