1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Do you care about Africa? Do you want to fight poverty and win a prize? 2 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:12,000 Then take part in the European Commission's Development Youth Prize. 3 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:19,000 When my mom realized that I had won the trip to Africa, she was a bit jealous. 4 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:28,000 You can win a trip to Africa too. Have a look at dyp2007.org. All the information's there. 5 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:32,000 Are you creative? You're interested in what the EU is doing for overseas aid? 6 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:38,000 Then this competition is made for you. 7 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:45,000 Hi, I'm Gerli Nugis from Estonia. I am one of the winners of the Development Youth Prize 2006. 8 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:53,000 Gerli, who is now a journalism student, took part in the competition, and she won a five-day trip to Rwanda. 9 00:00:53,000 --> 00:01:00,000 The Development Youth Prize is a competition organized by the European School Net and the European Commission. 10 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:07,000 The competition is meant for the students aged 16 to 18 all over Europe. 11 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:16,000 All you have to do is enter a piece of artwork which demonstrates creatively how you perceive overseas aid, like Gerli. 12 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:22,000 The problems of Africans are like facts that enter the one ear and exit from the other. 13 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:34,000 But from the competition, I learned that you have to knowledge the problems before you can actually solve them. 14 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:36,000 This is her work. 15 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:40,000 In Africa, springs disappear before you can notice them. 16 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:47,000 When we ourselves know that they have the problem, we can help. 17 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:53,000 Gerli wasn't the only winner. Each of the 27 member states chose a prize winner. 18 00:01:53,000 --> 00:02:03,000 I absolutely love the cartoon, which was made by the students from Slovenia. 19 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:13,000 Then this Wake Up Africa idea with a coffee cup, which was made by Kate from Latvia. 20 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:20,000 In November 2006, Gerli and her history teacher went to Brussels and met the other prize winners. 21 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:25,000 I had so much fun meeting the other contestants, I mean the winners and the runner-ups. 22 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:32,000 We had this midnight night tour, which I'm not sure I can tell about. 23 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:35,000 But it was fun. 24 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:41,000 Six months later, all the prize winners joined Louis Michel, the commissioner, on an official visit to Rwanda. 25 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:46,000 During those five days, Gerli made friends with Rwandan students, met the president, 26 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:52,000 and visited quite a few projects which receive European overseas aid. 27 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:56,000 The Nkunda Bana project touched Gerli most of all. 28 00:02:56,000 --> 00:03:04,000 The point of the project was to take care of the children who lost their parents during the genocide. 29 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:12,000 The trip also allowed her to talk to the commissioner and understand what he wants to achieve. 30 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:20,000 Her memories of this trip will always stay with her. 31 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:27,000 I spent two days to do the work, but what came from it has been the experience of my life. 32 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:29,000 It has been wonderful. 33 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:35,000 I definitely learned what development cooperation means. 34 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:41,000 It's nice to know that in every country of the European Union I have a place to sleep. 35 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:45,000 So I have a friend in every country. 36 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:51,000 If you want to present your vision of development and take part in the Development Youth Prize, you know what to do. 37 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:54,000 Register at this address.