Catherine Russell, UNICEF & David Beckham: Shining a light on challenges facing children
by Beckypublished on 25th April 2022
Catherine Russell, UNICEF’s executive director, and footballer David Beckham, a goodwill ambassador for the organisation, talk to Al Jazeera.
In a world filled with conflicts, millions of minors face attacks, abuse and abandonment while not even having access to basic healthcare and education. UNICEF is the United Nations agency responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide. But are world leaders doing enough for young people? And are athletes and other celebrities making the difference politicians have not been able to achieve?
Up Next
Moses Sumney performing "Plastic" at Sofar NYC on October 21st, 2014.
Artist Adjaratou Ouédraogo is more famous abroad than at home in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. In The Painter, by filmmaker Ousmane Zoromé Samassékou, she organises a street art event called "My City In Painting" to encourage locals to celebrate and participate in art. In this thoughtful, immersive film we also see her at work in her studio while she contemplates her craft and shares the story of how she found her voice and her happiness through painting.
The Great British Curry Crisis
1 year ago
Butter Chicken, Rogan Josh, and the all-time favourite - Chicken Tikka Masala! The United Kingdom has embraced curry as its national dish, with tens of thousands of Indian restaurants serving mouth-watering dishes to British taste buds. Staffed over the decades by an influx of migrants from South Asia, these curry houses employ more than 100,000 people. But now this $5bn industry is in freefall. Every week, two Indian restaurants are shutting down as COVID-19, changing consumer tastes, and Brexit take a toll.
In this documentary, 101 East correspondent Drew Ambrose travels across the UK to find out why Britain’s curry houses are in crisis.
Soly, an Egyptian filmmaker, rescues Layaly, a stray dog in Cairo, with help from a group of animal welfare volunteers before travelling with her to a new home abroad. However, just hours before the dog is due to face life-saving throat surgery, she escapes into the hills. Soly joins a 10-day search with support from local media and volunteers.
Ai Weiwei and Anish Kapoor Interview: The two global icons compare notes on freedom of expression, how art can challenge power, and what subversive art looks like today.
DRAMA - 'Sweet Summer' Official Music Video
Related Videos
In recent years the effects of illegal logging on Romania’s rich biodiversity have been catastrophic; once-beautiful mountains and valleys reduced to barren expanses of earth, scarred by fallen and dragged timber.
3 Days that Stopped the World
2 years ago
3 Days that Stopped the World | Al Jazeera Investigations. Two Chinese journalists went to Wuhan to investigate a mysterious virus outbreak.
My Nigeria – Femi Bamigboye: Local Man
2 years ago
Femi Bamigboye is the coach and founder of the Remo Football Academy in the small Nigerian town of Iperu. We spend a week with Femi Bamigboye as he gets his players ready for the cup final of a local knock-out competition. Femi's son Sam leads the team of youngsters against an older and more experienced team.
Savouring the Past: History of Food
2 years ago
Embark on a culinary journey and dig into the hidden history of four favourite foods from Andalusia to the Levant.
Arise News
4 years ago
Millennium TV's Winston Bell-Gam was invited on Arise News' Africa Wrap Show to discuss porous borders in East Africa and the importance of African Festivals
New Zealand: Surviving a Massacre
2 years ago
101 East returns to Christchurch to follow the survivors of the shooting in 2019 on their journey of recovery from wounds both physical and emotional.
Michaela Coel – James MacTaggart Lecture
2 years ago
Millennium Discovers: Michaela Coel - James MacTaggart Lecture