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40 hour Famine. Do Something Real! 15-17 August 2008

Videos



So you think you're doing in tough?

This satirical video aims to make us think about one of our most important rights: the right to an education.

Duration: 2:21


Your Right to Love, Freedom, Protection: Child Slavery & Trafficking in India

This video shows how desperate and widespread child labour is in India, and features Mr. Kailash Satyarthi, an Indian activist and pioneer for the global child rights movement.

Duration: 3:58


Your Right to Education: Kajal's Story

In this video we hear her story and learn about what it really means to be desperately poor.

Duration: 4:03


Kajal's Story cutdown

This is a shorter version of Kajal's story.

Duration: 1:30


Your Right to Play: Rajni's Story

Rajni is the sole breadwinner in her family. She must work in the city streets collecting rubbish, which she then sorts through for recyclers to buy.

Duration: 4:01


Your Right to Food: Sandeep's Story

Watch Sandeep as he leaves the house at 6am every day to collect coal from the nearby railway tracks. If Sandeep doesn't collect coal, he and his father can't eat.

Duration: 3:05


Youth Ambassadors in India

In this video the 2008 Ambassadors share their passion and tell us about the unimaginable poverty they encountered in India.

Duration: 2:22


Girl loses hands for famine

Erin and Red have decided to do something real to stop child exploitation. Erin's struggling with the 'No hands' Famine while Red's focus is the 'No technology' Famine.

Duration: 1:00


Interview with Roghini: former child labourer

A confronting interview with former child labourer, Roghini, who worked for many years in a match box making factory. Find out what child labour is really like.

Duration: 3:37



Resources

The Stir Factor (magazine for high school students) (PDF: 8.2 MB)
What Matters Most (magazine for primary school students) (PDF: 6.4 MB)
Letting the future in: World Vision and child labour in India (report) (PDF: 3.4 MB)

Would you like to run your own child labour simulation?

Check out the Global Leadership Convention (GLC) resources and download simulation activity instructions, see photos from the 2008 GLC and watch the story of Roghini – a former child labourer.


The 40 Hour Famine is a community education and fundraising initiative of World Vision Australia.