Samvad Producers Shoot Child Labor Film

This past week, Samvad producers travelled to the Behrampura neighborhood of Ahmedabad and filmed scenes for an upcoming film about the use of child labor in slum areas.

A number of community members gathered to watch, as Rehana, Sofia, Zuber, Tarun, Nimesh and Samvad intern Silvia set up their equipment and began shooting scenes for the drama portion of the upcoming video.

The child actors, Rafiq and Munaf (photo below),
both age 13, were selected from a pool of 12 children who auditioned for the film.

Rafiq and Munaf play two young boys, one who works in a tea stall, and one who works as a mechanic in a garage. In the film, both characters are abused by their bosses and work from 5 a.m. to 11 p.m. with little rest.


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Samvad Honors Volunteers and Community Members

On Saturday, March 20th, more than 200 people from communities in Ahmedabad, Saath and other local NGOs, gathered at the Liladhar Bhat Hall in Behrampura to celebrate the tireless and generous volunteers who support Samvad.

Samvad recognized dozens who provided electricity or a screening location and television during night and day screenings, and a number of others who have helped out in other ways.

The CVU also thanked 18 children, who had participated in a Samvad summer video training workshop.

At one point in the ceremony, a community member named Eid Mohammed Ansari came on stage and spoke about the positive affect that Samvad has had on the community.

He said that in the same way a mother steers her child in the right direction, Samvad steers the community down the correct path.
(Photo: Eid Mohammed Ansari)

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