Still, the children are here

The plight of the Garos people of Meghalaya in north-east India and related threats to indigenous knowledge important to the preservation of the world’s rice varieties are explored in a new documentary film produced by acclaimed Indian filmmaker Mira Nair.

Directed by Nair’s long-time collaborator, filmmaker Dinaz Stafford, Still, the children are here has its world premier at the Romaeuropa Festival. Meet Nair, Stafford and others involved in the creation of this unique documentary at a special press conference Wednesday, 19 November at 13:00 hours in the Palladium Theatre, Garbatella.

Media Briefs for IFAD's Anniversary Session of the Governing Council

 

• Press Release: Development Experts Focus on Enabling the Rural Poor to Overcome Poverty as Key to Achieving the Millennium Development Goals of Halving the Proporation of People Living in Extreme Poverty and Hunger by 2015
• Plenary panel discussion on Achieving the Millennium Development Goals by enabling the rural poor to overcome their poverty
• Roundtable Discussions:
  • Indigenous Peoples and Sustainable Development
  • Promoting Market Access for the Rural Poor in Order to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals
  • Transforming Rural Institutions in Order to Reach the Millennium Development Goals
  • Women as Agents of Change

Honouring the achievements of the rural poor people - selected photographs

• IFAD created a set of postcards for its Twenty-Fifth Anniversary in 2003 to honour the achievements of rural poor people. The Rural Poor is about the people IFAD serves – their lives, the places they call home, and the many obstacles they face in a world of poverty where even small achievements are immense personal victories.
• Selected Project Photographs
• Curriculum Vitae of IFAD President, Mr Lennart Båge and high resolution photograph (2.4MB)