The Youth, Media and Development Forum was a unique example of its type which brought together media professionals in developing countries to share and discover media productions made with young people. Discover this video which pays tribute to the thousands of children throughout the world who make their voices heard through diverse media projects.
Many children are subjected to misreatment. The story of Oumi and her uncle shows that children can sometimes suffer acts of violence within their own family ?
Many villages such as Doudou are threatened by encroaching desert sands. Barley will help the villagers to protect themselves against the desertification and to preserve their environment by growing a fortress of trees around the village.
Many children are victims of child labour. Adults such as Mr. Kro force them to work and stop them from going to school and playing. GAnion reminds us that it is forbidden to use child labour and that it must be fought against.
An interview of Louis Michel carried out by the Young Reporters trained by Plan during the Media and Development Forum which took place in Ouagadougou on 11-13 September 2008.
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…
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)
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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 !
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.
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.
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).