Wednesday 27 March 2013
IT IS ME
Hi, I just want to
say...that it’s me who is not feeling well.
It is not 10 percent or 2
percent or something like that.
It is me!
For example, it is not only
in other places that children
are at risk of being
exploited.
It is I who am at risk!
And...neither is it 1
million children living in prostitution, nor 19 million people who are poor.
For that matter, it’s not just 5 million teenage girls who become pregnant
every year.
It is me!
1/5 of the population in the
world lives on less than 1 US$ a day and 60-80 of the girls growing up in
institutions become prostitutes...
But in real life it’s me!
You can say that in 1995, 30
million children
lost both their parents in
AIDS.
Guess who was one of those
30 million children?
It is not true that 1 million children are drawn into
It is not true that 1 million children are drawn into
commercial sexual
exploitation every year.
It’s me!
It is not true that many
children are afraid of being left to live in the streets. It frightens me!
I am afraid of it...
And it is not true that many
of the teenagers today are afraid of being abused and neglected.
It is I who am afraid.
It is never “a few percent”
or “some” or “one million”
who have problems.
It’s always somebody, it’s
me...
Film Project 2~Street Children
Our
film project session 2 today was about street children. Facilitator,
Harla, has discussed with audiences the different contexts of Street
Children in the world. She showed a short documentary made by Street
Children in Jakarta about one-day in their life. After the movie, we
went to discussion on this topic. Friday 22 March 2013
Childhood Studies Film Project 2 ~ Street Children
Film: “A day with Budi: A story of street children in Jakarta.” 15 minutes
Short documentary
film made by a 15 year old boy and his friend showing how they live in the
streets of Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia. The movie simply wish to show
people the everyday lives of many street children in Jakarta. Like any other
children, street children play, take a rest, eating, and making friends. However
their ordinaries are a question for children’s rights.
Date: Wednesday March
27th, 2013
Time: 18h15 – 19h15
Venue: 6th Floor Staff Room, Chrystal Macmillan Building
15A George Square, Edinburgh
EH8 9LD
Facilitator: Harla Sara Octarra, researcher of
Yayasan ARTI (Action Research &
Training Institute) in Jakarta (2005 – 2012). The institute focusses on research
and training using participatory approach as a method in establishing awareness
on children’s rights and a respect to human dignity.
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