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Adobe Youth Voices program in Actin in London through the partnership with Eastside Educational Trust

A collaboration of three youth artists brought together by the passion of music. The video was made to showcase the connection three youth artists made while attending classes at MACLA. The intended audience are people who enjoy watching positive collaborations.

Drugs Adolescents Against Drugs is a short film that describes an initiative lead by young people to limit the use and spread of drugs among Adolescents in Jerusalem. The message behind our film is directed to young people who are so close to be addicts and those who live in hard social situations and are attempted to try drugs one day. we want to use social media and our experience in media production to create an interactive facebook page where young people will watch our videos, read our messages and listen to their peers talking about their own experiences with addiction, and will send us their direct feedback. we think that the number of young people using facebook in Jerusalem is very high which will make our initiative a successful one. Our film tries to explain what we want to do and the main components of our initiative.

Bonairean youth are often stereotyped as just hang out either looking for trouble or not doing anything productive. The truth is that the majority of Bonairean young people want to make their dreams become a reality but for some, it is a struggle. Unfortunately, many have given up. But the good news is that we can do something about that. We can make the youth's voice and dreams be heard. We can empower the youth in our communities by providing them with the skills they need to effect change on Bonaire. The we set-up a town-hall meeting in each town where the youth can share their vision for their own town. Their solutions should be in the following areas: - closing the culture gap (help prevent differences between cultures in their town and stimulate mutual understanding) - strengthen the intergenerational infrastructure (bringing seniors and youth together) The ideas need to be narrowed down the top 3 best ideas for each area. After this the youth should brainstorm on activities for the two areas. Finally the youth should implement the ideas themselves using youth media, social media and music.

"A Voice for Orphans" is a self portrait video documentary in which a sixteen year old orphan called Kyomugisha Christine recounts her experiences as an orphan living alone. The Adobe Youth Voices learners of PMM Girls School created the media to highlight challenges faced by orphans, how they deal with these challenges and also to show that EVEN orphans live with dreams...