“THE MONEY STONE”
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CONTINENTAL DRIFT MEDIA PRESENTS |
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A FILM BY STUART HARMON |
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SOUTHERN GHANA |
01:00:37,22 |
MAN |
All of you should wake up now. |
01:00:44,11 |
MAN |
We have to get to work! |
01:00:46,10 |
MAN |
Chiseler! Let’s
go! |
01:01:01,23 |
JUSTICE |
In Ghana here, what makes a person weak is… |
01:01:04,13 |
JUSTICE |
…money. |
01:01:08,15 |
JUSTICE |
If you don't have money |
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JUSTICE |
you won't survive here. |
01:01:12,07 |
MAN |
Hey! Are you playing dead or what? |
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JUSTICE |
But in our country, it is not easy to get money. |
01:01:27,06 |
JUSTICE |
We don't have any factories here. |
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JUSTICE |
We don't make cars, |
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JUSTICE |
we don't know how to manufacture |
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JUSTICE |
even a phone. |
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JUSTICE |
But we have the minerals. |
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JUSTICE |
So now I have a plan |
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JUSTICE |
to make it big. |
01:01:50,07 |
MAN |
Come and let's go down. |
01:01:52,07 |
MAN |
There's gonna be a ton of money in this hole! |
01:01:57,05 |
MAN |
We are going in the pits. |
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OVER THE PAST DECADE THE PRICE OF GOLD HAS SOARED |
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MAN |
Let's go! Let's go! Let's go! |
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THOUSANDS OF UNSKILLED MINERS HAVE FLOCKED TO THE GOLD
FIELDS OF GHANA |
01:02:16,17 |
MAN |
Are you going down or what? |
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THEY CALL THEMSELVES GALAMSEY, MEANING "GET RICH
QUICK" |
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THE MONEY STONE |
01:02:54,15 |
JUSTICE |
We call this the "ghetto." |
01:03:09,07 |
JUSTICE |
We'll go see where the money stone comes from. |
01:03:54,01 |
JUSTICE |
When we come here, we come here for stone. |
01:03:55,19 |
JUSTICE |
So when we come here, then... |
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JUSTICE |
...we don't even talk. |
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JUSTICE |
Because here is too... |
01:04:01,02 |
JUSTICE |
...something. |
01:04:02,15 |
JUSTICE |
I can't even tell. |
01:04:06,06 |
JUSTICE |
You see the place? |
01:04:09,07 |
JUSTICE |
You have to be cool and listen when... |
01:04:13,10 |
JUSTICE |
...maybe when you are cool, |
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JUSTICE |
when something's coming you can hear it. |
01:04:16,17 |
JUSTICE |
Then, you dodge yourself. |
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TEXT LOWER THIRD |
JUSTICE |
01:04:38,02 |
JUSTICE |
I just came here last week. |
01:04:47,19 |
JUSTICE |
My friends tell me money is here so I should come hustle
here because I need big money. |
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JUSTICE |
Some people say that gold is a ghost. |
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JUSTICE |
If you are lucky, then he show himself to you. |
01:05:20,18 |
MAN |
Right now you're entering the water level. |
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JUSTICE |
This is the house of stone. |
01:05:34,01 |
JUSTICE |
This is the one which the gold is in. |
01:05:37,13 |
JUSTICE |
That is the stone. |
01:05:39,11 |
MAN |
Money stone! Cash money! Cash money! Cash money! |
01:05:54,00 |
JUSTICE |
In galamsey mining, we have chiselers, ghetto owners,
locom boys. |
01:06:00,09 |
JUSTICE |
As for me, I'm a locom boy. |
01:06:07,14 |
JUSTICE |
We have the hardest job. |
01:06:12,11 |
JUSTICE |
This one is waste. |
01:06:21,06 |
JUSTICE |
A lot of the boys are kids like me who quit school to do
galamsey. |
01:06:26,10 |
BOY |
Hurry it up! |
01:06:28,20 |
BOY |
Keep the sacks coming! Look at this guy, he's tired! |
01:06:35,02 |
BOY |
Who says I'm tired? |
01:06:43,13 |
JUSTICE |
When the chiselers break the stone, the locom boys will
bring the money stone top to our ghetto owners. |
01:06:51,02 |
MAN |
That's good, that's good. |
01:06:57,07 |
GHETTO OWNER |
Atta! Bring it over here. Bring me a stone with gold in
it! Good money stone. |
01:07:29,20 |
JUSTICE |
Here is the gold. Those yellow particles. You know in
this world, gold is money. |
01:08:07,08 |
MAXWELL |
Playing through! Pass! |
01:08:18,15 |
MAXWELL |
I love football and try to practice as much as I can.
I'm known for being the fastest and the best scorer. It's hard work to be the
best. But the others don't know how to play as well as me. |
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MAXWELL |
01:08:45,05 |
MAXWELL |
This is our house, our cows. |
01:08:52,10 |
MAXWELL |
That's our... our garden. You see these? They're tomato
plants, but right now we can't grow any. It's difficult to live here if it
doesn't rain. We haven't had rain for some time now. |
01:09:16,22 |
MAXWELL |
This is my room. I study here. I love learning, but my
problems at home make it nearly impossible to keep up. |
01:09:36,04 |
MAXWELL'S FATHER |
Maxwell! You need to come and water the plants. Every
day you need to put water on the onions so we can get enough produce to sell. |
01:09:56,01 |
MAXWELL |
I'm the oldest of five children. |
01:10:01,05 |
MAXWELL’S MOTHER |
Mahmoud! Stop. Get over here. Run on over. |
01:10:10,19 |
MAXWELL |
My father works hard. He also puts a lot of
responsibility on me to help out. We try to survive and make a living from
farming, but it's difficult to feed our large family from just selling these
onions. |
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MAXWELL |
So my father also makes me work with him galamsey. |
01:10:49,17 |
MAXWELL |
I started mining gold when I was 11 years old. Then I
dropped out of school a year ago. |
01:11:02,21 |
MAXWELL |
I only have these tools, not the other heavy ones. I
didn't get all of them back. |
01:11:10,01 |
MAXWELL'S FATHER |
Why did you give them to our neighbor? You shouldn't
have given them to him because now we need them. |
01:11:25,10 |
MAXWELL |
Anytime I insist on going to school, my father gets
angry, saying it would be too costly to the family. |
01:11:34,08 |
MAXWELL'S FATHER |
I don't like people borrowing my tools. You have to go
get them tomorrow. You understand? |
