OneMinutesJr videos on child rights, Part 1 of 4

OneMinutesJr in Kyrgyzstan

Been very busy over the last two weeks with back-to-back workshops in Bishkek and Karakol, both in Kyrgyzstan.

First was the workshop in the capital on "Violence against children",
now we're about to finish the workshop on "water & sanitation" in Karakol in the east of the country.

Take a look here:


Day 1 - http://www.unicef.org/ceecis/kids_25724.html
Day 2 - http://www.unicef.org/ceecis/kids_25730.html
Day 3 - http://www.unicef.org/ceecis/kids_25735.html
Day 4 - http://www.unicef.org/ceecis/kids_25740.html
Day 5 - http://www.unicef.org/ceecis/kids_25743.html

Video playlist - http://bit.ly/bishkek-tomjr-2014

Or check out the collection of articles on storify -
http://storify.com/unicefceecis/oneminutesjr-workshop-on-violence-against-children

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The second workshop in Karakol was/is on "Water & sanitation", here are
the links:

Day 1 - http://www.unicef.org/ceecis/kids_25755.html
Day 2 - http://www.unicef.org/ceecis/kids_25777.html
Day 3 - http://www.unicef.org/ceecis/kids_25785.html
Day 4 - http://www.unicef.org/ceecis/kids_25812.html
Day 5 - http://www.unicef.org/ceecis/kids_25816.html (to be published)

Video playlist - http://bit.ly/karakol-tomjr-2014 (to be published)

Enjoy!!!

ARTICLES: Meeting Youth Around the World - the OneMinutesJr

"I’ve been coordinating the global OneMinutesJr. initiative since 2007. The project is an arts-based video initiative that seeks to capture the voices and expressions of youth on issues and subjects important to them. These viewpoints are captured in one-minute videos that are then shared through a multitude of platforms.

In the past six years with the OneMinutesJr., I have met over 450 different youth around the world. There is no one “profile” for the young people that participate in UNICEF’s arts-based one-minute video project. But this uniqueness means that each workshop is a new experience, a chance to meet another diverse group of children."

full article

STUDIES / BULLYING: Cyberbullying Not as Common as Regular Bullying [STUDY]

Cyberbullying has become a critical issue in recent years thanks to the proliferation of social media, but according to new data, traditional face-to-face bullying is still far more common among today’s youth.

New research presented at the American Psychological Association’s 120th Annual Convention in Orlando, Fla. found that cyberbullying — which takes place online or via a mobile phone — isn’t growing as rapidly as once thought.

“Claims by the media and researchers that cyberbullying has increased dramatically and is now the big school bullying problem are largely exaggerated,” said psychologist Dan Olweus of the University of Bergen, Norway,in a statement. “There is very little scientific support to show that cyberbullying has increased over the past five to six years, and this form of bullying is actually a less frequent phenomenon.”

full article at mashable.com

Please also watch this video from Macedonia!

ONEMINUTESJR / WORKSHOPS: Armenian teenagers share their experiences with juvenile justice in one-minute videos

YEREVAN, Armenia, 9 April 2012 - Sixteen teenagers from different cities in Armenia have come together in the capital Yerevan this week for a five-day video workshop as part of the OneMinutesJr initiative. Their aim is to write, film and produce movies that tell about the experiences they have made when coming in conflict with the law.

The young people are from Gyumri, Alaverdi, Kapan, Ijevan, Vanadzor, Chambarak and Yerevan. Most of them have been arrested by the police in their towns and cities at least once for petty crimes, robbery, stabbing other teenagers with knives or in one case also for alleged rape. Since they are all still minors and their crimes were either not severe enough or could not be proven, they were not sentenced to serve time in prison. Instead, they were all handed over to community centers by the police to receive psychological help and/or do community work.

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NEWS / WORKSHOPS / ONEMINUTESJR / PROJECTS: Young women in India learn to express their views through film

By Anjali Singh

LUCKNOW, India, 14 December 2011 – Nineteen-year-old Laxmi Nishad had wanted for years to talk about the burden of caring for her five family members, including her alcoholic father. Her chance finally came at the OneMinutesJr. workshop organized by UNICEF in Lucknow, India.

