Peace Education & Trauma

  1. Any Child is My Child: Children in South Africa - Resistance and Oppression documents the struggle of abuse of children during Apartheid and the work of many people who struggled and advocated with and for them. The video is a stirring example of abuses against the current Convention on the Rights of the Child and how local people at every level can work towards social justice and implementation of the CRC. The goal of the video is to document the empowerment of children and those who work with them, not only those working for children. 1988.

  2. Batoto Yetu documents a project based in Harlem, New York City, that teaches about African culture to the children from the streets and neighbourhoods where they live. Dance, story-telling, music and history are used to help children raise their self-esteem, practical skills and understanding of others. The project is currently being expanded to Angola to work with children there who have been traumatised by the country's civil war. 14 minutes. - Available from: Batotu Yetu, 217 West 106th Street, 1A, New York, N.Y. 10025 USA. Fax. 1 212 749 0849.

  3. Butterflies: Programme of Street and Working Children documents an innovative project based in New Delhi that reaches children "in especially difficult circumstances" who live and work on the streets. The project both organises and is organised by the children themselves and education takes place on the streets rather than in special centres. Although not specially mentioned in the video, children with disabilities are also included in the group's work. 30 minutes. - Available from: Butterflies Programme of Street and Working Children, C-7 1st Floor, Green Park Extension, New Delhi 10016 India.

  4. Circo da Paz is a documentary of a landmark project children and adults in Mozambique were taught Peace Education and Conflict Resolution using traditional culture and arts activities. Originated under the auspices of UNICEF, the project is now totally independent and run by local Mozambicans. The video documents many of the cultural activities and includes testimonies from many of the Mozambicans whose lives were changed as a result of the project. 30 minutes - Available from: Angelina Neves, Coordinator "Circo da Paz", Av. de Majento, Maputo, Mozambique. Fax 258 149 4021.

  5. Drop Your Guns is a video about three young adults, Storm Harris, Dontec Coggain and Eric Gates who share how they stopped being gang members and "dropped using their guns". It was produced in 1995 and the three offer practical tips on, when you decide to leave a gang, you must keep occupied, get support from your peers, work with others, especially children, to prevent them from picking up guns in the first place, etc. - Available from: Violence Intervention Project, 222 Middleburg St., Elkhart, IN 46516 USA Phone: 1 219 522 0085.

  6. Education for Peace is a production of UNICEF-Beirut documenting Peace Camps that brought together children from different parts of Lebanon in an attempt to teach the about Peace. UNICEF worked together with over 240 non-government organisations who worked with children from different religions and areas of the country. For the first time, children lived together while they learned about Peace Education and Solidarity. 30 minutes (in English but clips are also available in French and Arabic) - Available from: UNICEF-Beirut c/o 3 U.N. Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10017 USA.

  7. Fistful of Words produced by Tony DoNono is the story of one model project that teaches mediation and problem solving skills to children and young adults. The project was sponsored by the New York City Board of Education and ÎEducators for Social Responsibility,. The video includes various clips of children stating how violence is such a large part of their daily lives and how this project has helped them to "combat violence with words, not fists". They are taught how these problem solving skills can be used in all aspects of their lives, not simply preventing violence. The adults explain how they, too, gained skills in solving conflicts with reason and problem solving. 12 minutes. - Available from: Tony DeNono, 163 Third Ave, New York, N.Y. 100003 USA.

  8. From Nowhere to Somewhere: Street Drugs and Your Rehabilitation is a video mainly for people with disabilities about how drugs, from marijuana to barbiturates, cocaine and alcohol can affect medical rehabilitation. It discusses how these drugs interfere with learning the skills necessary for daily living and medical stability. It is presented primarily from a medical point of view but provides personal comments from a person who is disabled who says "you can't choose the way you,ll die but you can choose a way not to die". - Available from: TIRR Systems: A Continuum for Medical Rehabilitation, 1333 Moursund, Houston, TX 77030. Tel.: 1 713 797 5940.

  9. Krousar Thmey: A New Family and Deadly Harvest are two videos documenting both the trauma and devastation of the war in Cambodia, especially with regard to landmines, and also one of the innovative projects started to work with and heal children affected by this war. "A New Family" is a project supported by Krousar Thmey France and under the leadership of Cambodians to work with children blinded and otherwise disabled. The video documents the activities of the children, many based on their culture and building of both self-esteem and national identity. 1 hour. - Available from: Krousar Thmey France, 10 rue Dussoubs 75002 Paris FRANCE. Fax: 331 45 42 90 40.

