How does it feel to walk barefoot, half naked with your eyes closed and all you can feel is your frozen bones. Down there you can't see, you can't talk ... you can't be. The only thing you are able to do is to hear; to hear them talking, to hear them cursing at you and to hear them coldly laughing. Time has no meaning over there, whether it is morning or night it doesn't matter since all you can see and recognize is darkness. Imagine that they are torturing you everyday, invading e...

“…It is an ideal for which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.” Mandela, 1964 Nelson Rolihlalhla Mandela is an icon celebrated globally more for his conviction than his achievements. Someone tweeted; “Mandela set out on the long walk to freedom but ended up at humble.” This is a man who stood for something and was ready to lose so much more for it; sadly, this is nothing we can say of today’s breed of yo...

Voices of Youth Kicks off in South Africa During the month of November, some of the young reporters were introduced to VOY Connect. This was done during the radio production trainings that were organized by Children's Radio Foundation, together with UNICEF. The young reporters were trained and guided on how to make a global impact with their stories by participating on VOY Connect. They learned what VOY Connect is; the importance of making their voices heard globally using diff...

Some men are born, others are forged by the situations and circumstances that surround them, but they turn around to change the tides. RIP FATHER OF ALL. HOPE YOUR EXAMPLE WILL BE EMULATED BY OTHERS WHO WILL LEAD US. The Peace you brought to the world is the peace you leave with the world. RIP

Interview with Eirini-Renee Gkatsi, a young fimmaker from Greece. You can watch her PLURAL+ video "Drop It" here. What is your video about? This video entitled “Drop it” is an attempt to highlight the multiple dimensions of the concept of diversity, which is seemingly a notion that separates peoples and nations, it is however in essence a tool through which the world can be united. Why did you make this video? What motivated you to make it? I made this video in...

Nelson Mandela you may be gone, but your dreams, aspirations and legacy lives on. You were a leader like none. You treated everyone equally in spite of their race, color or position in society. It is through you that whites and blacks learned to live and work together. Today you are no more, but we, the youths of today will try to emulate you and continue the fight for a better tomorrow. You have done your part and did it greatly. It's now up to me and my fellow youths around the w...

Savana Signatures organized one day training for Female ICT Teachers (FICTTA) members and the Tech Girls Club patrons on the new Tech Girls Training Module developed with support from UNICEF Ghana to train and guide Tech Girls on how to become young reporters. Leading a session on photo taking, Mr. John Stephen Agbenyo, Executive Director of Savana Signatures shared projected photos and asked the participants' opinion on the quality, size, position and focus. The participants were...