The Global Youth Media Council was represented by 35 young people from all over the world at the World Summit on Media for Children and Youth held in Sweden this June. All members care passionately about the media from a youth perspective, and some have go to extreme lengths to have attended the Summit….
“I started working in the media when I was eleven…this trip was a reward for hard work…”
Bonzel Mendala, Angola
Notable examples of attendees from far afield include Bonzel Mendala, who is 17 year-old student journalist from from Angola who has been working in the media since an early age.
Bonzel’s trip to Karlstad has lead to a personal first – Bonzo’s first ever trip on a boat!
It was a long journey from the Australian Youth Media Council who’s members are from all across Australia.
We caught of with member, Adrian Amoddio, who had to travel over 30 hours to be at the World Summit.
Kondwani is a student and a UNICEF worker all the way from Zambia who helped to organise a conference on Climate Change aimed at young people from across Zambia.
Others include Yorka from Bolivia, is 13 and had to travel a total of 36 hours and 4 plane journeys to get the World Summit.
The Council’s lone Bolivian representative travelled for 13 hours on a bus just to attain a visa in Bolivia’s capital. Her father, a miner, gave up a weeks worth of wages so he could travel with Yorka to the capital in order to attend the World Summit.
