CIPA offers creatives funding
Friday, December 15, 2023 | 430 Views |
Mmolawa
The opening of the LTDF Open Call was officially opened on Wednesday. It is earmarked to run over a period of two months as it is slated to close the curtains on February next year. Speaking at the official launch of the LTDF Open Call 2023, CIPA chairperson, Gideon Mmolawa revealed that they last rolled out the initiative back in 2015.
He highlighted that this has not been their proudest moment as the initiative can help the creative industry reach the resounding success that it so much yearns for. “It has been really quite a long time since a last open call was issued.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...