Plan child and youth media projects worldwide
Plan implements close to 60 child media programs in over 30 developing countries around the world. From film through to radio, our media programs help children produce high quality material that is relevant to them and promotes their rights.
Article 13 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child says: "The child has the right to express his or her views, obtain information, make ideas or information known, regardless of frontiers."
Yet despite one third of the world’s population being under the age of 18, children’s opinions and circumstances are rarely reflected accurately in the media. In fact, children and children’s issues are often exploited for political gain or contain stereotyped descriptions of children and their situations.
"Children don't even know that they have rights here," explains a 14 year-old girl in Senegal. "Children have the right to know. The radio campaign tells children good things and adults should start to listen to what they say."
Our child media programs around the world:
Africa: Kids Waves in West Africa
A regional radio project implemented at the national level, 'Kids Waves' is a 30-minute weekly show produced in 11 West African countries and broadcast to a national audience in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo.
The show is hosted by children and 'travels' to a different location/village each week, where local children from the visited community participate in the show.
Each show evolves around a theme linked to the Rights of the Child. The theme is explained to the audience along with the responsibilities of children and of those influencing their lives.
In Senegal, Kids Waves is called Radio Gune Yi. Created in 1995, it was the first Plan radio project around the world.
The Kids Waves show is called Deviwo be Radio in Togo, Etoto Deviwo in Benin, Bibir Radio in Burkina Faso, La voix de Alpha et Finda in Guinea, Denmisenw Kun Kan in Mali.
Africa: Radio campaign "I am a child but I have my rights too!" in West Africa
The regional radio campaign "I am a Child but I have my Rights too!" has been produced since 1998 by Plan in West Africa in collaboration with close to 100 radio stations. The show informs parents, children and authorities on their roles and responsibilities to respect the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). Seven West-African countries have implemented the project; Burkina Faso, Guinea, Togo, Mali, Senegal, Guinea-Bissau and Benin. Two countries, Niger and Cameroon, will start broadcast in 2006. Dramas and sketches are produced with children and professional comedians. Interviews, debates and radio contests are also included in the shows. They are broadcast by up to twenty (20) radio stations in each county (public, private and community radio stations). Productions have been made in Moore, Bambara, Mina, Cotocoli, Kabie, Wolof, Pulaar, Serere, Diola, Kissi, Toma, Kpele, Maninka, Susu, Creole, Adja, Portuguese and French. More than 700 productions of the stories promoting child rights have been made and thousands of broadcast have been heard throughout the region with the participation of hundreds of children. The show won international awards.
Africa - Sauti ya Watoto wa Dida | Give Children a voice in Kenya in Tanzania
Video magazine project in Kenya - children are involved in the preparation and production of each film, both in front of and behind the camera. Each film focuses on an issue chosen by the children including child labour, early marriage and street children.
Africa - Rights of the Child in Malawi
Radio program in Malawi, in partnership with Malawi Broadcasting Corp and funded by UNICEF. Children produce radio shows about their rights.
Asia - Agami | "Future" in Bangladesh
Weekly television show in Bangladesh broadcast by BTV, the national public network. Children host the shows and talk about issues relevant to their lives. The show reaches millions of viewers.
Asia - Children have something to say | video project in India
"Children have something to say" is a video project in India which involves young people in creating short films (documentary, drama-documentary and animation) focusing on child rights. The stories are selected by the children themselves and relate to issues that affect their lives: child labour, child abuse, health and environmental issues and many others concerning the violation of the rights of children. The project won the One World Media Award for Special Achievement in a prestigious contest in the UK that recognises excellence in communication about the wider world through television, radio, print and new media.
Asia - Children's voice in Nepal
The radio project produced and broadcast in Nepal has involved more than 100 children. The show aims to promote child rights and child participation.
Asia - Bidang bulilit | Children are the stars in Philippines
Since 1999, children in partnership with a local radio station, prepare, manage and produce one-hour weekly shows about children's rights. More than three million people listen to the program. Read more about this award winning children's radio show
Asia - Young Media club's in Vietnam
Since 1998, hundreds of children have been trained in journalism including radio broadcasting.
Latin America - Child Media project in several countries
Since 1999, close to 2 000 children have been involved in producing radio programs, videos and printed materials promoting the rights of the Child in Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Haiti, Guatemala and Dominican Republic.
Latin America - Comunicando os direitos das crianças | Communicating children's rights in Brazil
In Brazil, young people are trained by professional radio workers to produce programs. The project is run in partnership with a local NGO called the Centro das Mulheres do Cabo (Cabo Women’s Center).
Latin America - Caja Magica | Magic Box in Colombia
Magazine produced for and by children in Colombia.
Latin America - Aquí los chicos | Here we are in Ecuador
In Ecuador: a production team of 40 children, supported by a network of 300 community reporters, who prepare and edit reports on child rights issues for a weekly live radio program.
View some of the finest films produced by children participating in Plan child media programs around the world >>
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