![]() | Children of the Trains Barbara Grandvoinet | Overcoming Conflict | 05:12 Children of the Trains is a story of transformation: where junk-yard train cars become locations of learning and abandoned street children become hopeful youth. Increased competition for jobs and single parent families has led to instability in the family structure, a decline in basic needs support, an increase in violence, and a loss of adequate housing. As a result, many of these children ... More |
![]() | Kurudi Kwetu: The Return to Congo Marisa Lloyd | Overcoming Conflict | 05:12 The Second Congolese War in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) caused millions of people to be displaced, and hundreds of thousands to flee across international borders. Tens of thousands of people from the southern province of Katanga fled south to Zambia beginning in 1999. These Congolese refugees were placed into two refugee camps where many people lived for close to ten years, and othe ... More |
![]() | One Goal Sergi Agusti | Overcoming Conflict | 05:14 Football and Peace. When passion joins dreams. War icons turned into symbols for hope. The journey of the amputees´football team from Sierra Leone looking for their self-respect. |
![]() | Srey Neth: Victim to Survivor Tim Matsui | Overcoming Conflict | 04:44 Srey Neth is a young Cambodian victim of human trafficking. In this story she speaks of her experience transitioning from victim to survivor. At 14 she was sold by her mother to a pimp for $300; a week later he sold her virginity for the same price then he forced her to serve 10-20 men per night afterwards. Her refusal was met with beatings or electrocution. Srey Neth was later rescued by police a. ... More |
![]() | Vital Voices "Kakenya" Aaron Kisner | Overcoming Conflict | 02:59 The film "Kakenya" is a Vital Voices film that tells the story of Kakenya Ntaiya and the power of her vital voice in making a simple dream come true: the first primary school for girls in her Maasai village in Kenya. But realizing her dream was far from simple |