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Name: | Venka Child |
Age: | 16 |
Year of the Fix: | 2013 |
Location: | Bristol |
Campaign: | To teach about teenage pregnancy |
I was born when my mother was just a teenager, and my sister became a mum during her teens too.
We are therefore quite a young family. However, I do not think young people in my Bristol neighbourhood understand the effects teenage pregnancy can have on the life of the parent and the child.
Many people I know are expecting children, or have had children already. Becoming a young mum seems to be a cycle and many families follow this 'pattern'.
What I am aiming to do is show how tough life can be, and how starting a family so young may not be the best course.
What I hope to achieve is to inform people - to make them realise the implications of their actions, from the point of having safe sex to deciding to become a young parent.
Through a short film which follows the lives of two completely different characters, I hope young people will be able to realise the challenges younger parents have to contend with, making them think carefully about the decisions they make.
Here is a list of Fixers who helped with this Fix:
Charlotte Stoddart
Jasmine Lenton
Kirsty Yabsley
Kirsty Philipps
Lucie Shaw
The group, which runs youth services and workshops to allow young people in Bristol to express what is important to them, supports my Fixers project.
Thanks to Diane Lukins, Lexi-Rose, and Kirstin Griffin for helping with my Fixers film. Diane played the mum in my Fixers film 'Two Minds', Lexi-Rose played the role of young girl, and Kirstin is an independent film maker who helped on the shoot day.
Shano
Jade Kingdom
Shak & Natasha
Chelsie Brown
Meghann
Me and my friends want young people to know that calories aren't the enemy!
Shannon Rawlings
Jo Quinn
Alexandra Garrick
Jack H
Hannah Baker
Tilly and Bella
Ethan Mcinally
Hannah Carter
Hafsa Ur-Rehman
Timothy Cranfield
Olivia G
Liam Thomas
'Kate'
Mason Latey
Fern Lulham