01:11:50,08 |
MAXWELL |
Go down and wait for the tools. Here. You need to go
deep to where the stones are. Go down a bit further. |
01:12:05,06 |
MAXWELL |
I know I have potential. If I was still in school, I
could have been one of the smartest students. |
01:12:14,17 |
MAXWELL |
Have you reached the bottom? If you're having a hard
time, then let me come down and mine. |
01:12:21,17 |
MAXWELL |
My situation is not good, but what can I do? |
01:12:46,15 |
JAMES |
Have you guys been studying? Ok let me congratulate you! |
01:12:54,13 |
JAMES |
Principal Joe! How are you? |
01:12:56,21 |
PRINCIPAL JOE |
Very well. |
01:12:59,04 |
JAMES |
Nice to see you! |
01:13:00,22 |
JAMES |
So, father...Has your son Tebanyeh decided to come back
to school? |
01:13:07,08 |
MAN |
Yes...but if he's not doing well, I'll always say he
should come and help me work. |
01:13:16,00 |
JAMES |
Have you asked him how his studying is going? |
01:13:19,06 |
MAN |
Well, not much. |
01:13:22,17 |
JAMES |
You should make time to see his teachers to learn about
his progress and also make an effort to support him or else he will get
delinquent. |
01:13:41,20 |
JAMES |
My job is very difficult and very challenging looking at
the environment around here, |
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JAMES |
01:13:58,06 |
JAMES |
What's your name? |
01:14:00,08 |
BOY |
Tuleh. |
01:14:03,15 |
JAMES |
Let me help you dress, and become friends with you. |
01:14:13,03 |
JAMES |
I'm a field officer with AfriKids Ghana. |
01:14:19,02 |
JAMES |
Let's go. |
01:14:21,14 |
JAMES |
AfriKids’ intentions are to ensure that children are
kept away from mining. |
01:14:29,03 |
JAMES |
Our mission here today is to form a "Child Rights
Club." So that you educate yourselves as well as others on the dangers
of child labor. |
01:14:44,12 |
JAMES |
I'm always happy when I see a lot of children in school. |
01:14:50,09 |
JAMES |
Some bend down and some stand so we can get a good
picture. When each and every child is
educated, the country is opened up to so many opportunities. |
01:15:02,01 |
JAMES |
Ok, thank you. |
01:15:03,22 |
JAMES |
But it's not easy to get these children to school. |
01:15:22,02 |
JAMES |
Ghana has a lot of struggles. Most of the families outside the cities are
basically engaged in farming. And it's really difficult for families to meet
even the three square meals. |
01:15:50,19 |
JAMES |
About twenty years ago, mining came to this part of the
country. |
01:15:59,21 |
JAMES |
This place used to be a forest. But due to the discovery
of gold, we've seen a lot of
settlements here. |
01:16:12,08 |
JAMES |
It has brought about a lot in child labor. |
01:16:32,14 |
JAMES |
There are about 600,000 children all over the country
who are seriously engaged in mining. |
01:16:51,00 |
JAMES |
Little boy. Come let me chat with you for a while,
you're not in trouble. How are you? |
01:16:56,21 |
BOY |
Good. |
01:17:00,05 |
JAMES |
Have you been working underground? |
01:17:01,12 |
BOY |
Yeah. |
01:17:02,07 |
JAMES |
You've been underground. |
01:17:03,00 |
BOY |
Yes. |
01:17:04,05 |
JAMES |
How old are you? |
01:17:06,00 |
BOY |
Fifteen. |
01:17:06,21 |
JAMES |
You are fifteen. If you stayed home, won't your mother
be able to provide? |
01:17:12,09 |
BOY |
She tries but she can't find work. |
01:17:17,14 |
JAMES |
Do you have any brothers or sisters? |
01:17:20,17 |
BOY |
I am the oldest of several... |
01:17:22,00 |
JAMES |
You are the breadwinner? |
01:17:25,03 |
JAMES |
If you were given the support you need would you still
come back here? |
01:17:33,08 |
BOY |
No. |
01:17:34,14 |
JAMES |
Why is that? |
01:17:37,04 |
BOY |
If I had enough to live on, I'd never come back here
again. |
01:17:41,15 |
JAMES |
Take care of yourself. |
01:17:47,04 |
JAMES |
The boy's story, I feel it. I don't think the mining
site is a good place for young people. Sanitation wise, it's very poor. There
is a machine that grinds the ore. And then the particles in the yellow are
the gold. The mercury, that is what they use to gather the gold. Without mercury they cannot process it and
then sell. We know it is dangerous and it's poisonous too. Ghetto owners take
advantage of the children because employing them to come and work is very
cheap. |
01:18:55,06 |
JAMES |
Good afternoon. |
01:19:02,10 |
JAMES |
A lot of people have died, including children. Being a
native of this particular area, I feel very sad. and very bad. No child
should be made to undergo such kind of risk. |
01:19:24,23 |
JAMES |
Yes sir, Yin. How are you? |
01:19:27,04 |
BOY |
Yeah. |
01:19:29,13 |
JAMES |
My hope is that I should be able to see all the children
as teachers, lawyers, doctors. |
01:19:39,22 |
JAMES |
Take care. |
01:19:43,10 |
JAMES |
Gold is here. The brain is gold, if you are able to
develop the brain well educating the child. |
01:20:03,13 |
JAMES |
As a field officer I am responsible for identifying
children who had to stop school and then engage in mining. My plan is to visit Maxwell. He’s one of
the children who has been in a very difficult situation. |
01:20:37,15 |
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MAXWELL |
01:20:40,03 |
JAMES |
Good evening.
Nice to see you. So,
Maxwell...What grade are you in? |
01:20:51,16 |
MAXWELL |
I'm in JSS 1 [7th grade]. |
01:20:57,00 |
JAMES |
Where's your school? |
01:20:58,08 |
MAXWELL |
In Darega. |
01:20:59,06 |
JAMES |
Darega? Are you going to school right now? |
01:21:03,08 |
MAXWELL'S FATHER |
These days he doesn't go that often. Most of the days
that I work he comes to the mines with me. My wife can't work so I have to
support the entire family. My brother died and left his wife and children to
raise. What can I do? That's how it is. Sometimes I don't even have enough
money to feed the family. So if he goes to school, how will our family
manage? |
01:21:29,22 |
JAMES |
I can understand your situation. We know it takes many
hands to build a home. AfriKids gives help to parents and will give you help if
you promise to help us keep your son in school. On Friday, we are having a meeting at the
Logre Catholic School. There we'll discuss everything we offer to those in the
program. You should try to come. |
01:21:59,15 |
MAXWELL'S FATHER |
Right now I have a lot on my hands. I'm not so sure. |
01:22:04,03 |
JAMES |
You have to try to come and listen to find out what kind
of support we can offer so then everything will be clear. I have to go back
to work. We'll talk more then. Please
don't forget to show up. |
01:22:46,05 |
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JUSTICE |
01:22:55,09 |
GALAMSEY |
There's money in here.
