Zimbabwes Forgotten Children

Recently watched a documentary on the children of Zimbabawe. Without being there, I felt the soil of the eatrh and was quickly reminded of home.The sun blazing on the country really made me miss all the things about home you take for granted.I had joy at the channel and program i had tuned into,thinking it was all about africa and its beauty.

I was soon to find that yes, it documented the beauty of Africa but had a negative to it.

This documentary featured the children of Zimbabwe and the country.

"Zimbabwes Forgotten Children"....a documentary by Xoliswa Sithole features three children who are on the search for money to pay for their school fees,however the obstacles are; Aids has claimed one of their parents,their parents have no jobs and the grandparents are left with children they cannot feed. Mostly though is the ignorance that they face from the countries government about their situations, in that the governemnt in the department of education send "accountants" to go and collect money from schools and chase away children that have not paid their fees.

This documentary was filmed in secret and was done to show the "left out" children of Zimbabwe, whose parents have either died or have no money to feed their families. However I also noticed that it was children in the villages that were being represented....I would of liked her to also show the children in the cities...to see whether they face the same situation or not...but I am guessing it would be either the same or different .In that sense I maybe felt it was a bit unbalanced....however, the piont is, the children she did manage to interview, their lives are what's important. I shed a tear to be honest and I felt compelled to do something.

That said, there are people that felt the documentary was totally negative towards Zimbabwe and showed no positive light on it.

That it was wrong for her to take advantage of the children.

My view on it is that Sithole gave a very professional piece of journalistic work that documented the story as it was or is.. really! Those children needed a voice and she gave them that voice, and hopefully the world has heared and will answer...and maybe by Divine intervention the countries leaders and politicians will work towards a unified country that can, through unification, pull itself into being once again one of the greatest countries in Africa.

"Children are the future" and if they are not well fed....what becomes of the future?

Thats My View:

Would also like to say that this video was mainly on this site http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00r5ww9 but is not available now to view.