Wall Newspapers
Practical Action
Real Life Story
Children Journalists for Protection and Promotion of Child Rights
A group of children in Dharan in Eastern Nepal is very much involved in producing wall
newspapers. The children are raising awareness concerning child rights issues as part of a
project involving Dharan Municipality, Sunsari Communication Development Centre and
UNICEF.
Thirty-five children, aged 10 to 15 were
given basic training in wall newspaper
production, and there are now 19 groups
in Dharan’s seven wards. The children
cover true stories of drug abuse, child
labour and many other children related
issues. The wall newspapers produced by
the children have proved to be very
successful in creating positive impacts in
the community.
"When I first wrote about a child who is
working as a servant I was badly scolded.
Four or five times we have been
chastised for writing such stories. We
once wrote a story called 'Abhishekh
cannot go to school' and now his parents
do send Abhishekh to school. We felt
very happy when he started going to
school. My confidence that newspapers
can change the attitudes of people has grown."
Somu Thapa, 'Bal Awaj', Dharan
Girl in Dharan displays a wall newspaper
Real life story edited from a Nepal Press Institute workshop report for UNICEF- April 1998
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This document is based on the Micro Media Card Pack: A Tool Kit for Community
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as a Technical Brief in October 2007.
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