Do you see all the yellow? |
01:23:00,11 |
GALAMSEY |
I see the gold. |
01:23:10,19 |
GALAMSEY |
Let me see. |
01:23:12,17 |
GALAMSEY |
There's lots of it here. |
01:23:13,18 |
GALAMSEY |
Plenty! |
01:23:20,17 |
GALAMSEY |
I'll kill someone for this! We have to fix it or whatever we store here
will get stolen. |
01:23:29,12 |
GALAMSEY |
When the money comes, you bosses should give the boys
some cash for food. |
01:23:40,05 |
GALAMSEY |
Bleeka bring me shovel, shovel, shovel. When I get money, I'm going to
America. New York City! |
01:23:52,17 |
GALAMSEY |
When we sell these stones, we should go drinking at the
hotel and enjoy ourselves! |
01:23:56,22 |
GALAMSEY |
When I get my money, I'm going to get some pussy! |
01:24:03,21 |
GALAMSEY |
We did well today so let’s relax! Turn it back to the station it was on
before. I've got weed, you want some? |
01:24:28,01 |
GALAMSEY |
This joint is all we need! He looks like Snoop Dogg! |
01:24:40,21 |
JUSTICE |
These guys love to spend their money and live the high
life. That's why they call themselves "Cash Money." They love to
blow their money on partying. |
01:25:00,02 |
GALAMSEY |
Cash money! Cash
money! |
01:25:04,01 |
JUSTICE |
They think they are pimps. They don't respect money. They can even throw 500,000 [$250] away
like that. But I'm not like them. I have to save because I got big problems. |
01:26:05,11 |
JUSTICE |
Brother. It's good to see you. |
01:26:09,04 |
JUSTICE'S BROTHER |
You too. |
01:26:09,05 |
JUSTICE |
How are you doing? Are you well? I don't know what he's
eating to grow so fast nowadays! He
used to be too small. I don't know
what he's eating to grow so fast nowadays. |
01:26:28,21 |
JUSTICE |
My junior brother had to leave school too. I won't allow
him to do this work too. Never. He's too young. |
01:26:57,07 |
JUSTICE'S FATHER |
It's a long time since I've seen you. Have a seat. |
01:27:01,08 |
JUSTICE |
My father and my mother have divorced and I'm the only
one taking good care of my father. He
just sells some cigars and other things. |
01:27:14,21 |
JUSTICE'S FATHER |
It's only this rent controller, Mr. Sabaca, who did this
all to us. It's a long story. But
because of money problems, he's doing that galamsey. It's a dangerous job. Sometimes you can die. Some die. Some are wounded,
and so on. But if he can get us a
little amount and put it aside then maybe he can attend secondary school
again. Because he's clever in school. |
01:27:42,19 |
JUSTICE'S FATHER |
When you left last time, you didn't send me anything. |
01:27:45,13 |
JUSTICE |
Dad, I wasn't working those days. The job is hard. |
01:27:48,12 |
JUSTICE |
My father don't want to work for anybody now because he
has been once a rich man before. |
01:27:53,10 |
JUSTICE'S FATHER |
You got money for me now? I need help. |
01:27:55,08 |
JUSTICE |
No, I will try to get some right away. |
01:27:58,13 |
JUSTICE |
I don't want him to be like the old people who are lying
in the streets. |
01:28:17,13 |
JUSTICE |
I know if I make it, I can change everything. I can
bring my family back, I can change everything if I make it. |
01:28:44,04 |
JAMES |
Bring the bicycles over here. |
01:28:50,10 |
JAMES |
Today is a big day because we are presenting items to our new beneficiaries. |
01:28:57,21 |
JAMES |
One, two, three. |
01:29:02,17 |
JAMES |
We were able to pick 150 children to put in the program. |
01:29:08,17 |
JAMES |
Hey can you help them out? |
01:29:17,02 |
JAMES |
In Ghana's educational system, parents have a lot of
expenses. Like uniforms, school bags, books, exams fees. |
01:29:28,18 |
JAMES |
I think … add these ones to the bags. |
01:29:34,08 |
JAMES |
And so some of the key needs are being provided to the
children. |
01:29:44,12 |
JAMES |
Mr. Martin!
Welcome. |
01:29:49,15 |
JAMES |
Sometimes it's difficult for families to stay in the
program because they need the children to work. And we are unable to meet every need such
as food and lost income. |
01:30:03,01 |
JAMES |
Welcome, thanks for coming. Please, have a seat and get comfortable. |
01:30:07,16 |
JAMES |
We understand this particular fear. But looking at the package for them to
receive we hope to convince them to stay out of mines. |
01:30:19,17 |
JAMES |
Good morning. How
are you? You are fine. Yes madam.
You are welcome. Welcome. |
01:30:44,01 |
MAN |
Please today we are about to start the program. Will you sit down quiet. |
01:30:49,21 |
SPEAKER |
Ladies and gentlemen child labor has become more or less
a canker in our communities. We are urging you and begging you, you want
galamsey but we are saying galamsey is not good the school is better than the
galamsey. We want to give children a
weapon for the rest of your lives.
With this number that we are going to support those in school are
going to be given the basic school supplies and their registration fees will
be paid for them. A few of them will
be given a bicycle to commute from home.
But you still have to support them. My dear parents you have a
commitment to make. So I want to plead
with you, let's give them all the needed support. Thank you very much. |
01:31:54,14 |
AFRIKIDS EMPLOYEE |
Maxwell Dokroug! |
01:32:05,23 |
MAXWELL |
When I went to the mines, I believe that God didn't
approve of that. He wanted me back in
school and that's why I've received this opportunity. Not everyone is so lucky. I hope my parents will one day be happy and
proud that even though I won't be able to help them as they would have wanted
I have chosen the best thing for myself which is school. |
01:32:33,14 |
MAXWELL |
Now I'm just waiting on the bicycle. As soon as I get
it, I'm sure not to hang out at the mines. |
01:32:40,21 |
AFRIKIDS EMPLOYEE |
We will add the basket to it for you later, ok? |
|
|
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01:32:43,19 |
JAMES |
It's yours, you can take it away now. Hey mister!
Before you go, you have to make sure your name has been written down. |
01:33:00,14 |
JAMES |
AfriKids is a very small organization, and the resources
too are very limited. |
01:33:07,02 |
JAMES |
Hey Abu, who gave these boys the bicycles? Take them back and leave them there. |
01:33:14,18 |
JAMES |
There are some bicycles but they are earmarked for who
those move a long-distance to school.
And so certainly some of these decisions on who and who to take
becomes difficult. |
01:33:31,10 |
JAMES |
Abu, do you know the total number that has taken the
bikes? |
01:33:35,16 |
ABU |
All of them. |
01:33:48,02 |
MAXWELL |
I'm happy I got all of these things from them, but not
getting the bicycle has dealt me a big blow. The school is far from my place,
that is the problem. So I'm going home like that. |
01:34:27,15 |
MAXWELL |
Mum, I am leaving for school. Can I have some money for
lunch? |
01:34:34,03 |
MAXWELL’S MOTHER |
Listen, this is all we have for five days of school. If you spend it all today, you won't get any more. You
see your brother is crying? If he needs something, what do I have to give
him? So spend it wisely. |
01:34:52,23 |
MAXWELL |
I won't spend it all. |
01:34:54,04 |
MAXWELL’S MOTHER |
You better not! |
01:35:12,13 |
MAXWELL |
Good morning. I'll be back later! |
01:35:34,13 |
MAXWELL |
If God helps me to finish high school. I'd like to go
into the army and become a soldier. The reason I want to be a soldier is to
stop people from cheating the poor farmers and workers in the village.Look
around, there are so many people here suffering and no one to help them. |
01:36:06,14 |
MAXWELL |
Good morning to you all! |
01:36:08,06 |
SCHOOLGIRL |
How are you? |
01:36:09,10 |
MAXWELL |
I'm fine, how are you too? |
01:36:16,23 |
GALAMSEY |
Everybody come up and get to work! Keep the sacks coming! Give me more rope! Bring up two bags at a
time. |
01:36:35,17 |
GALAMSEY |
Don't be lazy!
