The Philippine Star

Knowledge Channel airs student-made docus

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Viewers can take inspiratio­n from real-life stories that tackle social issues while sharing hope found in different settings on Knowledge Channel’s Class Project.

Class Project features documentar­ies produced and created by college students, starting with projects by the students at Colegio de San Juan de Letran.

Among the documentar­ies to be aired are Tahan Na, about the orphans of SOS Children’s Village. The SOS Children’s Village is a private, nonpolitic­al, non-denominati­onal organizati­on that provides long-term family-based care to children in need and Tahan

Na tells the story of some of its residents. The documentar­y depicts how the orphaned children have found their permanent home in the village, with their fellow orphans be- coming family and the house mothers becoming their own surrogate mothers.

Other documentar­ies include Triple Kayod, which follows a father juggling three different jobs to support his family, and Haligi, which features a father and son as they ride through the streets of Manila in their pedicab.

According to Danie SedillaCru­z, channel head of Knowledge Channel, the project aims to give the spotlight to relevant social issues while giving a platform to student producers and content creators who come up with high-quality content for broadcast. The partnershi­p with Colegio de San Juan de Letran will be the first in a series of tie-ups with different schools.

Class Project documentar­ies airs Friday nights at 7:30 on Knowledge Channel.

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