Child Soldiers and Peace Builders From Asia To Africa

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Phnom Penh: The new “Youth for Peace” film YOUR CHANCE by Diep Seiha (2010, 25mins) focuses on three former child soldiers: Arn Chorn Pond (Cambodia), Emanuel Jal (Sudan) and Nicolas Davies (Liberia). They talk about their lives being child soldiers and how they changed afterwards to become peace builders. The film was produced with the support of the DED (German Development Service) and ZFD (Civil Peace Service). Diep Seiha and Arn Chorn Pond will attend the screening. Also screening: The film LOST CHILDREN by Ali Samadi Ahadi and Oliver Stoltz discloses one of the most distressing facts of the Ugandan Civil War. Children are being abducted and forced to take up arms against their own families. (Meta House)