Saturday, April 14, 2012

Hollywood award and a letter from Al Gore!!!

We are all celebrating after animated documentary, “I wish I went to Ecuador”, made by 360 children to raise awareness of deforestation in Ecuador and the work of their school teacher to preserve them has landed the award for Best Foreign Animation in the Youth Fest category of the prestigious Hollywood International Family Film Festival!

The film, which has been receiving awards from around the world caught the eye of Al Gore. He explained:


The film tells the story of the life changing expedition of their primary school teacher, Mrs Jones, to the Andes, the Cloud Forest and the Rain Forest and charts her realisation that she needed to do something to help preserve it.
Victoria says the experience has changed her life for the better.“Little did I think when I stepped onto that plane [to Ecuador] that it would turn out like this. I was just going to go away for two weeks, have a good time, find out a few bits about another country and it’s just changed my life, for the better, and hopefully it’s going to change loads of lives, it’s going to change the way we think about our role. It’s going to change the way that children, who live in an inner city area can make a difference to children right on the other side of the world.”

One Hull of a Rainforest aims to raise approximately£250,000 to purchase and protect 100 hectares of land which lie at the heart of the Maquipucuna reserve.

Natasha Banke from One Hull of Rainforest says the global attention is “absolutely incredible” and stresses the organizations message is vital for people outside across the world. “It isn’t just about people in Hull making a difference. It’s about people globally making a difference. “Hopefully people from all over the world will now look at our website and learn more about One Hull of Rainforest and maybe schools globally will start something similar to what we are doing in Hull.”
The film is now being shown at some of the leading environmental film festivals worldwide and can be viewed on YouTube.

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