Ravel, 12, jumps out of his hammock early in the morning. Today is the day that his feature on São Jorge school's preparations for Global Vote day is to be broadcast on Santarem’s Rural Radio station. Every year, youth reporters give broadcasts on several different radio stations about how children in Amazonas in Brazil are working with the World’s Children’s Prize.
Ravel gets to school
quickly because he lives
nearby. He starts up
the diesel generator and
sound equipment so that he
can broadcast the programme
“Listening and learning”. He
and the other children taking
part in the morning session
soon hear the voice of
11-year-old Reynan da Silvas
live from the studio in the
city of Santarem. The youth
reporters on Educational
Radio are based at various
places along the River
Amazon.
“Hi there guys! Today, me
and my colleagues are going
to tell you about how Global
Vote Day is being organised
in schools across our dear
homeland! First let’s go to our
reporter Ravel Sousa in
Tapará Grande:
“Good morning to our
friends in the Rural Radio
station studio!” says Ravel.
“This is the fourth year that
my school has taken part in
the World’s Children’s Prize.
This year we’re looking in
particular at article 28 of the
UN Convention on the
Rights of the Child, which is
about the right to
education. Many
children here in
Amazonas have to
drop out of school to
start working and supporting their families, or
to take care of younger siblings.
Others are taken
advantage of by their parents
or gangs, who use money
from child labour to buy
drugs and alcohol. I think
that the authorities should
work harder at making sure
that children's rights are supported,
because many of
these rights are not respected
here.”
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