Unreported World: India: Slumkid Reporters

Reporter Mary-Ann Ochota and director Suzie Samant travel to Delhi to meet the remarkable children who run the only newspaper in India campaigning on the problems that street children face. Vijay Kumar, who's 18, is the Chief Reporter for Balaknama, which translates as 'Children's Voice'. He tells Ochota that he wants to give power to children whose stories don't get told and who wouldn't trust reporters from mainstream publications. The team attend Vijay's editorial meeting with his reporters: slum children from across Delhi. The story ideas for the next edition come from their personal experience, for example beatings by police or homes being flooded. As well as Delhi, Children's Voice covers stories in four other northern cities.