Exposure 115 (web)

Supplement inside explores the tragic effects of male suicide

Contents & contributors P 4-5 What’s happening

P 6-7 Beat the meat

P 8-9 Agony

Ella

Natasha

Paulina

Symi

Ruth

Rexha

Minto

Bytniewska

Finnigan

Ogundamisi

P 10-11 Shadey business

P 12-13 Gallery

Plenty

Linda

Max

Joelle

Tampwhuo-Eyab

Tigrine

Ferreira

Selt

P 14-15 Un-beaten

P 16-17 Dying trade

Naomi

Jessica

Talia

Tolu

Tamar

King

Samuels

Olomade

P 20-21 Around the world

P 22 Where are they now?

Obi

Greta

Sara

Sthefany

Okoro

Neli

Fiku

Luna

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Issue 115 Autumn 2013 If you’re serious about not wanting to flip burgers for the rest of your life call Exposure:

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Dere When we’re faced with an ethical conundrum, how do we know what is right and what is wrong? For example, if you know that Primark clothing comes from what many think is modern day slave labour, at what point does our internal ‘moral compass’ click into gear and we choose not to shop there?

The moral compass is a sense of direction that determines our intentions and actions into two categories: right and wrong. But one person’s ‘right’ can often be very different from another’s.

Some people do bad things, but remain guilt free, whereas others struggle with the guilt of their actions. Maybe it’s that anticipated guilt that affects the decisions we make. Maybe it’s the community we grow up in and the values we’re taught, perhaps replicating

the actions of our parents.

There’s no way to be able to know for sure. Ultimately though people make decisions that they feel comfortable with, and it differs for everybody. In this magazine there’s numerous examples of how and why people have made decisions based on their morality, while attempting to instil ‘decency’ in others.

We have articles about the fur trade, veganism, and an 8-page supplement on male suicide. All real, all relevant, and all worthy of your attention.

“Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.”

Mark Twain

Hornsey Parochial

what’s SEARCH YOUR SOUL “Why are you stopping me? What did I do wrong?” If you’re innocent these questions are no doubt running through your head as the police stop and search you. You probably feel intimidated, angry, and act defensively. “What’s their problem?” You think. “Why are you stopping me, and not that boy over there?”

These are all relevant questions, but you should also ask yourself “what are my rights?” and “how do I behave to make this easy on myself?”

Exposure has been commissioned by Haringey Youth Service to make a short film telling you everything you need to know about Section 60 (the stop and search law).

Starring rapper, presenter and personality, Poet @PoetsCornerUK, the film will be entertaining, short, and hilarious.

It’s not just aimed at young people. We’ll have a few things to say about how the police can change the way they behave when conducting a stop and search.

If you would like to get involved, or have an opinion on Section 60 contact us on

info@exposure.org.uk or call 020 8883 0260.

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Ella

GETTING SHIRTY!

Natasha

Joelle Selt, one of our young designers, had

some

amazing

news

recently.

She picked up a Jack Petchey Award for being persistently excellent while volunteering at Exposure. As a bonus she received a cash prize as well! So being the good egg that she is, Joelle decided to design a t- shirt for Exposure and have it printed!

Look above! There’s Gideon and Greta sporting the design. They’ve got theirs because they completed Exposure’s media award. Hopefully they’ll be wearing them when they’re working at the BBC. To get involved email info@exposure.org.uk or call 020 8883 0260.

VALUE LIFE Exposure has received the honour of being voted ‘Outstanding

Organisation’

by

Gladesmore

Community School in Tottenham and has been presented with a ‘Value Life’ award. Out of everything we’ve won over our 17-year-long reign in north London, this is certainly the most gratifying. It’s wonderful to know that Gladesmore think so highly of us; the feeling is mutual!

To spice things up, Exposure Development Officer Flo Codjoe picked up the award from none other than Tottenham Hotspur legend Ledley King, ooh la la!

Our connection with Gladesmore goes back a long way. Their music teacher-maestro, Ty Lowe, who was behind ‘Everybody Dreams’, the inspiring response to the Tottenham riots, volunteered with us as a youngster!

