Keeping Films for Children and Youth in Focus
News and Trends touching on Education matters around the world
By Diana Nzevuu Musee Published November 28, 2015 Having been made aware early enough that practical attachment is a requirement for all Communication Studies Department students at Moi University in western Kenya, and being aware of the difficulty in securing…
By Sharon Atieno Onyango Published September 17, 2015 Internship is an opportunity offered to students to acquire practical skills in a work environment related to their fields of study. This is aimed at equipping participants with the skills to help…
By Sharon Mwangi, 13, Mombasa, Kenya From the first day of the training on December 7 to the last on December 12, 2014, I interacted with the other children from Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania and Kenya very well. RELATED: Toy…
By Celestine Msake Oburu, 15, Nairobi, Kenya The highlights of my adventure at the 9th annual Lola Kenya Screen festival included the cinematography training, the visit to Nairobi National Museum, Maendeleo House and Kenya Broadcasting Corporation. I learnt important lessons…
Los Angeles, California (USA)-based Nigerian filmmaker, theatre arts practitioner, and instructional education technologist, Akpor Otebele, was the lead trainer at the just concluded 9th annual Lola Kenya Screen audiovisual media festival, skills-development programme and marketing platform for children and youth…
By Sharon Mwangi, 13, Mombasa, Kenya I learnt lots of things from the guided tour of Nairobi National Museum during the 9th Lola Kenya Screen festival in Nairobi. Lola Kenya Screen had organised the tour with the National Museums of…
Hello. My name is Tara Rukohoza and I’m 12 years old. The first born child of my parents, I am in grade 8 at a public school in Bujumbura. I am passionate about art, technology, music and movies because of…
Our ninth annual celebration of children, youth, arts and culture through film shall bring participants from Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda to Nairobi for seven days of festivities from December 6, 2014. Among the highlights of the festival whose…
By Aralynn McMane Published October 26, 2014 Twelve newspaper and news publishing associations have been designated as “Centers of Youth Engagement Excellence” by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), in a ceremony honouring their long-term commitment to…
A South African pay TV broadcaster has announced that it will launch its own Film Academy at the beginning of 2015. M-Net says the initiative will be part of its corporate social investment initiatives aimed at developing the film and…