Life on the Edge (Series 7): In the Mayor's Footsteps - Peru

In this film from the "Life on the Edge (series 7)" of tve (Television for the Environment and Television Trust for the Environment), Peruvian Mayor Amilcar is filmed and interviewed as a leader first of the Andean city of Ayacucho, then the province of Huamanga, and finally as a champion of the rights of children. "He’s especially interested in 'hidden violence' - the knock-on effects of marital discord and criminal behaviour by other family members.  And he learns how local families are learning how to help their children develop their potential in peace and harmony." The film ranges from scenes in Lima, Peru, where crime introduces violence into the lives of children, to the Peruvian Amazon, where marital violence is an issue, to the Huanaca province, which is affected by political violence. The Mayor makes his statement on how families and society can support children, both girls and boys, to grow up to promote a just society.

The "In the Mayor's Footsteps" tve website includes the video and links to organisations working on early childhood development: ECD - Young Lives; The Early Child Development Initiative at the Wolfensohn Center for Development; La Restinga; the Instituto de Formación de Adolescentes y Niños Trabajadores (INFANT) - Training Institute for Working Adolescents and Children n Iquitos, Peru; The Bernard van Leer Foundation; Mother Child Education Foundation: ACEV; the Center on the Developing Child (HCDC), part of the Harvard Graduate School of Education; and the Consultative Group on Early Childhood Care and Development (CGECCD).

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