Education for all (Youth radio production from western Zambia)
From: michal rahfaldt
Series: World Cup in My Village
Length: 01:43
The World Cup in My Village youth journalists held a radio discussion to debate the reasons that young Zambians struggle at school. Malnutrition kept many students back, they argued, and contributed to poor performance in the classroom.
“Children don’t learn because they are hungry,” argued 14 year-old Inonge Sitali. “When you’re hungry you can’t concentrate on school.
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The World Cup in My Village youth journalists held a radio discussion to debate the reasons that young Zambians struggle at school. Malnutrition kept many students back, they argued, and contributed to poor performance in the classroom.
“Children don’t learn because they are hungry,” argued 14 year-old Inonge Sitali. “When you’re hungry you can’t concentrate on school.
Mara Fink
Posted on July 12, 2010 at 11:54 PM | Permalink
Review of "Education For All"
The students did a good job finding compelling voices to talk about the issue of hunger and its effects on education. It was an interesting topic, and one that could certainly merit a longer, full length piece. I would suggest that there be more of an introduction on the story, it seemed to jump in and then I kept waiting for the voice of a narrator to tell me what I was listening to, but it never came. It might also be helpful to be sure to ask each person to introduce themselves so that the listener knows who they are and why they might have credibility on the issue. Maybe it would be interesting to go in depth with one of these people and talk to them about their experiences with hunger in more detail? Overall a great idea for a story, I’d just like to see more of it!