Along with 14 of her classmates from Prerna Girls School, Laxmi was given the chance to create a one-minute video about her life, which she titled ‘Me and My Life.’

“My sister was just 11 months old when my mother died, and my father, who drinks all the time, refused to give us any money or even look after us,” says Laxmi. “So it was my responsibility to help the family survive. I was just 13, and I began to work as a housemaid in people’s homes to earn money. But I always yearned for a proper home, and I finally found it at the Prerna Girls School, where I study in now. I wanted to tell people my story and now I did that through the OneMinutesJr. workshop.”

The OneMinutesJr. is an arts-based initiative that teaches young people how to creatively express their views through video. During a five-day workshop, video artists from the One Minutes Foundation help youth participants each create one-minute films.

full article

NEWS: OneMinutesJr at International TV Festival in Bar

BAR, Montenegro, 24–29 October 2011 - 20 young people from Montenegro successfully finished the One Minutes Juniors film workshop, organised as part of the International TV Festival in Bar and supported by UNICEF.

The result, 20 one-minute films describing their views on key child rights issues. This year, 20 young people through one-minute movies presented their ideas on topics dealing with education, health and child protection.

Anida Avdic, student at the Institute for Education and Rehabilitation of Persons with Hearing and Speaking Impairment in Kotor, in her film described the issue of insecurity and the feeling she has about the people talking about her disability whenever she enters the bus on her way to school.

"My movie is talking about the moment I am entering the bus with the feeling of sadness and insecurity, but when a person approaches to me and helps me I feel happines. In my movie people were not talking about my disability," Alida explained.

UNICEF consultant, Chris Schuepp, helps children around the world express their ideas, dreams and opinions by supporting them to produce their own 1 min movies. This is the third year in a raw he is working on making movies with children and teenagers from Montenegro.

full article

ARTICLES / PROJECTS: OneMinutesJr. initiative helps youth capture their viewpoints around the world

The OneMinutesJr is a youth arts initiative that teaches young people how to capture their viewpoints on video. The project, run by UNICEF and its partner The One Minutes Foundation, has been producing one minute videos since 2002. Click here for more information about the project.

By Karen Cirillo

NEW YORK, USA, 19 August 2011 - June and July were busy months for UNICEF’s oneminutesjr. initiative: Five youth video workshops took place in the USA, Haiti, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and Germany, with artists teaching young people about video techniques and storytelling.

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GFSC 2011 presentation

OneMinutesJr playlist

WORKSHOPS / ONEMINUTESJR: Speaking out - Malagasy children produce their own videos about "Challenges, hopes and dream"

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar, 14 March 2011 - Sixteen children between the age of 12-19 have gathered in the Centre Culturel Albert Camus in the Malagasy capital Antananarivo to participate in this week's OneMinutesJr workshop. "Challenges, hopes & dreams" is the topic of the five-day workshop in which the teenagers will learn how to tell their own personal stories in a 60-second video.

At the beginning, it is always hard to imagine for the children that in only five days, they will become film directors, actors, cameramen and editors of their own films. However, exactly this is the plan! The OneMinutesJr trainers from the USA, the Netherlands and Germany are here to help the Malagasy teenagers develop their story idea and shape them into touching and enlightening short videos.

The first part of the opening day is traditionally reserved for mutual introductions and a first look at some OneMinutesJr videos already produced by other children from around the world. This breaks the ice and gives the teenagers the courage they need to take up the challenge of story developing and film-making.

full article

ICDB: Free materials available for broadcasters

UNICEF has collected a variety of audio and video materials that broadcasters may want to use for your ICDB broadcasts. All materials are free of charge for usage on 6 March 2011 and available on our digital media site for download.

The collection includes audio diaries produced by young reporters, a selection of oneminutesjr. videos, short form video pieces on girls' opinions in Syria and Liberia and a selection of animation Meena and Sara episodes.

If you would like to receive the link to download these materials, please email kcirillo@unicef.org

NEWS / OneMinutesJr: Lao teenagers get first taste of video making at OneMinutesJr workshop

Luangprabang, Lao PDR: December, 2010: Fifteen short films – each exactly one minute long – were the outcome of a workshop in this picturesque Lao town that gave a group of Lao teenagers a unique opportunity to try their hand at digital video production.

