The Hear Us International Forum is an alternative to the annual cultural exchange between the Hear Us of Malawi and catalan schools. It links the rights of children and young people and the representation of various songs and dances with the making of a video produced by children and young people from Catalonia, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
The project revolves around the topic of the rights of children, in which children and young people from the participating countries will work. Is proposed with the participation of children between 10 and 15 years from Mozambique, Malawi, Catalonia and Zimbabwe. The objectives of this project are:
- Empower children and young people in their own rights by taking advantage of the opportunities offered by online resources.
- Share and discover popular dances, music and songs with other cultures of the world to enjoy together.
The Hear Us International Forum is divided into two parts:
Each part of the project focuses on the realization of a video and the exchange of it between the different participating countries, to end the creation of a final video that collects the contributions of Catalonia, Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe.
This final video aims to be a speaker of the conclusions drawn by boys and girls on the rights of children around the world and put pressure on the administrations to bring about real change. It also materializes a cultural exchange from an artistic and innovative side using technologies and the internet as the main way to make this exchange.
In this project there are two types of organizing groups: