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| |  | Canadian four-year-old Bilaal Rajan persuaded his parents to let him sell clementines to his neighbours door-to-door to raise money for earthquake victims in Gujarat. Thrilled by his success he organised other fundraising schemes in support of AIDS orphans and the victims of hurricanes and the Asian tsunami. Now aged 13, he has raised more than $5m, met Nelson Mandela and been appointed a UNICEF ambassador. He organises the Barefoot Challenge, an annual event for children around the world and advises young people on how they can work together in their local communities to increase awareness about global issues.
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| |  | Breakout! is a highly original documentary series from Canada that explores global issues from the perspective oftoday’s teenager.Each episode is packed with facts and storiesof young activists, making it perfect for secondary Citizenship teaching. Breakout offers inspiration on campaigning issues and for Citizenship in Context.
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| |  | This DVD tells the stories of five girls and three boys, aged 8 to 16, who live in the coastal areas of India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Each was affected by the Asian Tsunami of December 2004, losing loved ones, their home or their belongings. Their stories of survival, courage and resilience give an insight into the long and arduous journey back to normalcy for millions of Asians affected by one of the worst natural disasters of all time. Along the way, we also probe what happened to the massive volume of donations the world pledged to help the survivors.
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| |  | This DVD examines the plight of children affected by the conflict in Afghanistan. It features their lives alongside the work of people who are trying to help them.
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| |  | Many of India’s lowest caste, the Untouchables, work as debt slaves for members of higher castes. These are people who have in the past borrowed a sum of money, for instance to pay for a wedding or a funeral, that they have no realistic hope of ever paying back - many find it impossible even to find out how much they owe. They are doomed to work unpaid for the lender in perpetuity. This film looks at the injustice of the system and the work of activists to liberate the victims from their slavery.
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| |  | This is a realistic and disturbing snapshot of the people who live or work at Delhi’s sprawling dump, from the rag-picker to the coin-diver to the industrial worker. The scale of the dump is vast and the stories of the people there are in turn touching and shocking.
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| |  | The Cold War was about economic ideology. The 21st century will be dominated by a struggle for energy, and it’s going to get dirty. Energy War examines the geopolitical consequences of the world’s dependence on fossil fuels. In pursuit of increasingly scarce resources, countries will be forced to enter into awkward alliances. Rogue regimes must be tolerated.
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| | _.jpg) | Swaziland has the highest proportion of AIDS infection in the world. More than 40% of the population is HIV-positive and average life expectancy is just 32 years. SWAPOL (Swaziland Positive Living) is a women’s organisation that challenges the victimisation and discrimination of HIV-infected women in the country’s rural communities. This presents its own difficulties in an undemocratic country where the king is suspicious of any form of activism. The film follows the women who devote their lives to SWAPOL, working to help their community in its time of crisis.
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| |  | We now know how to harness the sun’s energy. A piece of desert the size of France could fulfil the whole planet’s energy needs. This documentary examines in detail the progress that is being made towards converting our Oil Society into a Helio Society - you may be surprised by the progress that has been made already. Solar stocks are soaring, the desert is the new Promised Land and roofs are entering the energy marketplace. It is even possible to fuel your care with algae from your garden!
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| |  | This is an in-depth, fly-on-the-wall documentary about the laws, traditions and the philosophy of Judaism. We follow a community of rabbis, their wives and families in order to appreciate the dedication, hard-work and responsibility required by a follower of the Jewish faith in today’s Britain.
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| |  | This is Lin Sutherland’s journey to look for the planet’s tallest trees on the island of Tasmania. Unfortunately she is not alone in this search - it’s a race against the massive and relentless wood chipping industry. Can Lin locate these ‘living legends’ before the woodcutters bring them down? Our forests depend on the cycle of growth, decay and renewal for survival but this is now threatened by logging, mining and cattle grazing.
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| |  | This DVD features in-depth conversations with six likeable young children who have lived their entire lives with HIV or AIDS.
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| |  | Oceans are becoming the world’s rubbish dumps. It is estimated that every kilometre of ocean contains 74,000 pieces of plastic, forming a plastic soup of waste that kills hundreds of thousands of animals every year and leaches chemicals up the food chain.
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| |  | This short film explains clearly and visually why recycling is important and what materials can be recycled. Having seen the problems that waste causes at a landfill site, the film follows recyclable waste on its journey and shows close-up the processes involved in the recycling of glass, paper, metal, clothing, plastic and organic matter.
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| |  | On the outskirts of Mumbai, Dharavi is Asia’s biggest slum. Its 530 acres are home to a million people. Its pottery units alone have an annual turnover of around $4 million. Entrepreneurship sprouts in tiny sheds. This is a fascinating insight into a challenging human environment where people feel anything but sorry for themselves.
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| |  | This documentary takes a global perspective on the issue of slums. We visit locations in Africa, Asia and Latin America to hear first-hand the stories of inhabitants and experience their living conditions.
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| |  | Europe is home to five million illegal immigrants. 500,000 more arrive each year. This programme looks at the living conditions of these men, women and children who live without papers, insurance and other things that we take for granted. Difficult questions are raised because Europe’s agriculture, catering and health service sectors would simply not be able to function without them. The film includes footage from the UK, Germany, Spain and China plus a well-made reconstruction of the Morecambe Bay cockle-picking tragedy.
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| |  | As we come to the end of the Oil Age, there is a general acceptance that the next era of human existence will have to be powered by renewable energy sources. This level-headed, non-cranky analysis examines how the three key alternative energy sources - solar, wind and biomass - are being developed for everyday applications and how they point the way towards genuine energy sustainability for future generations.
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| |  | This three-DVD series travels to the wettest and driest places on the planet to examine the challenges facing mankind in managing its water resources. Host Marq de Villiers, a world authority on the subject, undertakes a mammoth quest in an effort to understand the looming world water crisis.
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| |  | Of the billion people who do not have access to clean drinking water, 80% live in sub-Saharan Africa, Eastern Asia and Southern Asia. 4,500 children die every day as a result. This three-part programme reports on the gravity of the situation in India, Indonesia and The Philippines.
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