Lumos Releases New Film ‘The Invisible Borders of Childhood’

Jun 14, 2015

Posted by: Emma Pocock

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J.K. Rowling’s child protection charity, Lumos, announced the release of their new film, ‘The Invisible Borders of Childhood’, in collaboration with their client, the European Commission.

 

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The film depicts various scenes of childhood life shot in Colombia. The first speaker, Jose Luis Campo, is General Coordinator of the educational community Benposta Nación de Muchachos – an educational community that has involved itself in propositions to reestablish children’s rights. This raises an important question about the rights of children in Colombia, as Jose says:

We are working to claim the rights of children to be recognised as social citizens, as people of dignity, and as human beings with fundamental rights.

Dominica Gînu, Manager of Programme Development and Quality Assurance at Lumos Moldova highlights the fact that over 3000 children remain in institutions, facing social and physical health issues, and speaks of the ways that Lumos offer support and ways forward to resolve these issues, aiming to get children out of institutions.

Tarikhul Kabir, Project Manager of the NGO Community Participation and Development in Bangladesh, tells of overpopulation in the capital city, Dhaka, and the problems with child labour and poverty faced in the country. 14 year old Panna Khatun speaks of her personal experience with homelessness and poverty in Bangladesh, and the lack of education faced by children in this country.

In Mozambique, Neidi De Carvalho, Child Protection Specialist at UNICEF speaks about the lack of registration of children between 0-5 years old, only 48% are registered, and the rest have a limited access to education, thus impeding the rest of their life. Neidi says:

Without having the right to a proper education, a child won’t be able when becoming an adult to fully benefit from his rights, and have a honourable job.

Lumos continues to show outstanding support for children’s rights, and this film also celebrates the 20 years of support that the European Union has given human rights:Screen Shot 2015-06-13 at 22.12.07

We are always pleased to see the growing progress of Lumos, who are advocates of sustainable change. Proceeds of J.K. Rowling’s book ‘Very Good Lives’ all go towards funding of Lumos, and this film helps give even more incentive to show support for such a great cause!





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