Once again, thank you to everyone at Gladesmore Community School. We feel so humbled to receive such tremendous endorsement of our work. We’ll endeavour to keep it up!

Natasha Minto

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Live life on the veg: the world depends on it – Paulina Bytniewska Tormented animals scream in agony as they’re violently slaughtered. That’s the reality of the meat industry.

I was 11 when I discovered the harsh reality of meat production. It left a huge impact on me. I refused to contribute to something so inhumane and immoral, deciding never to eat animals or use animal derived products again. Almost five years later, I’m glad I made that decision.

Since then I’ve spent days researching animal welfare. I encountered horrific footage of how animals are treated and used, or rather mistreated and abused.

suffer from problems such as coronary heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes. The AHA also carried out recent studies that show vegans can live up to ten years longer than meat-eaters! So, contrary to common belief, veganism

Recent studies show vegans can live up to ten years longer than meat-eaters!

I’m not only talking about the meat industry, but also for fashion, medicine and cosmetics. On a daily basis, animals are forced to endure excruciating pain for our pleasure and benefit.

I’m a vegan. This means I don’t eat or use animal derived products – milk, cheese and eggs included. People often ask me “how do you get all the nutrients you need?” or “isn’t this bad for you health?”

These are just myths about veganism.

Medical specialists from the American Health Association (AHA) say that vegans and vegetarians are much less likely to 6

and vegetarianism are actually beneficial for your health, it can even improve your immune system.

Another misconception about veganism and vegetarianism is that you can only eat vegetables. Actually you don’t have to eat more greens to maintain a balanced diet. There are countless other things you can eat to stay healthy.

Supermarkets are full of meat and dairy substitutes that have excellent nutritional value, and even taste the same or similar to meat (depending on who you speak to!).

Also there are loads of meat dishes,

Paulina

which can be made vegan by simply replacing or removing the meat and dairy. My personal favourite is lasagne.

When I became a vegan I figured that I couldn’t eat it anymore since it traditionally has cheese and meat. But I found a simple vegan recipe online, and now I can eat lasagne again completely guilt free.

Apart from being of benefit to animals and yourself, veganism is also good for the environment. The meat industry is a huge contributor to deforestation due to the need for farms, slaughterhouses and growing crops to produce feed for livestock. Then there is the pollution created by distributing meat all over the world. This leads to a loss of biodiversity and, since there are fewer trees to absorb carbon dioxide (a greenhouse gas), less oxygen is produced, accelerating the effects of global warming.

According to the Protection and Ethical If you’d like to find out more on this subject visit www.vegansociety.com

Treatment of Animals (PETA), a meat eater’s diet is responsible for over seven times as much greenhouse gas emissions than a vegan’s diet!

Most people decide to go vegan or vegetarian for ethical reasons. Even though vegetarianism isn’t necessarily a moral decision, in my opinion, everyone should ask themselves this: is it right that animals are exploited and/or deprived of bare necessities and ultimately their life, just because you want to eat meat?

Becoming vegan or vegetarian is simple! It takes a bit of planning and some changes. PETA even offers a free vegan/vegetarian starter kit to get you going! By ditching meat, you’re doing the animals, yourself and the environment a favour.

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Compiled by Symi Finnigan and Illustrated by Ruth Ogundamisi.

I’m moving to another area of London with my parents soon and have to start a new school. I’m really nervous about it. I’m having panic attacks and waking up in the middle of the night worrying and not being able to get back to sleep. I’ve told my parents, but unless they say I can stay at my old school I don’t know what can help.

You are about to face some major life changes that are bound to make you anxious and feel as though nothing can help. It’s important that you talk to family and friends so that they can understand your feelings and fears and so you’re not dealing with them alone. You may also find that this helps you manage your feelings better. There are tips online, just google ‘managing anxiety’ for lots of useful information. If you still feel you are struggling, you may want to get some help from a service like Open Door.

I’ve become obsessed with how I look. My hair is never perfect, I never wear enough makeup and I’m always wearing the wrong things. I feel like nothing’s ever good enough. I’ve started going days without eating to get thin, but it’s never enough.

