OPPORTUNITIES: Open Call for Bloggers (HONG KONG)

UNICEF HK ‘Voices of Youth’ is recruiting youth bloggers to bring children and youth together to discuss and raise awareness on the issues affecting their lives through multimedia content such as text, images, audio and video bites.

Join us if you are:

• Full-time secondary and tertiary students
• Responsible, independent and a good team player
• Passionate about social issues and the wellbeing of children
• Good communication and writing skills
• Familiar with online community

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The Hong Kong Committee for UNICEF / “Believe In Zero, Make A Video” Competition

The Hong Kong Committee for UNICEF / “Believe In Zero, Make A Video” Competition

Action! Create Your Own Superheroes!

21,000 children under 5 die of malnutrition and preventable diseases every day. We believe that our work is not achieved until there is ZERO MORTALITY from preventable diseases.Together, we could achieve our Believe In Zero’s goal.

Universal Children’s Day marked the enactment of the Convention on the Rights of the Child on 20 November. As a celebration of the Day, UNICEF HK will join hands with Academy of Film, Hong Kong Baptist University, co-organising “Believe In Zero, Make A Video” Competition. We are recruiting vigorous and creative young people to raise public awareness on children’s right to survival by video production with the slogan of “Action! Create Your Own Superheroes”, and ultimately, to motivate Hong Kong people to achieve ZERO SUFFERING for children with UNICEF. More >>

• “Superhero”, the epitome of justice, always devotes to rescuing people in danger without hesitation.
• “Video” facilitates messages delivery, and is particularly powerful in influencing people’s mind, faith and even their ways of thinking.

You and I may not have super power, but through filming innovative videos we could spread UNICEF’s belief on “Believe In Zero”, helpcreate more children’s lifesaving superheroes. Action! Join hands with UNICEF to achieve ZERO Child Sufferings.

NEWS / RADIO / SURVEYS: Children-parent relations in Hong Kong still a work in progress

A survey by the online radio station "Voices of Youth (VOY)" of the Hong Kong Committee for UNICEF (HKCU) and "UNICEF Young Envoys" found that verbal violence and "emotional maltreatment" of children are quite common in Hong Kong.

Parents complain about the misbehavior of their children and worry about them - often for good reasons. Raising children is not easy. It is financially burdensome and emotionally testing. Given the huge sacrifices that parents have made for their children, parents generally would expect that their children should at least be grateful.

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EVENTS: Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Youth Film Festival to promote development of film industry

The first Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Youth Film Festival is to be staged in the three places to enhance exchange and collaboration among the younger generation of film directors and producers, as well as to promote Chinese films in general.

(Media-Newswire.com) - The first Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Youth Film Festival is to be staged in the three places to enhance exchange and collaboration among the younger generation of film directors and producers, as well as to promote Chinese films in general.

The film festival features a series of promotional activities, including the screening of 10 selected films in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, business matching events and film forums. Young audience can also vote for their favourite films from among those released in Hong Kong and Guangdong in 2010. Awards will be presented at a ceremony to be held in Guangzhou on February 25.

The festival is co-organised by Create Hong Kong ( CreateHK ) and authorities and industry bodies in Guangdong and Macao. CreateHK is responsible for the activities to be held in Hong Kong, with the Hong Kong Motion Picture Industry Association ( MPIA ) providing support in co-ordination.

Details of the activities can be obtained from the Secretariat of MPIA ( Tel: 2311 2692 ).

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RADIO / PROJECTS: Young take to the airwaves (CHINA, HONG KONG)

by Rebecca Yu - Monday, June 07, 2010

A UNICEF online radio program that allows young people to speak out will begin broadcasting in Hong Kong this autumn.

Voices of Youth has been established for decades in the United States, Nepal, Brazil and Ghana in West Africa to promote the right of children to participate in society's debates.

"As the slogan says, `To Explore, To Speak Out, To Take Action,' we will listen and respect the voices of youths and infuse them into all levels of society," said Irene Chan Man-tuen, chief executive of Hong Kong Committee for Unicef.

Twelve half-hour programs will be broadcast weekly from September 4 to November 11 in the first phase on uchannel.hk website of the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups.

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