Posted at 2013.05.04 Category : PBS Newshour
PBSのReligion & Ethicsというお堅そうな番組でRoom to Readが取り上げられていました。リンク先にはスクリプトもあるので助かります。主にカンボジアの取り組みを紹介しています。ジョンウッズが番組で以下のように語っていますが、Their faces light up.とあるように子供たちの顔を見るとたまらなくなります。
WOOD: If you look around the developing world, when you bring bright, colorful children’s books into a child’s life, there’s just something instinctive, inherent inside them where they just get it immediately. Their faces light up.
May 3, 2013: Room to Read
When former Microsoft executive John Wood discovered the world’s need for books, he was trekking in Nepal and says he recalled what he had read in the Dalai Lama’s book “The Art of Happiness” about the importance of giving something to someone in need.
May 3rd, 2013 | 0 comments
Girl Risingというドキュメンタリーがあるのですが、これにもRoom to Readが関わった少女が登場しているそうです。この映画はちょうど全米で上映会が草の根で進められているようです。
Room to Readは図書館を作るだけかと思ったら、ネパールで強制労働させられている子供たちを助けるようなこともしていたのですね。
‘One Girl With Courage Is a Revolution’
POSTED BY ROBERT O. BLAKE / APRIL 30, 2013
Suma Tharu, a girl from Nepal, was sold into indentured servitude (Kamlari) at the age of six and braved another six years of forced labor and physical abuse, before a teacher took her under his wing. With the help of an NGO called Room to Read, whose work is supported by the State Department, Suma joined a local school and is close to graduating from high school. She plans to become a health educator and advocate for girls' education and ending the Kamlari system that entrapped her.
Suma's grit and determination to change the grim reality of the life into which she was born is truly remarkable. Her story was featured, along with those of girls from Haiti, India, Afghanistan, and other countries, in the inspirational documentary Girl Rising, which was previewed at a recent panel on girls' education here at the State Department. Their stories are evidence of the power of education to transform lives, and how educating girls benefits entire families, communities, and societies.
Girl Risingのプロジェクトで出生国であるエチオピアを担当したMaaza Mengisteが参加した講演会です。
MAAZA MENGISTE: CAN LITERATURE AND ART CHANGE THE WORLD?
One of the most exciting and unique aspects of 10×10 is partnering with some of the world’s greatest writers who will be crafting each story for our film. They are the ones who ultimately choose which girl to profile for their chapter and, after spending some one-on-one time with that special girl, put pen to paper and draft a script for the film.
Maaza Mengiste is our immensely talented writer for Ethiopia who was recently named runner-up for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize for her novel Beneath the Lion’s Gaze. Maaza shares with us her thoughts on this accolade and the power of story:
I’m touched that people have seen that my book, Beneath the Lion’s Gaze, is not just about a revolution but also a testament to love, family, and the unending struggle of so many to maintain human dignity. I am thrilled to receive this honor and once more, it confirms for me the potential of literature and art to change perspectives and shift the dialogue.
Can a book create peace? No, but people can and my journey with 10×10 has been an affirmation.
Last week, 10×10 held a small celebration marking one year’s worth of production and campaign progress. Check out this video of Maaza reading a portion of her 10×10 script about a girl named Azmera:
WOOD: If you look around the developing world, when you bring bright, colorful children’s books into a child’s life, there’s just something instinctive, inherent inside them where they just get it immediately. Their faces light up.
May 3, 2013: Room to Read
When former Microsoft executive John Wood discovered the world’s need for books, he was trekking in Nepal and says he recalled what he had read in the Dalai Lama’s book “The Art of Happiness” about the importance of giving something to someone in need.
May 3rd, 2013 | 0 comments
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Girl Risingというドキュメンタリーがあるのですが、これにもRoom to Readが関わった少女が登場しているそうです。この映画はちょうど全米で上映会が草の根で進められているようです。
Room to Readは図書館を作るだけかと思ったら、ネパールで強制労働させられている子供たちを助けるようなこともしていたのですね。
‘One Girl With Courage Is a Revolution’
POSTED BY ROBERT O. BLAKE / APRIL 30, 2013
Suma Tharu, a girl from Nepal, was sold into indentured servitude (Kamlari) at the age of six and braved another six years of forced labor and physical abuse, before a teacher took her under his wing. With the help of an NGO called Room to Read, whose work is supported by the State Department, Suma joined a local school and is close to graduating from high school. She plans to become a health educator and advocate for girls' education and ending the Kamlari system that entrapped her.
Suma's grit and determination to change the grim reality of the life into which she was born is truly remarkable. Her story was featured, along with those of girls from Haiti, India, Afghanistan, and other countries, in the inspirational documentary Girl Rising, which was previewed at a recent panel on girls' education here at the State Department. Their stories are evidence of the power of education to transform lives, and how educating girls benefits entire families, communities, and societies.
Girl Risingのプロジェクトで出生国であるエチオピアを担当したMaaza Mengisteが参加した講演会です。
MAAZA MENGISTE: CAN LITERATURE AND ART CHANGE THE WORLD?
One of the most exciting and unique aspects of 10×10 is partnering with some of the world’s greatest writers who will be crafting each story for our film. They are the ones who ultimately choose which girl to profile for their chapter and, after spending some one-on-one time with that special girl, put pen to paper and draft a script for the film.
Maaza Mengiste is our immensely talented writer for Ethiopia who was recently named runner-up for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize for her novel Beneath the Lion’s Gaze. Maaza shares with us her thoughts on this accolade and the power of story:
I’m touched that people have seen that my book, Beneath the Lion’s Gaze, is not just about a revolution but also a testament to love, family, and the unending struggle of so many to maintain human dignity. I am thrilled to receive this honor and once more, it confirms for me the potential of literature and art to change perspectives and shift the dialogue.
Can a book create peace? No, but people can and my journey with 10×10 has been an affirmation.
Last week, 10×10 held a small celebration marking one year’s worth of production and campaign progress. Check out this video of Maaza reading a portion of her 10×10 script about a girl named Azmera:
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