I know what I’m doing is risky, but I don’t care. I need to look good.

Sometimes when we become ‘obsessed’ with how we look, it can be hiding a deeper feeling of not being ‘good enough’, or ‘wrong’ as you say. There may be more to the way you feel about yourself, which may be difficult to figure out. The fact that you are not eating for days is worrying but it is good that you see it as a problem since this is the first major step in resolving it. I advise talking to a counsellor at Open Door, your GP or another local service, to get some support before the obsessive thoughts begin to severely restrict your life.

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Symi

Ruth

Open Door counselling service provides the answers to the problems featured in Agony.

Call them on 020 8348 5947, email enquiries@opendooronline.org or visit www.opendooronline.org

I’m 15 and have been with my boyfriend for a couple of months. My parents don’t know about it. I haven’t told them because they’ve said I’m too young for boys. I really like him, love him even. I don’t want to go against my parents. My guilt consumes me when I’m with my parents and boyfriend.

Sometimes parents find it hard to adapt to the rapid changes in their teenage children. Try approaching them in a way that you can talk about relationships, they may see that you are mature enough to make your own decisions. It is interesting that you are ‘consumed’ with guilt. Ask yourself, is there a part of me that really believes that what I am doing is wrong? Remember, it’s important to feel confident in your choices. It’s the start of becoming more independent from your parents.

I’ve been feeling very low recently.

Hopeless even. I wake up each day not wanting to get out of bed. I don’t see the point in anything; going to school so I can go to college then to university... for what?

I don’t understand what my role is or why I’m here.

You’re describing symptoms of depression. This is something that many young people experience and you can certainly get help for your feelings. You could contact a counselling service such as Open Door, or visit your GP who will know about other local services. You could also spend some time thinking or talking to friends or family about why you are feeling hopeless.

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Plenty Tampwhuo-Eyab – it don’t matter if you’re white slave masters to rape their female black or light slaves, which created light-skinned Recently a black boy approached my friend on the street and started talking to her. She was flattered obviously. That was until he said, “you’re pretty for a darkie still.”

A darkie…

‘Shadism’ isn’t defined in the Oxford Dictionary, but is widely understood to be a bias based on the skin tone that identifies a group or individual. So black people are no longer just black, but a shade of black. The boy who approached my friend, was being racist, even if he didn’t know it.

I’ve been aware of shadism since joining secondary school. I saw it happening around me where it hadn’t in primary school, so I assumed it was a recent phenomena. Actually though, shadism stretches back hundreds of years. In the early 1900s in America they

babies. These babies had European features and found that they were given preference over black slaves for ‘easier’ jobs, like maids and servants. The lighter house slaves, according to civil rights activist Malcolm X, looked down on the darker field slaves. Perhaps this is where shadism was established.

Fast-forward 150 years and the rivalry is alive through social media. It’s not uncommon to see people posting #teamlightie or #teamdarkie on their pictures or posts, with light skinned people considered to be the best looking. So while in slavery it was about quality of life and civil rights, shadism these days it’s simply about how attractive you are.

This division within a racial group is nonsense, especially with something as superficial as looks. Black people fought long and hard to be considered equal

Black people fought long and hard to be considered equal along with white people, and yet now we find it so easy to create division, racism and a hierarchy along with white people, and yet now we among ourselves had something called ‘The Paper Bag’ test. Regardless of your wealth, if your complexion was lighter or the same as a paper bag then you were allowed into prestigious social events along with the upper classes.

In times of slavery it was common for

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find it so easy to create division, racism and a hierarchy among ourselves.

There are even shadist terms, which are in themselves racist. Calling someone ‘blick’ because they are dark-skinned, or ‘yellow’ because they have light skin is offensive. For me, this is the worst kind of racist; those that are dividing and cat-

Plenty

egorising their own race.

Why is it that if a white person called a black person ‘blick’ they’d be quickly called racist, and probably in some cases be beaten up. But if a black person says the exact same thing, nothing happens.

Are they not both guilty of the same sort of racism?