They're taking their damn time.
There it comes. Hey you guys,
come up here. |
01:36:50,05 |
GALAMSEY |
Our boss is coming, hurry up. |
01:37:05,09 |
GALAMSEY |
Let's see what we got. |
01:37:17,16 |
JUSTICE |
They are those who are doing the maintenance on the
underground. They work for the mining
company. They are repairing the
ventilation made by the BGL people. |
01:37:36,00 |
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MOST OF THE GALAMSEY WORK ON THE FRINGES OF FOREIGN
MINING COMPANY LAND JUSTICE’S “GHETTO” LIES ON THE EDGE OF A 1100 SQUARE KM
LEASE RUN BY GOLDEN STAR RESOURCES, KNOWN LOCALLY AS BGL |
01:37:48,01 |
JUSTICE |
Come and see something. |
01:37:53,23 |
JUSTICE |
This is these BGL people's underground ventilation. It
is about a thousand feet. The galamsey people used a saw blade to cut all
these irons. They go for a big stone, more than in our pit. It contains a lot
of money. You see those ladders? We call this "owuom paso," meaning
"dead place." Many, many people have died there. This is crazy! |
01:38:47,13 |
GALAMSEY |
Crazy, crazy. |
01:39:08,22 |
JUSTICE |
This is the pit of the BGL people. The government and
the mining companies will not give us land to work on so we have to work
illegally on the mining company's lands.
It is risky because when the BGL people catch you they'll even put you
in jail because they have enough money to do whatever they like to you. The
mining companies have the equipment, safety, training, investors, capital, everything. But in
the galamsey site we don't have such things.
They came here to take the gold
and they send it to America and
put the gold in their accounts. They will just keep the money and …
disappear. |
01:40:17,20 |
TEACHER |
So we talk about family systems. We are going to go
through and see how far you have understood the topic. |
01:40:24,21 |
MAXWELL |
Madame, I've been absent. For a while. |
01:40:29,02 |
TEACHER |
Maxwell you were not there? When you came did you
collect the notes and copy them? |
01:40:35,03 |
MAXWELL |
I didn't collect any notes. |
01:40:37,10 |
TEACHER |
After this you can now collect and copy. Maxwell, what
are you doing? |
01:40:49,15 |
MAXWELL |
Oh I wanted to move my books here and get the education
books. |
01:40:55,09 |
TEACHER |
Do it fast. |
01:40:58,13 |
MAXWELL |
I left school for one year and one month. So I'm way
behind in my studies. The fact that I quit school for so long has taken a
toll and I have to do the best I can to make it through. |
01:41:12,23 |
TEACHER |
How many types of family systems do we have? |
01:41:16,15 |
STUDENTS |
Two. |
01:41:19,14 |
TEACHER |
Who can tell us what a family is? What is a family? |
01:41:27,04 |
MAXWELL |
A family is a group of people who stay or working
together. |
01:41:37,17 |
TEACHER |
The true definition is a group of people who are related
by marriage, by blood, or by adoption.
Maxwell, do you understand? |
01:42:01,14 |
MAXWELL |
I really want to get a bike like this one. It looks very
nice and comfortable. How long does it take to ride this bike from home to
school? |
01:42:13,01 |
BOY |
It takes about 30 mins. |
01:42:16,22 |
MAXWELL |
It takes me about one hour to walk here from home. How much was your bike? |
01:42:24,23 |
BOY |
I paid C900,000 [$45]. |
01:42:25,23 |
MAXWELL |
C900,000 [$45]? You are pretty lucky. |
01:42:30,17 |
BOY |
Can I please have my bike back? |
01:42:57,09 |
MAXWELL |
Agana! Agana,
I've got a bowl. Don't let the food finish. I really want some spaghetti. |
01:43:07,15 |
AGANA |
Bring the money. It's C1000 [50 cents]. |
01:43:09,22 |
MAXWELL |
Please, I'm hungry. Agana, please save me from my
hunger. Agana, please I need some food. |
01:43:28,09 |
GALAMSEY |
Today we're gonna make some money! No more eating corn!
No plantains for us! |
01:43:41,21 |
GALAMSEY DRIVER |
Hurry and load up the bags. Let's get moving. |
01:44:00,14 |
JUSTICE |
Friday is our favorite day because Friday is breaking
day. We will get paid today. It is good because I'm having difficulties
with my father. Every day he calls me, "Justice I'm broke," and all
sorts of things. |
01:44:18,14 |
GALAMSEY |
Hey Kujo, take it one by one. Slowly, slowly. |
01:44:22,02 |
JUSTICE |
The ghetto owners share the load and everybody will take
his own and sell and get our money. |
01:44:28,05 |
GALAMSEY |
All this gold is going overseas to the white man! |
01:44:37,11 |
JUSTICE |
This our own load, the locom boys. The "Cash
Money" people's. This is the chiselers' load. And this is the load of
the owners. |
01:44:52,02 |
GHETTO OWNER |
We'll kill anyone who tries to steal our bags. |
01:45:01,11 |
LOCOM BOY |
How many bags are left for us locom boys? |
01:45:04,03 |
GALAMSEY |
You're asking me? Am I the only one that's been to
school? Haven't you been to school?
Don't you know what 115 minus 20 is? |
01:45:10,22 |
GALAMSEY |
You idiot! Your locom boy share comes out of the 115 so
it's two. So after that we have 113. |
01:45:18,06 |
LOCOM BOY |
I'm just trying to ask a question so don't be angry. |
01:45:19,14 |
GALAMSEY |
Shut up! |
01:45:21,08 |
LOCOM BOY |
What's your problem? |
01:45:22,17 |
GALAMSEY |
You keep asking stupid questions! |
01:45:24,12 |
LOCOM BOY |
Chill out, we're all figuring this out together! |
01:45:30,10 |
JUSTICE |
Hey man, set aside those bags. These five are for us!
Where are you taking our bags? Aren't those five ours? Hey! Those are ours!
Bring those back! Franco those are our bags! You guys don't get five! You
guys are taking too many! Quit trying to cheat us! Don't you see those are
ours? |
01:46:05,12 |
GALAMSEY |
Leave those alone. If you come closer we'll cut you to
pieces! Hey get away from my bags! What are you doing? Move the fuck out of
the way! Back off! Don't fucking come over here! I'll beat all of you! |
01:46:23,22 |
JUSTICE |
Hey! Are you taking my shit from me? What are you doing?