The workshop was the latest collaboration between the Netherlands-based One MinutesJr Foundation and UNICEF through which – since 2004 -- youth in over 80 countries have had the chance to unleash their creativity onscreen.

Stories about a stranded tuk tuk driver, a gilded puppet, and a young boy dreaming of running his own computer shop were among the finished films. Buddhist monks, a maker of traditional instruments and an animated family portrait also featured in the video productions which drew high praise for their creativity and technique.

full article

OneMinutesJ workshop in Montenegro 2010

August 10, 2010 - OneMinutesJr festival Bangladesh

OPPORTUNITIES / CALL FOR ENTRIES: 2nd Call for entry to all young filmmakers from the UK aged 6 - 16 years

2nd Call for entry to all young filmmakers from the UK aged 6 - 16 years

Kids for Kids UK Film Festival is still seeking submissions of short films made by children and young people from the UK of up to 10 minutes in any of the following 3 categories:

* Live Action * Animation * One Minute Films

Selected films for the competition section will be screened at the Kids for Kids Film Festival over the weekend of 6th and 7th November, 2010 at the Durham Gala with the awards being announced on Sunday 7th. Details of the festival programme to follow although we can confirm that we will have an international team of young filmmakers from the Balkans Kids for Kids Film Festival with us for 2 weeks in the lead up to the the festival.

We have appointed a professional jury made up of local professional filmmakers and film educators and are now recruiting for the young people's jury so if you are aged 10 + and interested in taking part please get in touch with us.

Deadline for entries is July 31st, 2010

For further information and to download a film submission form and guidelines please click here

If you have any questions please get in touch with the festival team at info@kidsforkidsuk.org

CALL FOR ENTRIES: Calling all young filmmakers from the UK aged 6 - 16 years

Calling all young filmmakers from the UK aged 6 - 16 years

Kids for Kids UK is pleased to announce that it will be hosting the 2nd Film Festival for children and young people in collaboration with Kids for Kids and CIFEJ (International Centre of Film for Children and Young People).

The UK Kids for Kids Film Festival is now seeking submissions of short films made by children and young people of up to 10 minutes in any of the following 3 categories:

Live Action - Animation - One Minute Films

Selected films for the competition section will be screened at our festival that will take place at the Gala Cinema in the City of Durham on the weekend of 6th and 7th November, 2010. Details of festival programme to follow.

The festival team will appoint a professional jury and a children's jury. The jury will award the following:

Best Film in each age group and in each category, and one Grand Prize for Outstanding Achievement for a film made by children and young people from each age group. Awards will be announced at the conclusion of the festival in November.

Deadline for entries is July 31st, 2010

For further information and to download a film submission form and guidelines please click here

If you have any questions please get in touch with the festival team at info@kidsforkidsuk.org

OneMinutesJr - My kingdom

NEWSLETTERS: VOY Media Magic - February 2010 - Issue #15

A Media Home for Moldovan Youth

February 2010 - Issue #15

Although only six-years old, the Youth Media Centre in Chisinau, Moldova already boasts some impressive numbers: it has trained over 1,500 youth (roughly the population of a typical Moldovan village); it currently produces 75 school publications with a readership totaling 44,941; and the Centre’s youth have produced more than 130 radio shows. But what is even more compelling is the Centre’s lasting effect on the lives of young people in Moldova. This month’s Media Magic Digest explores how this young organization has created a nation-wide youth media network and continues to inspire Moldovan youth.

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WORKSHOPS / ONEMINUTESJR: OneMinutesJr workshop in Suva, Fiji - Day One

OneMinutesJr workshop in Suva, Fiji - Day One

20 teenagers from Fiji have gathered in the UNICEF workshop room in Suva on this Monday morning to start the first OneMinutesJr workshop in the year 2010. They will work together for the next five days and create a series of 60-second films on children's rights and the issues closest to their hearts.

The workshop is officially opened by Dr. Isiye Ndombi, the UNICEF Representative in Fiji. While addressing the young people, Dr. Ndombi explains what he expects of the process: "In a way, we want you to become part of the UNICEF team. You have the right to grow up in dignity and this workshop gives you a chance to articulate your opinions on children's rights. It's a great opportunity for you to tell your stories and to open other people's eyes."

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