Modern media is probably mostly responsible for what propels shadism these days. Look at how beauty is perceived for black people. You have Beyonce, whose features and hair are so European that she might as well be white, and then there is the blatant whitening of her skin on magazine covers. This not only encourages an unhealthy ideal of

what is beautiful, but also encourages people to change to be like her – the murky world of skin bleaching anyone?

There is a cliché that ‘beauty comes from within’. There is truth in that. But more importantly by believing in that you’re going to be less likely to criticise others for being slightly different from you, or engage in dubious practices to become ‘better’ looking.

Be proud of your skin colour. This is you. But more importantly be a decent human being and be proud of those around you. Treat everybody with the respect they deserve.

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Gallery

Linda

Untitled Linda Tigrine Digital photograph

Untitled Linda Tigrine Digital photograph Send your artwork to: Exposure, The Bigger Shoe Box, Muswell Hill Centre, Hillfield Park N10 3QJ or email: luke@exposure.org.uk.

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Max

Joelle

Autism: school of thought Max Ferreira Digital illustration

Drug warning Joelle Selt Digital illustration

Send your artwork to: Exposure, The Bigger Shoe Box, Muswell Hill Centre, Hillfield Park N10 3QJ or email: luke@exposure.org.uk.

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Concept by Jessica King photograph by Talia Samuels

Naomi

Talia

Jessica

Naomi Tamar fights back against domestic abuse I was 17 and in my first year in college when I got into my first serious relationship. Everything was great at the start. I never expected it to turn out so bad. And why would I? Who knew that domestic violence and abuse happened to teenagers?

Domestic violence can happen to anyone. And it’s actually common, especially in young people, to miss the signs that tell you ‘this isn’t right.’

When I look back I can see where it started. Back then though I would make excuses for what was happening to me; I would ignore my instincts. I mean why would the guy that I love and who loves me back want to cause me pain!

He would tell me not to go to college and stay with him. I thought he wanted me to spend time with him. That he

They got worst.

This went on for three years. A few times, during particularly explosive arguments, the police were called. But I would always drop the charges and go back to him. It’s difficult to explain, but when you’re in an abusive relationship it’s almost impossible to accept what’s going on. It’s harder to leave than to stay.

Then I fell pregnant. It was around this time when I came across a book one day.

Inside there was a passage where a lady was telling her abusive husband how she felt about what he was doing to her. It then suddenly hit me, for the first time, that I was this woman. I was a victim. I was being abused. For the first time ever, I was a victim of domestic violence/abuse.

I got out. I left. And I spoke to people that helped me.

Then came the hitting, and then the biting, and Women need to know that one in four worse still missed me. I know now that he wanted to stifle my development. This is where the controlling started.

Once he’d stopped me from leaving, the next thing was putting me down.

He made me feel horrible about myself.

He would call me ‘ugly’ and ‘useless’.

We started to argue often. And the more we argued the more intense the rows became. But “it’s okay” I thought, “This is just what relationships are like.”

Then the physical abuse began. During our arguments he began to break his own stuff. Then, after a while, he would break my stuff. Then he would blame me for getting him so angry. In hindsight I know this isn’t true, but at the time I believed him. I was the cause of this or so I thought.

Then came the hitting, and then the biting, and worse still. But by this time he had so much control over me that I didn’t really understand what was going on. I didn’t realise what he was doing to me, why he was doing it, and how wrong it was. I just believed at the time it was my fault, that things would get better.

will become a victim of domestic violence and abuse in their lifetime. I felt so alone and so ashamed. And I had no clue that there was help out there. As soon as I got out I began to feel strong again.

I tell this story in hope of raising awareness of domestic abuse, in the hope that a girl might read it and act. If any of what I have written rings true to you then help is out there. There are people who will understand what you are going through.

There is life after domestic violence and abuse and I am proof of that.

Naomi Tamar has published a leaflet with advice and guidance which you can download www.betterdaysfightagainstdv. weebly.com/

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Tolu Olomade says where’s your ethics fur f**k’s sake Oh, the exquisite Chanel jackets… the luxurious Prada bags… the ‘to die for’ Jimmy Choo shoes…

Sounds like a voiceover soundtrack to the movie ‘The Devil Wears Prada’.

