Hundreds of children's lives are being impacted on a daily basis in war-torn Uganda through the efforts of Catherine Coon, the director of the "Hope Alive!" project providing relief work in this area of Africa for the past five years.

Local documentary filmmaker Jess Stainbrook, Creative Director and Founder of 1615 The GC Media Project, a Highlands Ranch nonprofit media group addressing many social issues with faith-based focus, teamed up with WorldVenture to shoot a high-definition documentary on missionaries drawn to this area of need in Uganda.

"WorldVenture has people all over the world and all of the stories are fascinating," says Stainbrook, who has produced and directed Emmy Award winning documentaries on the Super Bowl, local Colorado energy issues and Cherokee Castle. "This is an inspiring story of people's hearts and hope in an area completely ravaged by war," adds Stainbrook, director and chief cinematographer on the PBS-style documentary project.

The production team includes Jess Stainbrook from 1615, and from WorldVenture, Suzanne Smith, Chris Wynn, and Ben Sullivan. The team will be documenting the efforts of "Hope Alive!," a relief project focused on orphans and families torn apart by the constant conflicts happening in these areas. The project works in the slums of Kampala, in rural areas of southern Uganda, in Sudanese refugee camps, and Ugandan internally displaced persons (IDP) camps in northern Uganda.

"Through sponsorship programs, we feed and clothe hundreds of children every day," says director Catharine Coon. "Many of these children -- some only 10 to 12-years-old -- are acting as heads of household as their parents have been killed or imprisoned." This NGO (non-governmental organization) provides medical care and also offers tuition vouchers and school supplies so children are able to go to school and begin to break the cycle of poverty.

"We are very excited for this opportunity to tell the world about Hope Alive!" said Suzanne Smith, who is the Director of Communications at WorldVenture."Catherine Coon has done tremendous work to ease the massive suffering in Uganda, but there is still so much work to be done, and she needs our help."

"The problem isn't finding a story," said Chris Wynn, WorldVenture's Multimedia Project Manager, "The problem is there are a hundred stories to tell -- and they're all worth telling. We are thrilled to have Jess (Stainbrook) on board to help us tell the most compelling of those stories in full HD video." Wynn says the team hopes to have the project finished by mid-summer.

For more information, visit www.WorldVenture.com or www.1615.tv.