One of our goals on this project is to spread the word on the benefits of education and literacy to kids in Ethiopia, especially girls. They need more role models to inspire them to learn how to read and write.
That's where our "Role Models in Literacy" videos come into play. We're basically making short (3 min max) videos of people (again, mostly girls) we know who can serve as role models. We're not really trying to use extremely famous or rich people like Oprah because it's a long shot for these Ethiopian kids to make it that far, and they know it, too.
The video I'm working on right now involves a girl named Anna who's studying at Mass College of Art and Design. She's a good role model for our videos because she's a regular girl going to college with a solid 12 years of education behind her. But, now she's designing books for an up and coming university in Tanzania.
I've already put together a script and storyboard, plus we've got some video footage. I still need to get a few more shots. Then all that's left is a bit of editing.
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