The radio
Yao worked really hard for a year in Nigeria so he could buy himself a radio, but now it doesn’t work...
Maimouna
Maimouna gives a brief resumé of the seven years she’s spent in hosting the Radio Gune Yi programme in Senegal.
Two friends, one bicycle
Kodjo and his friend decide to go and work in Nigeria to buy a bike. During the trip the children are caught in a fire in the bush and Kodjo’s friend dies…
Abass
Abass shares his joy in having been told about children’s rights and his desire to make those around him aware of these rights (Malawi).
Brenda
Brenda took part in the 5th World Media Summit for Children in Johannesburg (March 2007, South Africa) and says what she feels about the problem of children understanding information broadcast by the media. (English, subtitled in French)
A better futur
Children should go to school and learn so they can help their families and make a better future. You shouldn’t leave your country to look for happiness somewhere else. This is what Hodalo says.
Boureima
Young people’s media have an important role to play in raising awareness of children’s rights.
Arthur
Expressing your opinion gives you greater confidence. That’s what Arthur (12 years old) who took part in the Radio Gune Yi project in Senegal tells us.
Leaving for far away
Two young girls disappear after talking to a woman at the school exit. They were taken far from their village to work, which stopped them going to school and sitting their exams at the end of the year like everybody else.
Waiting
Moutawakilou worked two years in Nigeria because Oga, a drug dealer, had promised to buy him a motorbike in exchange, but he didn’t keep his word.
Oga (trafficker)
Abibou was taken with other children to Nigeria by a child-trafficker. He had promised to buy Abibou a motorbike. In fact, he used him to earn money and stopped him from going to school and so destroyed his chances of an education.
Akouvi at school
Akouvi wants to learn to sew so she can make her own clothes. Without listening to her mother who forbids her to do this, she decides to go to Nigeria in order to buy a sewing machine. She returns some time later, unhappy and without a sewing machine.
Freedom and slavery as seen by Dioundiouba
Dioundiouba goes to school on Gorée one of the symbols of slavery and her she shares her definition of freedom as well as the rights and responsibilities of children regarding their parents.
The dream
Even if certain women say that in Nigeria you can have everything you dream of (wraps, radios. .), Mawulé says this isn’t true and tells how her stay there was very difficult.
The motocycle
Agbéko worked in Nigeria for two years to buy a motorbike. He only rode it once and then he had an accident. Since then it no longer works. Two years of working in tough conditions and all that suffering for nothing !
Over there
Many young girls are persuaded to go and work in Nigeria in order to be able to buy everything they’ve ever dreamed of. There, they are, in fact exploited by adults and only experience unhappiness.
Frederic
Suggests setting up a chain for children in each country in order to be able to promote their rights (South Africa) (English, subtitled French).
Talking with my parents
Despite her parents forbidding her to go there, Assigble set off for Nigeria. On her return she tells of the unhappiness she experienced whilst living there.
Being proud
Amavi tells us that it’s more rewarding to work at home in the village, rather than work as a domestic help far away from home.
Feel lucky
A group of Togolese children taken to work in Benin and Nigeria explain their decision never to go back there.
Joyce
Since taking part in the 5th World Media Summit for Children (March 2007) in Johannesburg (South Africa), Joyce talks to us about the importance of suitable media for children. (English subtitled in French).
Freedom and slavery seen by Salimata
From Gorée Island where she goes to school, Salimata explains what freedom means for her and the chance to give her opinion on slavery.ENVOYER À UN AMI
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