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Today’s generation is successfully being hypnotised by the materialistic whirlwinds of high fashion, unable to see the true cost of these garments.

Many people see fashion as a personal expression and some as a way to make dough. However, fashion hides a much darker side. One element of this is known as the fur trade (cue dramatic dum-dum-

Tolu

dummm and lightening effect).

Among us are people who either wear fur freely or those who just don’t understand the big kerfuffle. It’s okay; I’m here to educate you and this is a learning process.

I believe that buying fur is unethical.

There is nothing #yolo about animal made garments. Practically everything about it is wrong, but there are two horrendous effects of wearing fur for fashion.

Our desire to own a piece of fur clothing results in the torture and murder of millions of animals. Animals are captured, left to suffer for days, dying from blood loss, dehydration, gangrene

causing further pollution. The industry is about profit, and it’s clear that very little thought goes into the welfare of animals or the environment.

I’m utilising horrific imagery in my writing for your own good (as well as it being an effective trait for a persuasive article). I’m exposing the deluge of nightmarish cruelty here!

Celebrities such as Cruella de Vil… sorry Vogue fashion editor Anna Wintour, continue to act without shame in the belief that fur is a symbol of excessive wealth, prestige and power.

People of the United Kingdom! We need to ignore Wintour and support fashion icons like Joanna Krupa who are

Our desire to own a piece of fur clothing results in the torture and murder of millions of animals and additional fancy-worded-disordersthat-you’ve-probably-never-heard-of.

They are captured in a steel-jaw Conibear trap that crushes their necks with 90 pounds of pressure per square inch and/or trapped in water-sets, which cause animals to struggle for 10 excruciating minutes before drowning.

That’s not to mention how the production of fur damages the Earth and contributes to climate change, land devastation, pollution and water contamination.

According to PETA, Denmark’s fur trade industry results in the killing of approximately 14 million minks each year, releasing 8,000 pounds of ammonia into the atmosphere, which is polluting the air.

Once an animal has been slaughtered and skinned, its fur is treated with a soup of toxic chemicals and other bleaching agents used to preserve and dye fur If you’d like to find out more on this subject visit www.peta.org.uk

anti fur and who back PETA’s ‘I’d Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur’ by stripping down to raise awareness of the fur industry.

For the people now thinking me a ‘kill joy’ or a ‘dream crusher’, I love you too, but honestly there are alternatives to fur, leather, and wool! There are sustainable and renewable materials like hemp, cotton, bamboo, linen and ramie that you can get from Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger and Gap. This horrific, gory and gut-wrenching reality of these poor creatures needs to be realised by designers and retailers, and it’s up to you to choose wisely when buying.

Say no to fur! You’ll be supporting the fight against torture for pleasure, and in doing so promoting the importance of animal wellbeing. Racoons being slammed into the ground *BAM*, foxes caught in traps, necks broken *CRUNCH*, seals being clubbed to death before being skinned *THUD*…. all for a bloody coat.

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On the one hand growing up is difficult Diana Baukerte I picked up the guitar after my brother, who’d played it effortlessly, had put it down. I wanted to be able to play like him, but I quickly realised that my left hand just wasn’t ‘right’ for the job. It was the same guitar my brother had begged my parents for, for Christmas.

Since then, despite wanting to learn how to play myself, I couldn’t. Being left handed means I’d have to go through the laborious and fiddly process of re-stringing it each time I wanted to strum a few notes.

I stared enviously. He made it look so easy. The look of admiration was plastered on the faces of everyone in the room.

They were proud. His best mate gave him the thumbs up, and, knowing why I was angry, nudged me and whispered, “He’s my right hand man.”

Rage flushed through me, I felt like

Lefties also write differently. Our view of the words on the page as we are writing is blocked by our left hand, so we have to position our head differently to see what we are doing. I suppose that looks a bit odd.

