Meet Arnauld, a 15-year old 'pilot of the airwaves'

Fifteen year-old Arnaud hosts a radio show in his native Burkina Faso

Fifteen year-old Arnaud hosts a radio show in Burkina Faso. He says:

"The radio show is important because people do not know about the rights of the child. But now children and adults are learning more. It is important that children, instead of adults, do the show because children know what their problems are and adults do not.

The biggest problem for children in my town is that there are many children living on the street and not going to school. The radio show has been successful because it has made people aware of children’s right to go to school.

I have learned a lot from presenting the radio show. I know all my rights and now my brothers and sisters do too. At home I feel my parents respect me more and more because of this experience. And now that I know all my rights they know they can’t abuse my rights".
 

Interviewed in 2004