  10. Mine Blowing is a video produced by U.K. LINK Programme concerning work with the HALO Trust, a group that is working around the world to remove landmines. - Available from: LINK Programme, Unit 302 Blackfriars Foundry, 156 Blackfriars Road, London SE1 8EN, U.K. Cost 25 pounds for purchase.12 minutes.

  11. Peace Please: Children and War is produced by Jupiter Video Production and documents war and its effects on children from 14 different cultures. It presents the magnitude of disability and psycho-social trauma on children who live with war and a few of the assistance programs aimed at reaching those affected. 29 minutes. - Available from : Jupiter Video Production, P.O. Box 341, Yachats, Oregon 97498 USA. Fax: 1 503 547 3758.

  12. Rwanda: A series of video clips produced by UNICEF's Division of Information on the Crisis in Rwanda and especially its effects on children. Topics include Landmines, Child Prisoners, Unaccompanied Children and School in a Box. - Available from: UNICEF, Division of Information, 3 U.N. Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10017 USA.

  13. Weapons: Battle for Humanity begins with an overview statement that in many countries children "play" with laser guns and similar war games. But for many children in the world, the guns are not "play". Rather, they are part of a constant war that disables, traumatises and kills. Dr. Robin Coupland is a leading advocate and surgeon with the International Red Cross and Red Crescent (ICRC). He describes landmines shaped like butterfly toys and appeals to the medical profession to take on a crusade against weapons and landmines. The video also demonstrates the work of the Mines Awareness Group (MAG) to help clear landmines. Innovative strategies like puppet shows are used to instruct children and adults of the potential dangers of landmines. 50 minutes. - Available from: Anglia Television Ltd. and the ICRC, 19 Avenue de la Paix, CH 1202, Geneva, Switzerland. Fax: 41-22 733 2057.

  14. Act Against Violence. A Reading Rainbow TV Special is a television special depicting the problems and solutions in communities entrenched in violence. Young children and adults discuss the realities in their lives that both lead them to violence and disrupt their freedom and childhood. One section depicts a group of young men and women who became disabled due to violence visiting schools in an attempt to prevent other children from being either victims or perpetrators of a similar fate. - Available from: GPN, 1800 North 33rd Street, P.O. Box 80669, Lincoln, Nebraska 68501 USA.

  15. The Shared Calabash. Tokombere means "the place of combat". In this small town in Northern Cameroon and the entire surrounding district, over 15 years ago villagers decided to take control of their own future: health, agriculture, education. Nurses go out of the hospitals into villages. Women organise for greater autonomy. Young people learn to talk to old people. A path was being forged, boldly but hesitantly, from tradition to modernity. Directors: Alain Casanova and Monique Saladin. A 1987, 58 minutes video. English original version. - Available from: Starfilm International: 91 rue Saint Honoré 75001, Paris, France. Tel. 33 1 40 26 11 60. Fax. 33 1 45 08 80 99.

  16. ICRC Mines is a 10 minute production of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent. It is a slide video programme of first person accounts from persons in various countries who have been disabled by land mines. It is interspersed by statistics about land mines, for example, that most land mine victims are civilians and that over a third are women and children. - Available from: IRCR, 19 Avenue de la Paix, CH 1202 Geneva, Switzerland. Fax 41 22 733 2057

  17. Silent Shout: helping children learn about landmines is a ten minute animated video accompanied by a pamphlet and teacher's guide, one for industrialised countries and another for developing countries. It contains clear, practical messages about awareness of landmines, prevention, psychological trauma and information about advocacy for the total ban of landmines. It is a wonderful educational piece for children around the world and could easily be adapted in productions for individual countries plagued by accidents, disability and death due to landmines. The individual stories of four animated children are depicted along with several examples of how to identify and avoid landmines. The video is directed by Michael Sporn and narrated by actor Alan Alda. - Available from: UNICEF, Division of Communication, 3 U.N. Plaza, N.Y., N.Y. 10017 USA. Fax: 1 212 326 7731.

  18. Starting Small is part of a multi-media resource package to help early childhood educators teach children about fairness, equity and tolerance. It includes an hour long video depicting various approaches to teaching tolerance to young children around the United States. It includes a teachers guide and curriculum and the package costs $325. Please indicate and include letterhead if you are writing for a school and/or developing country as a discount might be available. - Available from: Starting Small, Teaching Tolerance, 400 Washington Ave., Montgomery, AL 36104 USA. Fax: 1 334 264 7310.

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