2016 Asia-Pacific Child Rights Award for Television
G
MA Network of the Philippines won the 2016 Asia-Pacific Child Rights Award for its television
documentary titled ‘Written on the Water’. The programme highlights the dangerous trip to school for students who must wade through the sea and climb a mountain to go to school.
The CRA Award was remitted to the winner at the ABU Prizes award ceremony in Bali on 24 October 2016. Mr Andy Brown, Regional Communication Specialist at UNICEF presented the award to Mr Jayson Bernard Santos from GMA Network- Philippines.
Every day, children in Matnog, Sorsogon, prepare for a two-hour hard trip to school. The fastest route requires them to walk across the sea, while the tide is low, and then trek up a mountain. Apart from risking their lives on the way to school, the children are met with a shortage of classrooms and textbooks.
Commenting on the winning documentary Dr Javad Mottaghi, ABU Secretary-General, said “Written on the Water sends a clear message to parents, teachers, social groups, and other local and international organisations. This message is that sacrifice, determination and hard
work starts at a very young age due to socio-economic conditions which the children are not responsible for. It’s our moral duty to help them by any means and pray for their future.”
Christopher Slaughter, CEO of CASBAA said that “Our industry reaches hundreds of millions of people around the world daily. It is heartening to see our medium being leveraged as a platform not just for entertainment, but in the service of such a worthy cause as alleviating the plight of children in need.”
Watch the winning documentary:
https://youtu.be/h0KUC2B91Y0
New Members Two New Affiliate Members PromaxBDA - Singapore
Promax was established in 1956 as a non-profit, full-service, membership driven association for promotion and marketing professionals working in broadcast media. In 1997, the Broadcast Design Association (BDA), who had partnered Promax for years on their annual conference, officially joined forces with Promax and the association became PromaxBDA.
PromaxBDA represents more 10,000 companies and individuals at nearly every major media organisation, marketing agency, research company, strategy partner, creative studio and technology provider and is considered to be the leading global resource for education, community, creative inspiration and career development in the media & media marketing sectors worldwide.
Drawn from more than 65 countries, and with conferences taking place in Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, South America, the United States and the UK, PromaxBDA is a truly international organisation uniting the individuals who are in the driver’s seat of the media marketing industry.
MediaGeniX – Singapore
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Over 1,700 channels and on-demand services are managed with WHATS’On, with 9,500+ users at more than 65 media networks, worldwide.
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