A firm believer in the need for all children but especially
Girls to get educated, Los Angeles/ Nigerian native Zuriel Oduwole has
expanded her skill transfer program, this time to children from the low income
Ibeju - Lekki area of Lagos State and kids from the Makoko slum area of Lagos
mainland. She was also the keynote speaker at a TEDx conference in Gbagada -
Lagos.
Earlier in June in parts of Abuja, she spent it teaching
children elements of her Film Making '101' program, as part of her DUSUSU
Foundation's efforts to reduce the number of out of school and non skilled
youths in the country.
According to the UN, Nigeria has the largest number of out
of school children in Africa - just over 10 million.
Speaking after the last Film-making program yesterday in
Lagos, the world's youngest film maker according to CNBC, explained that
education is not just core subject like English, Geography, Science or History,
but any opportunity that allows one prepare to be a productive member of
society. According to her, many youths have smartphones already, so that takes
care to a degree of the camera issue, so she focused on teaching editing and
production of what they have shot.
Zuriel believes that in less than a year, some of the youths
should be able to film relatives small events like birthdays or baby
dedications, which is common in Nigeria, and if the work is good, then they
could get paid for it. She conducted her first film making class in Namibia
earlier in February 2016, which got her invited to meet the country's leader -
H.E. President Hage Geingob at the State House in Windhoek.
Her third and fourth countries planned for elements of the
project roll out in 4Q 2016 are Ghana and South
Africa.
Zuriels last film "A Promising Africa" released in
November 2014 has showed in movie theater chains [Genesis Deluxe Cinema &
Film House Cinema Chain] and screened as well across 3 continents, including in Ghana, South Africa, the United Kingdom, Nigeria and Tokyo -
Japan.
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