00:00The film, we're releasing the film because, as you said, we know Australians deeply care
00:07about children in conflict zones, and this film is intended to show that despite all
00:14the politics and the trauma that we're all watching through our TV screens and on socials
00:20and creating some of the, you know, very challenging dialogue at home, universally children around
00:26the world in war zones and conflict are suffering, and they're suffering deeply, and we wanted
00:32to step away from the divisive politics and to showcase that in many conflicts around
00:39the world, more than 47 million people are suffering, and we hope this film shows exactly
00:46the depth of that harm.
00:47And when you talk about that depth, what does that look like for children?
00:52What are young people that are caught up either in or on the fringes of wars facing?
01:00Sadly, children in those scenarios face scarcity of food.
01:05They don't have access to clean water.
01:08Their education is disrupted or entirely stopped.
01:12Their schools are bombed.
01:14Their hospitals are bombed.
01:16They're experiencing trauma on a daily rate, abductions, sexual assault.
01:22Those sorts of things are extremely impacting for children.
01:27They're very traumatic, and they have long-term implications for their well-being and their
01:32ultimate survival.
01:34Yeah, it's a harrowing picture that you paint.
01:37Mel, I understand that there was a particular significance of the language that is used in
01:42this film.
01:43What can you tell me about that?
01:44It's a made-up language.
01:47That's right, Dan.
01:48And it's made up reflecting the five most spoken languages around the world.
01:54It was intended because it's important to remember that war and conflict transcend language.
02:02And the reason that we had these incredible young actors learn this language was to showcase
02:07that regardless of where you are, children around the world are deeply, deeply suffering.
02:12And that language is universal.
02:14We all know the sound of a child's laugh.
02:17We know the sound of a child at play.
02:19And sadly, we all know what it's like to hear a child who's crying.
02:23Yeah, absolutely.
02:25And we know, Mel, that there are conflicts right around the world now.
02:29There are a very great many of them.
02:31The major ones, the Russia-Ukraine war, the Sudanese civil war, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
02:38What do you see as the impact of all of these on children right now?
02:43Well, children in those locations and Myanmar and Afghanistan also are deeply suffering.
02:52You know, you see some of these images you're showing on the screen.
02:56Their entire life ultimately will be impacted by trauma if indeed they survive.
03:02Their rights are being abused in so many ways.
03:05But also closer to home, it's important to remember that children who are watching or experiencing these things for the first time on social media, on their TV screens, are also being exposed to trauma.
03:17They're struggling to process these images.
03:20And they're also reacting and thinking, gee, what is it like for those children in those environments?
03:26And ultimately, many of those children, sadly, in these conflict zones, simply won't survive.
03:33And that's something that Safety Children works hard every day around the world to try to improve.
03:39And for people watching on here and elsewhere, there can be a sense of hopelessness and of not knowing what you can do or what you can do that will actually have an impact.
03:52I'm sure this is a question that you get all the time.
03:55And what do you say, how can people make, have an impact?
03:59I think the key and first thing they can do is talk to each other and really inform yourselves about what's happening around the world.
04:08I think that's one.
04:10I would encourage everyone to watch this film.
04:12The film's available on our socials via Google, on Save the Children's website, just to see the experience of children at war.
04:20And of course, the other thing you can do is support organizations like Save the Children, where you can, by actively helping our work in these conflict and war-torn environments around the world.
04:34There's many things you can do at home as well, around the dinner table, in your own family, to talk about the suffering of children and how to have a more civil and humane conflict-based discussion at home.
04:50There's many things you can do at home as well.
04:52There's many things you can do at home as well.
04:53There's many things you can do at home as well.
04:54There's many things you can do at home as well.
04:55There's many things you can do at home as well.
04:56There's many things you can do at home as well.
04:57There's many things you can do at home as well.
04:58There's many things you can do at home as well.
04:59There's many things you can do at home as well.
05:00There's many things you can do at home as well.
05:01There's many things you can do at home as well.
05:02There's many things you can do at home as well.
05:03There's many things you can do at home as well.
05:04There's many things you can do at home as well.
05:05There's many things you can do at home as well.
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