Videos in this website have been put together by children living in and around SOS Children’s Villages. They’ve captured their thoughts, opinions and ideas to present a new perspective on Africa through their own eyes. The result is this evolving ‘Our Africa’ educational resource.

SOS Children has been working in Kenya since 1975.  There are currently four Children’s Villages in Kenya. Find out more about SOS Children in Kenya.

Apart from making videos for this resource, each group of young people has made its own short film (sometimes more than one) on subjects that matter to them. Each film reveals quite a lot about their lives, their life experiences and their aspirations for their future.

This is what the children came up with:

Team A – The Aftermath

In this video, team A act out the history of SOS Children’s Villages.   Team A brainstormed ideas on what their film should be about.  All felt strongly about the history of SOS Children.  They used their knowledge and personal feelings to tell the story of the charity's heritage.

Team B - Kenyans fight for their rights

Victor, the main character, portrays a journalist reporting on the shortage of water in one of the slums in Nairobi.  Water shortage is a huge concern among thousands of people living in slums in Kenya.  Victor wants to be a journalist when he grows up.  He took to filming and reporting extremely well.  In fact, he was a natural.