Also some left handed children will ‘mirror write’ which means writing back to front or in reverse. You can imagine what the other kids might think. Most grow out of the habit though, but some don’t…

Leonardo da Vinci is a famous lefty who wrote most of his personal notes in mirror, only using standard writing if his work was likely to be read by others. This might have been because he was lefthanded but many possibilities have been suggested. For example, smudging ink while writing, something which us lefties are very familiar with. He must have been just as frustrated as I am while writing.

It seems as though lefties were always victims of this cruel right-handed world.

The Bible contains roughly 25 unfavourable references to left-handedness.

We’re constantly made to feel ‘evil’;

Some Victorian schools in England would force lefthanded people into using their right hand breaking my brother’s arm off!

You probably think that a little severe, but, according to the September 2012 issue of The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, us unlucky lefties are more prone to negative emotions and are “quicker to anger”.

I remember the nightmare that was nursery. All the other little boys and girls would get along just fine when cutting out little Easter bunnies to stick on pieces of card for their mums and dads. Yet there I was, struggling to cut paper without injuring myself. Teacher handing me a pair of left-handed scissors and saying they were only for me. I made sure I was the first to grab them in future, but it sometimes meant fighting over them with the other kids. That familiar feeling of anger and frustration seeding itself. People didn’t understand; “sharing is caring,” they would say.

that using one’s left hand is the mark of the Devil.

Admittedly, it never actually says that in the ‘Holy Book’ but it does portray negativity to lefties which feeds opinion.

This may be the reason why some Victorian schools in England would force left-handed people to use their right hand. Their left hand was tied to the chairs and occasionally the good old ruler was used to give a sharp painful smack to enforce discipline.

Luckily for me and the other 10% of the population who are left-handed, times have moved forward and lots of products are on the market that makes life easier.

But there are still plenty of frustrations to contend with, and the anger as a result of years of this frustration remains. So the next time you think about crossing a lefty you’d do well to remember that!

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what’s orld

Around the w

USA Hacker verbally abuses toddler through baby monitor USA

A disgusted couple from Houston, Texas were horrified to find that their baby monitor had been hacked by a man who is not yet known, after they heard him verbally abusing their two-year-old daughter. The hacker shouted expletives and sexual terms but did not wake the baby as she is hearing impaired. It was discovered when the child’s father heard a male voice coming from the family’s baby monitor, which was connected to the internet. The investigation into who this man is and how he was able to hack into the family’s baby monitor continues.

Great Britain Baking saves lives

USA

The number of people suffering from depression in the UK has risen by half-a-million within the past three years, according to data from the NHS. To combat this an unusual method of helping with this condition instead of medicine has been approved by doctors: baking. Winner of last year’s Great British Bake Off, John Whaite gave his opinion, saying, “Baking helps lift my depression.

It can’t cure it but it helps it.”

Whaite believes it helps the individual to feel in control, which is important as a key element of his condition is that he feels no control over it.

Baking has been known to have lots of benefits and treating depression could be one of them.

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Obi

Greta

Sara

Egypt Muslim Brotherhood

USA

On Sunday 18 August, 36 members of the Muslim Brotherhood were killed outside of Cairo on transfer to a prison as they attempted to escape. The detainees were part of a group of radical religious extremists who were known to preach controversial political and religious views in Eygpt’s capital. The Egyptian government have branded the Muslim Brotherhood as a radical terrorist organisation who aim to convert non-Muslims to Islam through violent protests. These protests have led to rioting against the police and now the army, causing havoc.

The Government have declared that all the brotherhood leaders are in prison or in hiding, while the Egyptian Military perceives the group as an obstacle for any future plans for democracy.

Vietnam Real life ‘Tarzan’

USA

Zanzibar Young volunteers

USA

attacked with acid

On 7 August, two teenage girls were attacked with battery acid on the east African island of Zanzibar.

Kirstie Trup and Katie Gee, both 18, were working as volunteer teachers on the island when the attack took place. They were left brutally burned after two men threw the corrosive substance at them while making their way to a restaurant. Once they returned to the UK, the two teenagers were told that they might be called back to Zanzibar to assist police in finding the men.

