Name: Beatriz Rosenburg
Title: Children Programs Coordinator, TV Cultura
Country: Brazil
Biography
Beatriz Rosenberg is the Children Programs Coordinator for TV Cultura, the largest public television station in Brazil. There she has been responsible for series like Ra Tim Bum Castle, Cocoricó, Glub-Glub, among others, some of them awarded with national and international prizes like The New York Festival and Prix Jeunesse. She also works as an expert in educational entertainment for children and as a media consultant for several organizations related to children’s welfare and health.
Now she is developing a new attractive puppet series for children age 7-11 with Brazilian typical characters about sustained development.
Name: Aadielah Maker
Title: Senior Manager, Soul Buddyz
Country: South Africa
Biography
Aadielah Maker manages the award winning Soul Buddyz Series which targets 8 – 12 year olds and is made up of the following components: TV, radio, print and Club.
Soul Buddyz Series includes drama and an actuality programme named Buddyz on the Move (BOM). The Soul Buddyz drama series and BOM have won internationally acclaimed awards.
Aadielah has her Masters in Community Health from the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. She is an activist by nature and was involved in student and youth politics, which spilled over to health and development in the early 1990s.
She has worked in the field of youth, sexual health and development for the past fifteen years. Her involvement in HIV started as a volunteer whilst at university.
The highlight of her AIDS campaign work include being involved a campaign with Nelson Mandela, getting a major newspaper to include condoms in its publication and working on Soul Buddyz.
She has been nominated for the Shoprite/Checkers Woman of the year award in 2007.
