LENGA UGAIDI NA TALANTA COMPETITION

Lenga Ugaidi na Talanta is an initiative that seeks to channel youth creativity towards countering the violent extremist narrative. This Short Film, Poetry and Music competition targets youth under 35 years in the fight against Radicalization, Violent extremism and Terrorism.

The first edition of the competition – held in July 2017 – was a great success attracting hundreds of youth across the country under one cause

“To Fight Violent Extremism“.

This years competition started on September 1st 2020. In a bid to engage and build a wider and more inclusive community, video submissions from other East African countries Djibouti, Somalia, Ethiopia, Puntland and Somaliland were accepted. Winners of the competition were announced on 16th October 2020, check out our winner’s section to view the winning films.

CATEGORIES

THEMES

YOUTH RESPONSIBILITY IN THE FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM

This is the general responsibility of the youth in the fight against terrorism and violent extremism. Submitted products are expected to highlight these responsibilities.

ELIGIBILITY

Must be 35 years and below

RULES

1. Create a short video of not more than Five (5) minutes that highlights the following theme:

Youth responsibility in:

a) Countering Radicalisation, Extremism and Terrorism

b) Effectively and responsibly responding to terrorist attacks

2. All submissions should adhere to Copyright laws.

3. The video can be in form of Animation, Illustrations or use of Actors and submitted in any format on:

• WhatsApp or Telegram on 0770 886 246/ Google Drive – lengaugaidi@gmail.com

4. Use of humour, emotional appeal and logic is allowed in production.

5. All entries will be judged by a process in which qualified panels of judges will evaluate the eligible entries.

6. All costs associated with the production are solely the responsibility of the entrant.

7. Upon submission, the organisers may use the products in other counter terrorism messaging during and after the competition.

8. Winners will be announced in an open forum that will be held on 22nd October 2020.

N/B: There will be NO gala for this year’s edition. Winners will publicly announced on our social media accounts and on the website; awards will be delivered to the winners or collected from our offices.

9. By participating, entrants agree to these official rules, which are final and binding in all respects.

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