In May 2007, a UNICEF-sponsored workshop was held in Turkmenistan. Its young participants made several one-minute videos that feature scenes from the everyday life (mainly of Turkmen children) which are to present their problems to broader audience. One of the videos shows a boy suffering during his parents’ argument, another one - the poverty of a single mother which strongly contrasts with her neighbours’ wealth.

Here are two of them:

Other films can be seen here. All of the films were made within a project realized by the One Minutes Foundation.

What are oneminutesjr videos?

They are sixty-second videos made by young people (between the ages of 12 and 20) from all over the world. Time may be limited in a oneminutesjr video (this challenges the youngsters to form their ideas clearly), but not the freedom to express oneself creatively, which is the basic right of every person.

What is the oneminutesjr network?
It is a non-commercial community without any set political belief or ideology. The network gives young people especially those who are underprivileged or marginalised the opportunity to have their voices heard by a broad audience, to share with the world their ideas, dreams, fascinations, anxieties,and viewpoints.

If you want to read more about the whole project and watch similar videos from all over the world, click here.