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Watch films by teens

As Goodwill Partner of the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games, Plan selected nine talented teens from Ghana, India and Pakistan to act as Plan's roving reporters during the Games.

Hear My Voice Documentary available on DVD

Follow the youth reporters as they journey from their remote villages to the hustle and bustle of Melbourne in the Hear My Voice documentary. The documentary has been packaged together with the news stories they produced during the Games, and is available from the Plan Shop on DVD for $25 including GST and postage.  Watch a preview

Watch their video stories

The reporters covered all aspects of the games including athlete interviews from track and field, hockey, badminton and rugby7s; as well as coverage of Festival Melbourne 2006 including Artplay, Golden Pride Children's Choir from Tanzania, Containers Village, Sing for Water, and the Pakistani Tram.  View their stories

Meet the Reporters

Plan's Goodwill Youth Reporters aged 14 to 20 were members of Plan-supported youth media clubs and were selected by their peers to travel to Melbourne for the Games.
   

  Ghana

Enoch Holu
Mahama, 16

Fatimata Bolly,
14

Sophia Opei,
15


  Pakistan

Huma
Khurshid,  17

Mudassar
Hussain, 18

Muhammad
Haroon, 20


  India

Lipika
Maharana,  14

Virendra
Chaudhari, 14

Renuka, 20

Reporter Profiles: Ghana » Meet the three youth reporters from Ghana who were selected to report on the Commonwealth Games as part of Plan's youth media program.

Reporter Profiles: Pakistan » Huma Khurshid, Mudassar Hussain and Muhammad Haroon are Plan's Goodwill youth reporters from Pakistan.

Reporter Profiles: India » Learn more about Lipika Maharana, Virendra Chaudhari and Renuka - Plan's Goodwill youth reporters from India.

Youth Media » Plan first began to implement youth media programs in the mid 1990s with the aim of involving children in the development process and promoting their rights.

Goodwill Youth Reporters' Video Stories » Nine talented teens from Ghana, India and Pakistan were Plan's roving reporters during the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games. Here are their video stories.

Blogs

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Art of the Games
by Enoch from Ghana

Hearts open at the hockey
by Pakistan

A Royal Encounter
by Lipika from India

Meeting Karak
by Ghana

Photos

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See the Goodwill youth reporters in action at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games.


Launch @ Federation Square

Opening Ceremony


Festival Melbourne 2006


Sporting Action