Summary:

This month, 26 children, speaking 7 different languages from 6 different countries and 14 different organisations have came together to celebrate their similarities and diversities in the Regional Workshop for Children’s Media Initiatives to further Child Rights in South and Central Asia.

Read the press release.

The workshop provided children with a forum to meet, share, build linkages and learn from each other's experiences in child led media. Children shared their own media initiatives in their own countries like children’s radio programmes, newspapers, etc.

The photo journalism session was facilitated by Anirban Dutta, Children were trained on using a camera. The youngest participant was a 9 year old girl from Bangladesh. Children also learnt how to prepare an exhibition through the use of their photos. The subject of the exhibition was children working in stone quarry outside the Kathmandu Valley.

Another workshop on puppetry was facilitated by Dadi D. Pudumjee where children used old clothes and scrap material to make puppets, and produced short plays on the right to education and child abuse. They produced very colourful and striking puppets to discuss the need for education for children.

The comic and illustrations workshop which was facilitated by Sharad Sharma and aimed at advocating child issues using comics. The children produced their own comics in Nepali, Hindi, Banglad, Urdu and English exhibiting various children issues like neglect, disabilities, gender discrimination, drug abuse, child rights, etc.

The fourth workshop on developing websites with children was facilitated by Karna Maharjan. Children developed websites on child participation and the media. At the end of the workshop they uploaded their files on the internet, at the following website.

An exhibition of media produced by children at the workshop was organised on 20th July. The workshop has been video documented by two girl children who are from Pokhara, who have been trained in film making and have already produced films on children's rights.

For more information, contact: Ravi Karkara, Regional Programme Manager Save the Children Sweden, South and Central Asia Office Lalithpur, Kathmandu, Nepal Email: ravikarkara@savethechildren.org.np

Previous News release items

• 20/07/2005: EAST AND SOUTHERN AFRICA: Consultation Closes
• 20/07/2005: NGO Statement delivered at the East and Southern Africa Consultation on Violence Against Children
• 19/07/2005: UK: London’s First New Adventure Playground in 20 Years Gives Children Positive Opportunities to ‘Hang Out’ (19 July 2005)
• 19/07/2005: Corporal Punishment in East and Southern Africa
• 19/07/2005: Children’s Forum, Summary from Working Groups

Organisation Contact Details:

Save the Children Sweden, Regional Office for South and Central Asia
J.D.A Developer Pvt Ltd,
JDA Ward # 11
6th Floor
Post Box no. 5850,
Bag Durbar, Sundhara
Kathmandu
Tel: +977-1- 4251389 /+977-1-4251627
Email: rosca@sca.savethechildren.se
Website: http://sca.savethechildren.se

Last updated 22/07/2005 05:49:05

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