Documentary Featuring CARE's Work in Bolivia Awarded Top Honors

ATLANTA (March 10) — A documentary featuring CARE's work to combat child labor in Bolivia has won a prestigious award. "Bolivia: Precious Metals, Early Death," by filmmaker John Goheen, garnered top honors from the National Press Photographers Association at the Best of Television Photojournalism 2006 Awards. The winners were announced Friday, March 10, at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Goheen's film profiles impoverished Bolivian families forced to send underage children to work under grueling conditions mining minerals and silver. Goheen interviewed children, parents, and community leaders, as well as staff of the international humanitarian organization CARE.

A documentary photographer and producer who has won multiple awards, Goheen shot the film on location in Potosi, Bolivia, in April 2005. According to CARE, an estimated 15,000 families are involved in mining in Potosi and surrounding communities, among them minor children working in life-endangering conditions. CARE is operating a four-year project with funding from the US Department of Labor to combat child labor through education and promote economic alternatives for youth.

Filmed in high definition, "Precious Metals, Early Death" was broadcast on the World Report program of the HDNet TV cable channel.

Click here and select "Documentary" to watch an online version of the film.

Media Contacts:

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Atlanta: Rick Perera, rperera@care.org, (404) 979-9453