There were many wet eyes in the audience at the UN Conference on Sustainability in Bonn, Germany, as delegates watched the first showing of films made during the Pacific Black Box youth forum which took place in Bougainville in April.
Mr Moses Havini, a representative of the Autonomous Government of Bougainville showed the documentary and digi-tales to international delegates at the convention, many of whom had not heard of the situation of the Carteret Islands in Bougainville, whose community is having to relocate due to their land becoming inundated with sea water.
There was much interest in the issue and many requests for copies of the films from audience members including those from Hawaii, Canada, Russia and Germany.
This is the first of many showings of the powerful documentary and digi-tales made by the young people who were trained as environmental advocates and film makers in the two weeks participating in the youth forum.
The forum was organised by Bougainville Women for Peace and Freedom working with Tulele Peisa, with support from Pacific Black Box Inc in Australia. Funding came from Oxfam Australia and Pacific Black Box donors.
