My name is Ector Diogenes Cassamá
I am the coordinator of the Cultural Group Netos de Bandim
which is AMIC's partner in this project Eyes and Voices of the Youth of Bandim and Enterramento
Currently, I am also the coordinator of the project
and our project has the goal to train the youth in communication using the internet
Currently, we have already provided training to the youth in the technical area and information collection for the community
and also we have provided training in the use of digital cameras
the second phase is for the youth to go out into the community and take photos of daily life
related to some problem that they may identify in the community, we are going to organize
a generation gathering of elderly, youth, and children of the neighborhood
to discuss these problems and all of these will be recorded
and published on our blogs, which are already created
with the name "Bairro Bandim" (Neighborhood Bandim) and also the blog of Enterramento
"Bairro Enterramento" (Neighborhood Enterramento)
Anyway, what we are doing is to make known the importance and the richness of Guinea-Bissau
and the positive aspects of the neighborhoods where the project is taking place.
In those neighborhoods, the group Netos de Bandim is already implementing the project
and in the neighborhood of Enterramento, the cultural group Enterramento Unido
is responsible for implementing the project.
And this project, as I was saying, AMIC (Association of the Friends of Children) is the partner.
For the country, it is something new
and the youth and children are not used to communicating via internet
This project will innovate and help the community to be able to communicate
with the outside world.