Nickelodeon airs films on activist kids
Nickelodeon International, in partnership with KidsRights Foundation, has launched its # KidsCan campaign that will highlight stories of nine International Children’s Peace Prize winners and nominees fromaround the globe who are creating positive change in their communities.
These profileswill airon Nicolodeon’s digital platforms. TheUAE- basedKehkashan Basu, whowas the recipient of the 2016 prize environmental sustainability, will also be profiled as part of the campaign.
The profiles are part of the network’s Together forGood initiative, Nickelodeon to educate young people about children’s rights and empowerthem to becomechange makers themselves. Newprofiles will air monthly fromApril throughDecember. The first spot went live onMonday, featuringMohammadAl Jounde, the winner of the 2017 International Children’s Peace Prize, who as a young refugee in Syria built a school in a refugee camp and has nowgiven over200 children the chance to learn.—