We're not getting our pay! |
01:46:31,04 |
GALAMSEY |
The locom boys aren't getting their share! |
01:46:38,10 |
JUSTICE |
There's no more? It's finished? There's no more left? |
01:46:58,15 |
GALAMSEY |
Hurry up and let's go! |
01:47:12,11 |
JUSTICE |
The owners are evil. They're cheating us. |
01:47:56,20 |
ACTION |
Nice to see you. How is your family? |
01:48:00,23 |
MAXWELL |
They're fine. |
01:48:03,21 |
MAXWELL |
Action is a rich man. He got wealthy from running a lot
of the gold mines around here. |
01:48:12,02 |
ACTION |
So Maxwell, I want us to talk. So you were working the
mines and now you've left and gone back to school. I gather that your parents
told you to stop mining? Or did you decide to stop on your own and go back?
Which is it? |
01:48:32,18 |
MAXWELL |
I decided to stop on my own and go back to school.
Children like me need to go to school so they can grow up to be responsible
and successful. |
01:48:44,14 |
ACTION |
Since your parents know what you earned from the mines,
why did they let you leave and return to school? How did you convince them to
let you go back? |
01:48:53,23 |
MAXWELL |
I spoke to them, and they understood my situation ... |
01:48:58,05 |
ACTION |
Lift up your head! |
01:48:59,12 |
MAXWELL |
I've spoken to them and they weren't bothered by it. They said they'll keep working hard for the family. |
01:49:07,13 |
ACTION |
What will your parents eat now that you've stopped
mining? What kind of son are you to put your family in such a situation? You can't make money while in school. Who's going to pay your parents'
debts? Four boys recently left your
school and came to me for jobs in the mines. You should also leave school and
come work with me. Do I look like I'm suffering? |
01:49:33,20 |
MAXWELL |
No you're not suffering. |
01:49:34,21 |
ACTION |
No? So you should quit school and come help your family.
That's why I want you to join me so you can provide your parents a better
life. I'll make you my assistant and take you to the gold office in the city so that you'll see how much more profitable it is to be
a gold miner. |
01:49:58,02 |
MAXWELL |
Right now I need to read my books and finish my
homework. |
01:50:03,11 |
ACTION |
I know that you might change your mind and want to come
back. So take down my number and call me when you're ready to come work. |
01:50:34,08 |
MAXWELL |
Action's wealth has made him very popular in the
community. He's generous and many
people come to him for advice. His
offer has me feeling torn about school. |
01:51:21,02 |
MAXWELL |
Hi Dad, how are you? |
01:51:22,14 |
MAXWELL’S FATHER |
I’m managing. |
01:51:24,06 |
MAXWELL |
How are you mom?
Today I learned a lot at school. But I was starving all day during class and it was
really difficult to do my work. |
01:51:37,11 |
MAXWELL’S FATHER |
Should your mother bring you some food? |
01:51:39,07 |
MAXWELL’S MOTHER |
I don't have any food to give him. |
01:51:41,07 |
MAXWELL’S FATHER |
But didn't you make food? |
01:51:42,11 |
MAXWELL’S MOTHER |
What food? I don't have money to grind the corn. I'm
sitting here with no money. This
little child hasn't even eaten today.
We're both sitting here with nothing. |
01:51:53,11 |
MAXWELL’S FATHER |
I want him to go to school, you hear? But I don't have
the means. I can't work all alone and then be expected to feed everyone. |
01:52:36,23 |
JUSTICE |
I feel very bad, very weak too. It's no good. |
01:52:54,09 |
DOCTOR |
What's wrong with you? |
01:52:55,19 |
JUSTICE |
Something is paining me in my ... testes. |
01:52:58,18 |
DOCTOR |
For how long has it been? |
01:52:59,23 |
JUSTICE |
For one week. |
01:53:00,23 |
DOCTOR |
One week? |
01:53:02,02 |
JUSTICE |
One week today. |
01:53:04,16 |
DOCTOR |
Is it swollen? |
01:53:06,01 |
JUSTICE |
Yeah. |
01:53:08,00 |
DOCTOR |
Let me have a look. |
01:53:20,11 |
DOCTOR |
I think you have orchitis. Right orchitis. It's an inflammation of the
testicle. And it normally happens as a result of … sexually transmitted
diseases. Fortunately, it can quickly be handled with medication. Still, it
would be better if you stop the galamsey activities. |
01:53:50,19 |
DOCTOR |
The galamsey, they are exposed to so many dangers. We have so many galamsey activities taking
place in our immediate vicinity. Per month, more than fifty can be brought to
the hospital. They need help. They may know how to dig for the gold, but
they are not protected from the harmful effects of their work. You can die. |
01:54:49,05 |
GALAMSEY |
Come to the surface! Come to the surface! |
01:54:54,08 |
JUSTICE |
Be careful! |
01:54:56,17 |
GALAMSEY |
Take your time going up. |
01:55:04,20 |
GALAMSEY |
You're standing there talking! You're foolish. Shut up
and get up here! What's taking you so long? |
01:55:12,22 |
JUSTICE |
Oh shut up! If you don't like what we're doing then come
down and work yourself! |
01:55:18,06 |
JUSTICE |
This work is much harder than I ever imagined. |
01:55:22,00 |
GALAMSEY |
Bring the stones up here! Let's go! Hurry up the work! |
01:55:28,11 |
JUSTICE |
The ghetto owners bully people here. |
01:55:30,22 |
GALAMSEY |
Quit acting like idiots. Do you think we're playing
here? |
01:55:35,07 |
JUSTICE |
They will pay you little money to work very hard for
them without thinking of your future. |
01:55:41,09 |
GALAMSEY |
Hurry up! I thought you guys were strong. |
01:55:48,01 |
JUSTICE |
I wish I could have stayed in school. |
01:56:07,13 |
MAXWELL |
Mum, you have enough greens for today. Leave the rest
for tomorrow, okay? |
01:56:13,07 |
MAXWELL’S FATHER |
Is it enough? |
01:56:14,11 |
MAXWELL |
Yeah. |
01:56:20,12 |
MAXWELL |
Sometimes I feel like I'm the only one responsible for
the future of my family, like everything rests on my shoulders. Most of the time I don't even want to think
about school because I'm frustrated at how much of a burden it's put on our
family. |
01:56:57,13 |
MAXWELL’S MOTHER |
I need some money to buy fish for the soup. |
01:57:00,00 |
MAXWELL |
Mom, just add some spices. That'll be enough. |
01:57:09,07 |
MAXWELL |
When Action rebuked me by saying, "what kind of a
son stays in school while his parents are suffering," that really upset
me. I really love my parents and I don't want to disappoint them. |
01:57:27,23 |
MAXWELL |
Take it slowly. |
01:57:41,18 |
JAMES |
Greetings everyone. I hope you're all well. Hello
father. I came to check on you and your son.
How are you today? |
01:58:00,01 |
MAXWELL |
I'm OK. Do you know what happened? I was studying my
books under a tree when Action came over on his motorbike. He kept putting
pressure on me to leave school and to come work at the gold mines with him. |
01:58:17,10 |
JAMES |
I see. Stay strong and don't accept his words.
Otherwise, you'll regret it in the future. With God's help, step by step you'll eventually achieve
greatness. Trust me, with time things will start to get better. |
01:58:34,15 |
JAMES |
Father, can we talk?
