Thailand Feb 2008 > Visiting journalists from DVB in Thailand. A video and some pics

Check the magic hill, I filmed last week in Thailand. The car is in neutral ('P') and we took the keys out .. and it is
driving up hill!

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Haarlem, January 26th :-) back home again...and finally the smiling general has gone :-) Here the last few Thailand pics I want to share

Thai landscape - close to the Burmese border

Saving energy in Buddist temple

Bangkok airport, January 25th On my way to Amsterdam...

Burmese kids This picture is taken at the Burmese border, after talking to these children, refugees from Burma, at a school in Thailand. We asked them what they would like to see if we would make a kids news program for them: "We want news about democracy, health topics, music and about our friends that are still in Burma." Wow, they know exactly what they want! Okay, we'll try...

Will keep you updated on this site. Now my 2 week worktrip in Asia ends. Bye!

Chiang Mai, January 23rd On my way to Mae Sot.

mobile monk

Chiang Mai, January 22nd

the shadow of a god

Chiang Mai, January 19th Just arrived in Thailand and had delicious food, such as fried duckhead!

welcome diner in Chiang Mai

Anak Wayang Nederland, de stichting die het kinderproject Anak Wayang Indonesia steunt, organiseerde in het Gamelanhuis een benefietdiner. Indonesisch bestuurslid Bram kookte (wel 3 dagen lang) en dat was te merken: veel van de 50 gasten schepten wel drie keer op.

Deze succesvolle avond werd mogelijk gemaakt door vele mensen die gratis hielpen: de ruimtes in het Gamelanhuis, de serveerbakken van Indisch restaurant Tempo Doeloe, borden en bestek van het Wilhelmina Pakhuis, de beamer van MoneyView etc. Daarnaast traden twee gamelanorkesten met dansers op, belangenloos. Het AWN bestuur en vele vrijwilligers werkten keihard om dit mogelijk te maken. De opbrengst voor het kinderproject bedraagt 1900?. Iedereen hartelijk dank hiervoor en de gezellige avond!

Meer informatie > anakwayang.nl.

Lima October 9 Wow, what a great time I had with the NAPA team, the people that make the kids news for and with Peruvian children. Here some pics, but check the broadcast online at NAPA.com.pe

New youth correspondants from NAPA interview all NAPA Launch party visitors

A famous Peruvian rapband performed on the party - and were interviewed...

Layla, the presenter from NAPA with me on the picture :-)

Lima, October 5
The launch party of NAPA, the new kids news program in Peru, went great! Last night about 200 people (half of them children) came to the museum of Antropology to celebrate the birth of the tv and online program, that truly gives kids a voice. Of
course there were speeches from all the organisations that make this happen: Red TV, Plan Peru and Free Voice (me) and also the consul of the Dutch embassy came to congratulate us all.

After the official part, 5 new children that become part of the editorial team, presented themselves and got 4 T20 Cybershots (the coolest digital camera?s). I bought them tax free, with money that was collected by Dutch journalists that help this way the kids news in Indonesia and Peru last week (check freevoice.nl for that story).

Also, 26 children correspondents from 11 regions all over Peru, that have their first workshop in Lima this week, came to interview about everybody at the party. And than two really cool popular bands (one hiphop, one rock) played so loud, the 3000
year old Inca artefacts of the museum almost broke...

The atmosphere was very relaxed and so many children were so happy and excited! Thank you Red TV for organizing this extremely cool party. Please watch the new NAPA (which means 'Not for Adults' in Spanish, but if you are, you can watch it in secret..).
Hasta luego!

Journalists, children and adults, on the first workshop day for the 24 new youth correspondants from all over Peru to bring to news for NAPA

The secret of the success> the NAPA kids news staff

Watch the news story about NAPA in this interview with editor in chief Bernardo C?ceres, on Enlace National.