Seeing through other eyes

“Christchurch: See Through My Eyes”, a visiting photo exhibit on the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes in Christchurch, New Zealand, runs from June 21 to July 2012 at the Water Dragon Gallery, Yuchengco Museum, RCBC Plaza Building, Makati City. Sponsored by the New Zealand Embassy in cooperation with Unicef, the exhibit showcases photographs taken by 24 children, aged 11 to 14, from Christchurch. Video by Ryan Leagogo/INQUIRER.net

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OPPORTUNITIES: Want to report for 3 News in NZ?

Think you've got what it takes to be a reporter for 3 News?

If you're aged between 16 and 18 and have a passion for writing, this could be your chance.

UNICEF NZ and 3 News are searching for five budding young reporters to write for 3Youth – a section of the 3 News website dedicated to news written by young people.

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FESTIVALS / EVENTS: UNICEF brings acclaimed HIV film to Documentary Edge Film Festival (NEW ZEALAND)

UNICEF NZ is bringing four children's rights documentaries to the screen at the upcoming Documentary Edge Film Festival.

The festival, which opens in Auckland on 26 April and will continue in Wellington from 17 May, will include the highly acclaimed film The Carrier.

The Carrier is a powerful story of one woman's journey as she comes to terms with HIV and the impact the virus is having on her family and community. 28-year-old Mutinta Mweemba is caught in a desperate struggle to stop the disease being passed onto her unborn child.

Every day around the world about 1,000 children are newly infected with HIV. Vulnerable newborns can contract the virus from their HIV positive mothers during pregnancy, labour or delivery. Without treatment, a third of babies with HIV won't live to see their second birthday.

The good news is that there is a way to stop this happening by giving medication to pregnant mothers and newborns and UNICEF NZ is supporting mothers to do this.

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EVENTS / NEWS: Maori Television Hosts Children and Media Symposium (NEW ZEALAND)

7 November 2011 - Maori Television Hosts Children and Media Symposium

Maori Television will host an international children’s media expert this Wednesday, 9 November, for a day focused on tamariki (children) and rangatahi (young people) and the media.

David Kleeman is President of the American Center for Children and Media, and is on the Advisory Board Chair to the international children's TV festival, Prix Jeunesse.

Kleeman has advised producers, broadcasters, government organisations and NGOs, undertaken research on children and public service media in the digital age, and is a renowned author on the subject of children and the media.

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AWARDS: Unicef NZ Writing Award Goes To Fairfax Journalist

Wellington, 4 February 2011. -- A journalist with the Waikato Times newspaper has scooped up a UNICEF NZ award for her story about the impact of malaria in the developing world.

Nicola Brennan's story, titled "A few dollars can save lives" won the 2010 UNICEF NZ Journalism Award. The award encouraged NZ journalists to report on issues facing children in developing countries and UNICEF's role in helping those children. This includes the impact of emergencies and disasters on children, as well as day-to-day issues facing children in the developing world.

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NEWS / ICDB: Student Broadcasters Invited To Highlight Children's Issues (NEW ZEALAND)

Young Kiwis running their own school-based radio stations are being encouraged to take part in the International Children's Day of Broadcasting (7 March).

The UN Children's Fund-sponsored day, which coincides with Children's Day, encourages children to express themselves and learn about issues facing children in developing countries.

Student broadcasters in New Zealand can download and broadcast up to eight "digital diaries" in the weeks around the International Children's Day of Broadcasting.

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