¿Por qué cada día somos más mediocres?

JUEVES 5 DE AGOSTO DEL 2010

La Expresión del Teenager

Johanna Villasmil

Desde hace algunos meses todos mis artículos van reflejados a la situación actual del país, porque estoy cansada de vivir en un sitio donde no me siento feliz y que por mucho que me esfuerce, se que mi sueño de vida en estos momentos no lo voy a poder alcanzar.

Hace algunos meses leí un artículo en la página del Chiguire Bipolar, que me causó mucha gracias pero a la vez me hizo darme cuenta de algo muy importante, el artículo se llama “Señora que no hace nada se pregunta cuando alguien va a hacer algo”, trata sobre una mujer que le están haciendo unas preguntas en su casa y ella muestra su gran preocupación sobre lo que está sucediendo en el país, y está cansada de que nadie haga nada por cambiar la situación en la que vivimos, mientras ella está sentada en su casa tomándose un café. Nada puede reflejar mejor, lo que están haciendo muchos venezolanos en la actualidad, todos se preocupan y preocupan, ¿pero que hacen? nada y los que hacen algo son muy pocos. He notado que nosotros tenemos un defecto, a la hora de formar pleitos y reclamar somos los mejores, pero al momento de actuar nadie aparece.

…Para leer más ir a http://laexpresiondelteenager.blogspot.com/2010/08/por-que-cada-dia-somos-mas-mediocres.html (Blog de Johanna)

‘Hermano’ Film Director Partners with UNICEF on Violence Prevention in Venezuela

NEW YORK, USA, 15 July 2010 – The UNICEF-supported film, ‘Hermano’ – which last month won the Grand Prix for Best Film at the International Film Festival in Moscow, as well as the audience and critics’ prizes – will now be used to help spur conversations about violence prevention in Venezuela’s poor urban communities.

UNICEF and the film’s director, Marcel Rasquin, plan to screen ‘Hermano’ in many of these areas. The screenings and associated discussion forums will be part of an Urban Communities Violence Prevention Model that UNICEF Venezuela is developing in some neighbourhoods in Caracas, the Venezuelan capital.

These activities aim to promote the development of life skills and ensure the right to education among urban children and adolescents – and to help create protective environments for them at the family level, as well as in their schools and communities.

Youth Video Workshops

The ‘Hermano’ production company, AyB Producciones, has previously carried out film workshops for young people in slum areas, where participants learned to write their own scripts and shoot and edit their own productions. Many of them also had the opportunity to work on ‘Hermano’.

UNICEF will now partner with AyB Producciones to offer expanded video workshops to children and adolescents in the Petare district, where the film was shot. This neighbourhood in eastern Caracas is home to approximately 650,000 people, more than a quarter of whom are under 18 years of age.
In addition, a portion of the proceeds from the film’s ticket sales will support UNICEF Venezuela’s work on child protection and violence prevention. More than 50,000 viewers have seen ‘Hermano’ in the several weeks since its release.

Arts and Sport for Development

The film’s producers are also hoping to help bring more arts and sports opportunities to young people in the community where it was made.

“We are convinced that by taking sports and entertainment [to slum areas], we can move away vice and drugs and violence. That’s one of the messages of the film,” said Mr. Rasquin.

UNICEF believes that sport and play are vital elements in the health, happiness and well-being of children and young people. The organization works with governments and other partners around the world on creating sport-based programmes to improve children’s lives and strengthen their communities.

Check out the film’s trailer at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ2d0u9BPZs&feature=player_embedded

For more information on the film, please visit: http://www.hermano.com.ve/