Some people are up in arms after watching the Channel 4, TV documentary; “My week as a Muslim”. Katie Freeman decided to step into the shoes as a Muslim woman. The disguise she was given has been likened to theatrical “blacking up” when decades ago people from ethnic minority backgrounds suffered ridicule and socio/economic discrimination… Read More
Are you of Indian/Pakistani/ Sri Lankan/ Bangladeshi or Nepalese descent? Did you or your parents, grandparents or great-grandparents migrate to the UK before 1960? If YES, we would love to hear from you! Wall to Wall Media is making a documentary series for the BBC which traces the stories of individuals and families who arrived… Read More
BBC living-history series are currently casting for a new series about WW2 secret agents. They want to represent the contribution by people from South Asian and other ethnic backgrounds. CAST Wall to Wall makers of hit series, Who Do You Think You Are? Child Genius, Back In Time…and Long Lost Family are looking for determined… Read More
Do you want to be on TV? Love spending but want to save? Alex Jones and Steph McGovern are back for another series of, “Shop Well For Less?” RDF Television is looking for families and households to take part. Get in touch: shopwell@rdftelevision.com #ShopWellForLess Tel: 0117-970-7656 Text: 07926-482-915 Share This Post:
Children are facing more devastating wars and disasters than ever before. Asian Mums Network brought you a series of blogs on behalf of UNICEF. Don’t forget the harrowing stories of children like Sapana, Machar, Mustapha, Munir, Khalid, Manal, Safi and so many more children even on our very own doorstep in camps in Calais. “At… Read More
Sapana, 13 years old, her story “My father always made me feel very unworthy, I had to show my worth by leaving school to earn money,” says Sapana. Sapana was 13 as she worked in a carpet factory in Kathmandu, labouring 16 hours a day in brutal conditions. When Nepal was struck by an earthquake… Read More
“I miss my mother and father and brothers and sisters. I don’t know where my mother is. I think maybe in Kenya” – Machar is one of 10,000 registered separated children in South Sudan. He was receiving medical treatment for malaria and pneumonia in Bentiu when the devastating war spread to his hometown. His father,… Read More
Ahead of the World Humanitarian Summit in May 2016, Asian Mums Network will bring you a further campaign on behalf of UNICEF to work towards achieving the changes we need to protect children in war and disasters. Right now, we are asking the UK public to: Tell David Cameron to protect children in emergencies Ask your… Read More
Read Mustapha’s Story in his words, 13 years old I keep thinking what is going to happen to us. If we arrive what will happened. This is what we are worried about. We were always afraid. There was always war where we lived. Now that it’s happened, we know what war is. Now we know. Men… Read More
Munir, a 17-year-old migrant from Afghanistan, speaks about his journey, which has thus far taken him as far as Serbia, where he has run out of money and is living in a tent in a Belgrade park. It was in a bus station where Munir learns to shave for the first time. He hopes to… Read More
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