Hi there readers!
On Friday/Saturday, I had an amazing 24 hours attending the launch of the Children's Radio Foundation (CRF) and then participating in a conversation with Kofi Annan talking on how young people can contribute to development in Africa. More soon on the many insights he brought me! Do look at the CRF site and listen to the programmes on their podcast site demonstrating how children are bringing their ideas and work to the world!
It was with a wry smile that I gave them a copy of a book and audio tape I developed for The Child-to-Child Trust with the wonderful radio producer, Sarah McCrum in the early 1990's. The book, We are On the Radio (only available from me!) is all about mobilising children as young reporters. It has nothing to teach the CRF but it was a joy to use it to make a connection with them and get quickly to detailed conversations about their approach, their training curriculum and their many projects all over Africa.
While many of those attending were able to offer well deserved financial support, I am putting together a toolkit of free resources that can support the youngsters who are wishing to report on issues such as HIV&AIDS, nutrition, environment education, child protection issues etc. I am therefore gathering all I can to send to them in a couple of weeks. If you have any suggestions, I would love to hear from you - either publicly in the comments box or you can get me on my contact email or through twitter - my follow me name is ClareHanbury. With your permission I will also be using the links to set up a tools section on this blog so that the work I do for CRF will also be useful for all of you.
THANK-YOU!
I look forward to hearing from you.
Clare
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