1 00:00:03,297 --> 00:00:05,759 My name is Ector Diogenes Cassamá 2 00:00:05,759 --> 00:00:08,308 I am the coordinator of the Cultural Group Netos de Bandim 3 00:00:08,308 --> 00:00:16,509 which is AMIC's partner in this project Eyes and Voices of the Youth of Bandim and Enterramento 4 00:00:16,509 --> 00:00:19,760 Currently, I am also the coordinator of the project 5 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:27,528 and our project has the goal to train the youth in communication using the internet 6 00:00:27,528 --> 00:00:36,737 Currently, we have already provided training to the youth in the technical area and information collection for the community 7 00:00:36,737 --> 00:00:43,096 and also we have provided training in the use of digital cameras 8 00:00:43,096 --> 00:00:48,949 the second phase is for the youth to go out into the community and take photos of daily life 9 00:00:48,949 --> 00:00:53,429 related to some problem that they may identify in the community, we are going to organize 10 00:00:53,429 --> 00:00:57,357 a generation gathering of elderly, youth, and children of the neighborhood 11 00:00:57,357 --> 00:01:03,298 to discuss these problems and all of these will be recorded 12 00:01:03,298 --> 00:01:08,569 and published on our blogs, which are already created 13 00:01:08,569 --> 00:01:14,708 with the name "Bairro Bandim" (Neighborhood Bandim) and also the blog of Enterramento 14 00:01:14,708 --> 00:01:16,765 "Bairro Enterramento" (Neighborhood Enterramento) 15 00:01:16,765 --> 00:01:25,658 Anyway, what we are doing is to make known the importance and the richness of Guinea-Bissau 16 00:01:25,658 --> 00:01:29,861 and the positive aspects of the neighborhoods where the project is taking place. 17 00:01:29,861 --> 00:01:34,900 In those neighborhoods, the group Netos de Bandim is already implementing the project 18 00:01:34,900 --> 00:01:38,765 and in the neighborhood of Enterramento, the cultural group Enterramento Unido 19 00:01:38,765 --> 00:01:41,796 is responsible for implementing the project. 20 00:01:41,796 --> 00:01:48,646 And this project, as I was saying, AMIC (Association of the Friends of Children) is the partner. 21 00:01:48,646 --> 00:01:51,293 For the country, it is something new 22 00:01:51,293 --> 00:01:58,652 and the youth and children are not used to communicating via internet 23 00:01:58,652 --> 00:02:04,324 This project will innovate and help the community to be able to communicate 24 00:02:04,324 --> 00:02:07,227 with the outside world.