Photos: Anita Erskine, NAFTI To Give Over 50 Young Women Free And Subsidized Education
Pan African Media Maven, Anita Erskine and the National Film Television Institute (NAFTI) have formed an historic 10-year partnership that will fuel the ambition of some young African women, who have a deep desire to revolutionize Africa’s Film and Television Industry.
The partnership was influenced by the Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs) #4, #5 and #9 – Quality Education, Gender Equality and Innovation
and Infrastructure respectively.
The partnership, which will see the release of a series of
scholarships, tuition bursaries, Internship opportunities and Short Film
Project Funding, will have recipients and beneficiaries who have
demonstrated brilliance and an eagerness to pursue Film Directing and
Television Production but who are clearly at a socio – economic
disadvantage such as poverty, disability or displacement (as in the case
of Refugees) to name a few.
These funds will be released by Anita Erskine Media each year and
will enable the beneficiaries to access education at NAFTI, at no or
subsidized cost to them.
The Internship opportunities for the students will be provided and
brokered by Anita Erskine Media and its partner TV networks and Film
Studios around the world.
“NAFTI believes in impressing on its students that film and
television are expressions towards the development of the intellectual,
philosophical and cultural ideals of our people. As a result, NAFTI
recognizes the importance of training not just media artisans, but
scholarly professionals who can critically reflect on the African
society and provide images and creative representations that enhance the
Africa identity. So while professional training constitutes the
Institute’s core work, its curricula continues to be a unique blend of
scholarship inculcation and professional development,” said Dr. Samuel
A. Nai, Rector, NAFTI.
This is the first time a woman in the Media and Communications
discipline in Ghana, has collaborated with an Institute in the Creative
Arts and Audio Visual Production field in Ghana.
“Meanwhile, there is also an entirely new army of Women rising. They
want guidance, need support and crave every help they can get. Sadly
many, lack the funds required to facilitate their dreams and ambition.
On another hand, the SDG’s are a clear challenge to each of us to
empower and change our communities for the better. I am deeply
passionate about Education for Women so I am confident that this
collaboration with NAFTI will make an immense contribution to very
fabric of our nation on so many levels. Our beneficiaries are between
the ages of 17 and 23 and come from across the continent. Africa’s
emergence depends on this kind of collaboration. And I thank God that it
is lifting off today,” says Anita Erskine.
Erskine’s focus on Girls Education began as a personal effort which
was initially inspired by her work with Discovery Learning Alliance –
the non-profit wing of global communications giant, Discovery
Communications. Now, as an intercontinental advocate for Girls
Education, Erskine’s resilience in this particular effort is to elevate
Women around the world to allow Girls of all ethnicities to access
Education.
The potential recipients will come via recommendation from schools
and communities and will be screened by the Anita Erskine Media Board in
tandem with NAFTI’s senior management.
The first batch of recipients will be announced in June 2018.
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