Competition film

A short life in a slum

Made by: Faolan Jones

Synopsis

Two thirds of the population of Africa could be living in slums by the year 2020 thanks to a system of global trade which driving growing numbers of poor Africans into over crowded slums.
Kroo bay is one of the poorest slums in Sierra Leone, one in four children born there die before the age of five. However a group of young men are doing all they can to make life better in their community.

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‘’Millions of unemployed youth will never see a significant change in their condition, nor will their countries experience proper stability unless there in a real economic growth in the region. Possibilities for such growth will remain illusory as long as West African countries are unable to export their agricultural produce to foreign markets…there is also a link between unemployment in West Africa and the farm subsidies, track barriers and dumping practises of some OECD countries.'' UNOWA