Zimbabwe's Forgotten Children - Part 1

I felt compelled to upload this video after viewing it and being so moved by the plight of these children. Plus with respect to the other uploaders their versions are such low quality that they're difficult to watch.

Thank You Xoliswa Sithole & If you'd like to donate, the film makers have put up a website http://zimbabweschildren.org
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Shot entirely undercover over the course of nine months, a beautiful and moving documentary which tells the stories of three children growing up in today's Zimbabwe.

12-year-old Grace rummages through rubbish dumps in Harare to find bones to sell for school fees; nine-year-old Esther has to care for her baby sister and her mother who is dying of HIV/AIDS; and 13-year-old Obert pans for gold to make enough money to buy food for himself and his gran, while dreaming of somehow getting the education he craves.

From BAFTA-winning director Jezza Neumann and BAFTA-winning producer, Xoliswa Sithole, a powerful tale unfolds of the gaping chasm between what these children hope for and what their country can currently provide.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Zimbabwe's
• Forgotten
• Children
• BBC
• Documentary

[ashken79]

what happened to esther?

[Quickblood1]

@ashken79 follow the link in the description to find ot what happened to all the kids.

[movingon675]

they released a new video for comic relief day updating how they are and everybody has a home, parents,go to school and dont have to pay until the end of the year.

[Quickblood1]

@movingon675 Yeah I just caught the last few seconds of it as I came home. I'll hopefully post a link to the video or upload it myself.

Thanks!

[playplay123123]

Justin Beiber has 300,000,000 views on one of his videos and this has 2,159 views.... Makes me sad. 

[YossiUK]

Thank you so very much for uploading this. I saw this on on television and was shocked and moved by what I was watching. I find it utterly impossible to understand how all this could have happened in Zimbabwe under the watching eyes of the world. I don't understand how people can ignore the plight of these children.

I hope all who see this, do something to help.

[Nditso]

God we thank you for looking after these children in such conditions whilst the president sleeps in a mansion

[giridai]

i watched this on bbc and i couldn't help but cry.I was very much moved when the girl says"if my mother dies i'll go to grave with her".this is not how things should be and yet is.many children here in nepal suffer the same fate-i just hope i will be able to do something to change this..i really do

[jackplastow]

heartbreaking

[LalazinhaLonbrasil]

Hi guys. I watched this video and it moved me a lot, I tried to show my sister but she won't understand. and she's want's to watch and understand everything.

I want to show this to all my brazilians friends!!! I'd like to have this video translated to portuguese!!! Does anyone know how can to do that? Am I allowed to translate it and apload on youtube??? I don't know... I don't want any problems with copyrights but I really like to show everyone that I know!!! This is very eye oppening!!

[ashken79]

@Quickblood1 Thanks.

[islandmuffin]

Why are we not condemning Mugabe, the racial Marist murderer of hundreds of thousands of black people, and the destroyer of the Zimbabwe economy, who pushed millions of Africans into poverty?

[zerathornn]

Mugabe will go down as Africa's most brutal dictator, This doesn't even cover the full story its so sad

[BoboCarsi]

1.29 broke my heart.