Witnessing: US Ambassador D Brent Hardt and his wife Saskia (seated, second and third from right) interact with children of the Witness Project yesterday at School of the Nations. The ambassador, having earlier evinced an interest in the project, followed through by visiting the children yesterday during their last meeting prior to the project’s roll out in January. (Photo by Aubrey Crawford) The Witness Project is an initiative of the Margaret Clemons Foundation, which seeks to draw attention to and spark conversations about the effects of adult human behaviour, particularly gender based and child directed violence on society’s most vulnerable and impressionable witnesses, our children. It is also part of the global photography project by the French artist JR called Inside Out and the New York-based technology, entertainment and design (TED) Prize. As a result, video footage of the project, some of which would have been documented earlier this month, is to be included in a documentary film that will reach an international audience. The 15 children who are involved in the project were selected by the Ministry of Human Services, Help and Shelter and Varqa Foundation, which is the School of the Nations after-school literacy programme for the children from Tiger Bay. Minister of Human Services Priya Manickchand, head of Varqa Foundation Brian O’Toole, Margaret Kertizous of Help and Shelter and others are also lending support to the project. (Photo by Aubrey Crawford)
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