Mission

Our mission is to promote children’s rights through the power of education and media. Guided by a human rights-based approach, we amplify kid’s voices, uphold their dignity, and help build a world free from child labor and modern slavery.

Impact

Media Voices uses films and documentary photography, youth magazines, and advocacy to amplify children’s experiences and to promote our 30 year-old education program.

Our award-winning documentary, Stolen Childhoods, narrated by Meryl Streep, has been viewed by over 100 million people worldwide.

Thousands of photographs and videos by our late colleague, Robin Romano, have been donated for public use.

Our founder, Len Morris received the Iqbal Masih Award recognizing his life’s work in raising public awareness about the plight of working children around the globe.

A Pencil in Every Child’s Hand

A couple of decades ago, filmmaker Len Morris and his crew witnessed scenes of children working on a coffee plantation in Kenya’s Rift Valley. When the cameras stopped rolling, compassion took over and sparked the Kenyan Schoolhouse program that has educated thousands of children who were once subjected to child labor.

This life-changing impact is possible with the support of our partners at The African Network for the Prevention and Protection Against Child Abuse and Neglect (ANPPCAN), whose field officers help bring hope!

Educational Resources

Our films

From the first film on global child labor, Stolen Childhoods, through our latest documentary, Vipi Watoto, our films explore children’s human rights.

The Curriculum

We also offer Childhood Unbound, an interactive high school curriculum covering the field of children’s human rights over seven units.

MVC Magazine

Our magazine is by and about youth, with articles and artwork contributed by young people around the world.

 All of this has been made possible by donations, large and small.

We are so grateful to our sponsors, and our community of donors.