Action, his advice is not good, and Maxwell shouldn't listen to him. He could work at
the mines for months and never see a piece of gold. But then one day, he
could lose his life because of someone's error or a natural catastrophe. Maxwell's still only a child with a lot of potential in
school. |
01:59:04,06 |
MAXWELL’S FATHER |
Action's a wealthy man and he helps many people. He's become really successful in his mining work and he doesn't like to lose. When you've come to this
house, have you seen another man here? My brother just died and his wife had
a baby. You see the misery we are in. But what hurts me is that
Action looked down on my family. That wasn't good. I'm not happy that Action
tried to disgrace me in front of my son. I'm poor, but that's not OK. |
01:59:38,20 |
JAMES |
These are the things I wanted us to talk about. In life
you're torn by choices. Some here,
some there. Choices here, choices there. And the way the mind works … There's
an old tale about parents who left their house with money on the table. They
left the money sitting there, and their child became so hungry that he felt
like he was starving. So the child had the idea to take the money and buy
food. But then he had another thought, that he should leave the money alone.
One part of him said "take the money," while the other part said,
"if you take the money they'll call you a thief." And the two
thoughts kept fighting each other, "take it or leave it, take it or
leave it." And then all of a sudden the child screamed, "I'm not
going to take the money!" |
02:00:31,02 |
MAXWELL’S FATHER |
Yes. these are the thoughts that flood everyone. We're
all often torn between two things. And it's always better to be on the
winning side. |
02:00:37,01 |
JAMES |
Yes ...I thank you for listening. |
02:00:51,02 |
JAMES |
I personally, I know what the family is going through
now. Because I also used to do galamsey. |
02:01:10,06 |
JAMES |
I was young, a student. My family was very poor. I
didn't inform them. I thought I was doing my best to get back to school and
then settle my school fees. |
02:01:35,05 |
JAMES |
I was working for about a month. About five of us boys were inside the
pit. Then we experienced some little
drops of soil falling from above. We
would just hear the sound like an explosive.
Whoomp! The whole pit started
caving in. We were just panicking and trying to see if we could find our way
out to escape the cave in. It was like after climbing one step, it would just
fall. Just following us like that. I
was very afraid that I miss a step, that means it would be over. |
02:02:34,06 |
JAMES |
Finally, I struggled my way out. My whole body was
shaking. In fact, I couldn't control myself. I think it was through the
miracle of God that I and my friend, we were able to escape the cave in. But
the three others ... everything just collapsed on them. The boys just died on
the spot. I can, I can just picture those three boys, their faces. And I just
ask myself as it happened to the other three colleagues, if it had been me. |
02:03:52,01 |
JAMES |
When I came home and then told my story I remember my
father told me, “does it mean they would have found out only by seeing my
dead body at home?” I said, “yes.” If
I had died, where would the family have been today? I was lucky to have a
father who values education. So I was able to complete school. I don't want
to see somebody who was at my age dying in a pit. |
02:05:18,05 |
GALAMSEY MAN |
The police came very early this morning to arrest
everyone working here. There were
soldiers and police with heavy vehicles! They came at dawn and arrested
several of us. Many were taken. Twenty-three people were arrested and brought to court. |
02:05:37,20 |
JUSTICE |
So many people ... |
02:05:46,00 |
JUSTICE |
How's high school going? |
02:05:47,08 |
BOY (GREEN SHIRT) |
School? School's going well. These days I'm all about my
studies. |
02:05:51,04 |
JUSTICE |
If your heart is set on finishing, you will. Work hard
and everything will be OK. |
02:05:55,13 |
BOY (GREEN SHIRT) |
Thanks. I really hope to do well and advance. |
02:05:57,23 |
JUSTICE |
After completing school, what do you want to do? |
02:06:03,08 |
BOY (GREEN SHIRT) |
I want to work for a mining company and go far. |
02:06:07,01 |
JUSTICE |
Ah I see, with prayers and determination everything will
be OK. |
02:06:11,05 |
BOY (GREEN SHIRT) |
And you, how's the job going? |
02:06:13,22 |
JUSTICE |
The job is tough and I really don't like it. |
02:06:17,13 |
BOY (GREEN SHIRT) |
But don't you need the job to save for your future
plans? |
02:06:22,01 |
JUSTICE |
There's work to do but it's difficult to earn enough to
save for the future. And I'm always
having to take care of my father. |
02:06:42,20 |
JUSTICE |
Without his own business a man is nothing. |
02:06:48,01 |
BOY (GRAY SHIRT) |
It's time to liberate ourselves. We have to be our own
bosses. In this world if you work for
someone and he doesn't reward you, the job becomes a curse. |
02:06:58,15 |
JUSTICE |
You're speaking the truth. |
02:07:20,02 |
JUSTICE’S FATHER |
Welcome! What do
you have for me today? |
02:07:32,05 |
JUSTICE’S FATHER |
That's it? I was hoping for more. |
02:07:35,14 |
JUSTICE |
Please, that's all I have. |
02:07:44,15 |
JUSTICE |
I don't like coming here. It makes my morale go down and I feel
ashamed and really bad. You are not working.
You should find a good job and stop gambling with killers and youths. |
02:07:58,11 |
JUSTICE’S FATHER |
It's true that I gamble, I buy food. |
02:08:00,14 |
JUSTICE |
What do you use for the gamble? What money do you use
for it? |
02:08:03,19 |
JUSTICE’S FATHER |
I used to sell cigarettes, but that business is not
doing enough. |
02:08:09,13 |
JUSTICE |
I don't see any effort to make that I'm going to work
and other things. |
2:08:14,00 |
JUSTICE’S FATHER |
I want to open some drinking bar, for that If I use it I
can save small, small, and do whatever I want to do. |
02:08:22,05 |
JUSTICE |
When will you get the money to open that bar? |
02:08:24,20 |
JUSTICE’S FATHER |
That's right, this is the time you ask me this question. |
02:08:28,05 |
JUSTICE |
We don't have the correct education, background to get
enough money to give it to you to open a bar. |
02:08:34,20 |
JUSTICE’S FATHER |
So I am fighting. |
02:08:37,19 |
JUSTICE |
I don't want my father to be a beggar. |
02:08:40,16 |
JUSTICE’S FATHER |
I'm not a beggar. I don't steal. I am not a bad man. I
am a good father. |
02:08:59,23 |
JUSTICE |
It seems like that is my problem, my father is my
problem. He knows that he has children
there which have strength and working and giving him money so that's why he don't want to work. I'll just leave his life for him and just
focus on my life. |
02:09:53,08 |
MAXWELL’S FATHER |
Hello everyone.
I'm Maxwell Dokroug's father and I'd like to speak to his teachers. |
02:09:57,20 |
TEACHER |
Please have a seat. |
02:10:01,17 |
MAXWELL’S FATHER |
I came to inquire about my son. If there's anything you
want to talk to me about concerning him, don't hesitate to discuss that with
me. |
02:10:10,01 |
FEMALE TEACHER |
When he first came back to Form 1 [7th grade], he was
failing and couldn't keep up with the other students. So he wasn't doing
well, but now he's showing improvement. However, these days he comes very
late and when you ask him he says his home is very far and he has a lot to do
before coming to school. So he has a lot of tardies on his record. |
02:10:47,19 |
MAXWELL’S FATHER |
That's why I came, so that you'll know who Maxwell's
father is and I'll know what's going on here. If I didn't take his schooling
seriously I wouldn't have left my work to come here. I'm concerned about him
so I'll try talking to him. |
02:11:00,14 |
MALE TEACHER |
You have to come often. Let him study at home too since
he's not so good in class. |
02:11:15,14 |
FEMALE TEACHER |
Excuse us. This is Maxwell's father. I'd like him to sit
in and observe how he's doing. |
02:11:34,11 |
MAXWELL’S FATHER |
Thank you. |
02:11:49,18 |
MAXWELL’S FATHER |
Are you not writing?
You're not writing anything? Why are your books in your bag and not on
the table? You should be writing. Where is your pen? |
02:12:23,08 |
MAXWELL |
I had it this morning but now I can’t find it. |
02:12:58,17 |
MAXWELL |
Where's dad? Good
afternoon. |
02:13:05,12 |
MAXWELL’S FATHER |
Have you seen Action today? |
02:13:07,08 |
MAXWELL |
No. |
02:13:08,11 |
MAXWELL’S FATHER |
Are you sure? |
02:13:09,01 |
MAXWELL |
Yes. |
02:13:10,01 |
MAXWELL’S FATHER |
He's looking for you and I don't want you to see him. |
02:13:12,04 |
MAXWELL |
Really? |
02:13:13,00 |
MAXWELL’S FATHER |
Really. |
02:13:14,04 |
MAXWELL |
When was this? |
02:13:15,13 |
MAXWELL’S FATHER |
Earlier today. What do you think he wants from you? |
02:13:21,09 |
MAXWELL |
I don't know. |
02:13:22,10 |
MAXWELL’S FATHER |
I don't want you to look for him. Are you listening to me or hoping to go
with him? |
02:13:27,04 |
MAXWELL |
You of course. |
02:13:28,07 |
MAXWELL’S FATHER |
I know he wants you at the mines. You've taken your mind from the pits and I
won't let you be talked into mining. |
02:13:34,20 |
MAXWELL’S MOTHER |
Listen to your father.
Why should he even come here?
You should focus on your schooling. |
02:13:40,02 |
MAXWELL’S FATHER |
Do you understand? He wants to use you, that's why he
keeps checking on you. |
02:13:44,21 |
MAXWELL’S MOTHER |
That's why your father is warning you. |
02:13:46,05 |
MAXWELL’S FATHER |
I know him better than you do. |
02:13:48,06 |
MAXWELL’S MOTHER |
Take note, son. |
02:13:49,12 |
MAXWELL |
My legs hurt badly, and I want to go inside. |
02:13:58,01 |
MAXWELL’S FATHER |
I want you to listen to me. Sit down so I can finish. You're not going to leave school and go
back to the mines. I don't want you to
go, hear me? The truth is I feel
responsible for pulling you out of school.
And what hurts me most is that if you don't do well and can't get a
job after it would all be a waste.
We'll be here for you so don't let Action or anyone else deceive
you. Don't let anybody change your
mind about school. We'll be OK and
won't starve. Do you understand me? |
02:14:36,10 |
MAXWELL |
Yeah. |
02:14:38,08 |
MAXWELL’S FATHER |
Now, finish your homework and get ready for school
tomorrow. You need to make yourself
better. OK? |
02:14:48,03 |
MAXWELL |
OK. |
02:15:09,03 |
JUSTICE |
That looks tiring. |
02:15:12,22 |
GALAMSEY |
Take it over there so we can fix it. Where were you yesterday? |
02:15:17,11 |
JUSTICE |
I was here. But
when the machine broke we couldn't work so I left. |
02:15:22,05 |
GALAMSEY |
Just because the pump is down doesn't mean you shouldn't
be working! |
02:15:28,03 |
JUSTICE |
I've been doing galamsey now for many months. |
02:15:31,18 |
GALAMSEY |
I think this cable's bad. I think it needs a new capacitor. |
02:15:36,08 |
JUSTICE |
Yeah it could be the capacitor. |
02:15:38,13 |
JUSTICE |
I stopped doing the locom boys job and I joined the
pumps operators. That work is
important more than locom boys because when I'm not there the work will not
go on. |
02:15:53,21 |
GALAMSEY |
Don't waste your time turning it on here. We'll have to turn it on when the pump goes
down anyways. Your brain should tell you that you can't run the pump
outside. This is an underground
machine. We'll be lucky if the machines don't burn out. |
02:16:10,10 |
JUSTICE |
I still have the wish like I could stay in school and
make it big like those in universities.
Because sometimes when I saw my schoolmates, some of them are working
in the big companies, some are teaching, some are teachers and other things.
Actually I thought about it again and said, "no!" There are a lot of people which haven't been to school
but they have made it. I'm getting
older and want to have a family and I don't want my own kids to suffer the
way I have. I want to put something in
the ground so that people will see what I am capable of. |
02:17:30,12 |
JUSTICE |
Hey friend! Can I chat with you? Friend, I'd like to
learn how to run this machine. |
02:17:38,18 |
AFRIKIDS EMPLOYEE |
Good morning everyone.
I wanted to just do a shortly debriefing and see what is next. James
start. |
02:17:46,10 |
JAMES |
Dokroug, Maxwell.
I interacted with the father to ensure that he provides some
guidance. The family is on board. |
02:17:57,07 |
AFRIKIDS EMPLOYEE |
Alright. |
02:17:57,23 |
JAMES |
Maxwell gave an application for a help. |
02:18:02,18 |
AFRIKIDS EMPLOYEE |
OK. Read it out. |
02:18:05,16 |
JAMES |
Dear sir, the problem I am facing now I have no bicycle
to go to school and most of the time I have to be late. I hope and pray that you will come to my
aid again. Thank you, yours
faithfully. |
02:18:25,11 |
AFRIKIDS EMPLOYEE |
It all boils down to the fact that we are unable to
raise enough funds to get a bicycle for all those in school. |
02:18:34,09 |
JAMES |
But the distance to school is actually far and it takes
him not less than one hour to school. |
02:18:45,08 |
AFRIKIDS EMPLOYEE |
We will have to see, to be sure of their interest, and
their readiness to try and finish up their education. Whether the work has improved, we'll see what we can do. |
02:19:39,13 |
TEACHER |
So I want to ask you all, since all these are different
religions, do they all worship the same God or different Gods? How are the
faiths different? Maxwell? |
02:19:51,01 |
MAXWELL |
Solo worship is the act of worship that has … one … one
worship. |
02:20:00,12 |
TEACHER |
One person. |
02:20:01,16 |
MAXWELL |
And mass worship is the act of worship … which involves
two or more peoples. |
02:20:12,17 |
TEACHER |
That is OK. So you have now understood. |
02:20:33,00 |
JAMES |
Good afternoon. Your application, I read it. We are
discussing things with each other. |
02:20:40,17 |
MAXWELL |
Let me show you something … Look at this. For this week
... that's our assessment. |
02:20:52,22 |
JAMES |
So you scored seven over nine. You've had some
improvements. |
02:20:58,21 |
MAXWELL |
Yes. |
02:21:00,05 |
JAMES |
Ok. You keep the hard work. |
02:21:01,15 |
MAXWELL |
Ok, yes. |
02:21:03,13 |
JAMES |
It’s like you are hungry? |
02:21:05,20 |
MAXWELL |
Yes. |
02:21:06,05 |
JAMES |
You have to get home and then put something in your
stomach. |
02:21:09,11 |
MAXWELL |
OK. |
02:21:11,00 |
JAMES |
Alright then. Thank you. |
02:21:13,23 |
MAXWELL |
Thank you because ...you are standing with me like this. |
02:21:17,09 |
JAMES |
Don’t worry. |
02:21:53,15 |
JUSTICE |
I can't say my life would be better if I had went to
school. But I feel like … happy. |
02:22:12,05 |
JUSTICE |
Sometimes I say, "whoa! So is this me?"
"Is this Justice going to get money from the bank?" It is good to
see. |
02:22:26,19 |
JUSTICE |
I'm still doing the galamsey, but it looks different. |
02:22:39,18 |
JUSTICE |
What's up boss? Yessir, boss. |
02:22:45,12 |
JUSTICE |
It is much safer than going underground. |
02:22:50,21 |
JUSTICE |
Is all this ready to be mined? |
02:22:52,17 |
GALAMSEY MAN |
All that load is ready to go. |
02:22:54,10 |
JUSTICE |
Wow that's a lot of load! It's no joke! We can do this
easily with our excavator. |
02:23:06,09 |
GALAMSEY MAN |
With two or three machines we'll be rich overnight. |
02:23:11,11 |
JUSTICE |
I'm planning ahead, big things ahead to buy a house, to
marry, to father a child and other things. I feel like a man. |
02:24:03,15 |
JAMES |
Max, surprise! |
02:24:12,06 |
MAXWELL |
Really? |
02:24:16,01 |
JAMES |
Sir, that is his gift.
He is a good boy. |
02:24:25,17 |
MAXWELL’S MOTHER |
Hopefully you now see the benefits of wanting to stay in
school. |
02:24:33,08 |
JAMES |
So, today we brought this bicycle for you to run faster
to school and back, study your books without hesitation, and to stay focused
in making our dreams come true. We
believe that your future will be well and we'll all be witnesses to your
success. I also promise that we'll continue to make lots of visits to Maxwell's
school and speak with his teachers often. Thank you all for your help. |
02:25:00,19 |
MAXWELL’S FATHER |
Yes, indeed. |
02:25:06,22 |
MAXWELL’S MOTHER |
Thank you very much. We are very grateful. We appreciate
you coming and making efforts to help our situation. I've been worried about
our son. Our situation is miserable and your help is very much appreciated.
God will reward you greatly. Thank you. |
02:25:23,14 |
JAMES |
Ride the bike and come back and tell us if you like it. |
02:25:30,15 |
MAXWELL’S BROTHER |
There he goes! I wish I could also get one. I'm happy, oh, I'm happy because my senior
brother got a bicycle. I know he will
take good care of the bike. |
02:25:45,05 |
MAXWELL |
This bike has made me very happy and I feel like I'm
riding into the clouds. |
02:26:04,12 |
JAMES |
What the future of a community will be depends on the
children. |
02:26:18,03 |
MAXWELL |
Have you seen my new bike? |
02:26:19,19 |
GIRL |
That's yours? |
02:26:22,11 |
MAXWELL |
I love it very much! |
02:26:24,06 |
GIRL |
That's good, you deserve it. Good luck at school. |
02:26:29,03 |
JAMES |
Ghana still has a long way to go. But we are trying to
make headway. |
02:26:49,20 |
HEADMASTER |
This is your bicycle? It's a nice bicycle. From now you
have to always come to school and learn hard. |
02:27:27,16 |
JUSTICE |
The gold is in our land. Gold is in our land. Those who
live by the ocean undertake fishing. So gold is good for Ghana. Mining is good for Ghana. And it's been good for me too. It is still not perfect, but we want to
work with it because it is what moves our country forward. They should allow
galamsey people to do the work and show us the way so that we can train and
do the work properly. Because without the mining, how could I have become
such a person with a very poor background? |
02:28:34,21 |
GUY ONE |
My ancestors I am sitting here beseeching you, for God
to help me with my gold mining. |
02:28:45,01 |
TEXT FULL SCREEN |
JAMES LEFT AFRIKIDS IN 2018 AFTER THE NGO ENDED THE
CHILD MINING PREVENTION PROGRAM |
02:28:50,20 |
GUY ONE |
Many believe that gold can save them from poverty. For
gold is so precious, gold is so precious, it helps many achieve their dreams. |
02:29:02,18 |
TEXT FULL SCREEN |
HE’S NOW A DISTRICT ASSEMBLYMAN AND THE FATHER OF TWO
SONS |
02:29:10,02 |
GUY ONE |
The life of gold has captured my family. Gold mining has
taken over the minds of my people but it's not what I love to do. |
02:29:21,16 |
TEXT FULL SCREEN |
MAXWELL’S FATHER DIED IN A CAR ACCIDENT IN EARLY 2017 |
02:29:28,11 |
GUY ONE |
It talks to us and glitters for us, "shining,"
that is what we have named it. For we
have named the precious gold, "shining." |
02:29:41,05 |
TEXT FULL SCREEN |
MAXWELL STAYED IN SCHOOL AND IS STUDYING TO BECOME AN
ELECTRICIAN |
02:29:48,10 |
GUY ONE |
The miners who work the pits know the job best. I tell
you that those who do the work in the mines, they work hard for their families and their communities. |
02:30:01,10 |
TEXT FULL SCREEN |
JUSTICE NOW OWNS A TAXI AND A SMALL CLOTHING SHOP |
02:30:08,00 |
GUY ONE |
Mining is the only job that can help our community. It's
the one that provides money and goods for the people of our towns. That is
why the foreigners want it so much. |
02:30:21,00 |
TEXT FULL SCREEN |
HE ALSO EARNED AN EXCAVATOR LICENSE AND WORKED FOR A
FOREIGN MINING COMPANY IN GHANA |
02:30:28,15 |
GUY ONE |
I must return to the mines whether I like it or not, for
it is the only job that can help our people. Gold. |
02:30:40,19 |
TEXT FULL SCREEN |
IN 2018, GHANA’S MILITARY LED A NATIONWIDE CRACKDOWN ON
GALAMSEY, RESULTING IN THE ARRESTS OF HUNDREDS OF MINERS |
02:30:48,10 |
TEXT FULL SCREEN |
YET TODAY, UP TO ONE MILLION GALAMSEY STILL DIG FOR GOLD |
02:31:01,02 |
CREDITS |
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