Miss Gee suffered 80 per cent burns on her right arm and 50 per cent on her torso whereas Miss Trup was less seriously injured after jumping into the sea to wash off the acid.

Father and son, Ho Van Thanh, 81, and Ho Van Lang, 41, have finally been found, 40 years after their disappearance in a jungle in Vietnam during the Vietnamese War. Local villagers walking in the midst of the jungle had spotted the pair. When asked how they had survived, the two said that they found refuge in a tree house and survived on fruits, nuts, as well as scavenging supplies left from the war.

Journalist Tri Tin said, “When I met them, I felt exactly like I was meeting Tarzan. They were naked and dirty”.

After being rescued, Mr Thanh and Mr Lang were returned to relatives, however, the father no longer recognised them and can only remember a little of the language of his native Kor ethnic group, whilst his son only knows a handful of words.

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where STHEFANY LUNA When I first arrived in the UK my English was a bit rusty, which obviously acted as a communication barrier. To help me improve I decided to enrol on an English course at The College of Haringey, Enfield and North East London. A week into the course my teacher advised me to take up extra activities to improve my English.

I felt there were few options until I found Exposure. The moment I first entered the office, it felt like it was the place to improve my English and become involved in media.

There was an immediate sense of contentment and cosiness: everyone was so friendly and welcoming. The staff were always so helpful and there’s so much I’ve learnt, including how to write in a particular style, as well as how to use Photoshop to edit images I’m now able to communicate fluently in English and not only that, but my communication skills have also improved by taking part in various media projects, which has led me to undertake a media degree at the University of the Arts.

Now, having completed my Foundation degree and given the privilege for my short science-fiction film being showcased at the Prince Charles Cinema in Leicester Square, my next step is to do a top-up degree in Bachelor of the Arts while working at my part-time job as a receptionist at International Student House.

Reflecting on my journey, I remember not being able to speak fluent English. Now, I’m studying, working and making films!

Exposure has played a big part in my improvement. It’s a wonderful place to be because they help young people, regardless of their background or abilities, to improve in so many ways: not only with their English, but also with the different issues that young people face.

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020 8489 0000 www.youthspace.haringey.gov. uk/

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Camden Youth Support www.camden.gov.uk 020 7974 4444

4YP Haringey Young people’s sexual health services including dedicated clinic, drop-in sessions and the 4YP bus

www.shharingey.gov.uk Tel: 020 8442 6536 4YP Plus Contraception and Sexual Health Clinic Women Only Clinic - under 20s A confidential walk in service Thursdays 3:30pm-6:30pm Lordship Lane Primary Care Health Centre, 239 Lordship Lane, London N17 6AA 020 8365 5910 4YP Clinic St Ann’s Hospital St Ann’s Road, Tottenham N15 3TH (Walk in clinic) Tuesday 3:30pm-6:30pm 020 8442 6536 Maternity services YPT Midwives Whittington Hospital 0778 532 6444/0778 533 5513 North Middlesex Hospital 020 8887 4055 For both hospitals: book early – it’s better for you and your baby Support for Teenage Mother/to be Family nurse partnership Tymouth Road Health Centre 24 Tynemouth N15 4Rh 020 8275 4035

DRUGS & ALCOHOL DISABILITIES

Camden

CRIME/ABUSE

Islington

Pace For lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans or people who think they might be. Under 19s 020 7700 1323

MENTAL HEALTH

020 8359 2000 www.barnet.gov.uk

VOLUNTEERING

www.enfield.gov.uk/youth/

020 7527 2000 www.islington.gov.uk

SEXUAL HEALTH &RELATIONSHIPS

Teenage parents Drop in Triangle Children, young people community centre 91 – 93 St Ann’s Road N15 6NU Every Friday 1:00pm-4:00pm

Markfield Project Inclusive services for disabled and non-disabled young people Markfield Road, Tottenham 020 8800 4134 Insight For young people with drug or alcohol issues 020 8493 8525 Cosmic For the families of people with drug or alcohol issues 0800 38905257 www.haga. co.uk/children_and_family.htm Hearthstone For people experiencing domestic violence 020 8888 5362 Victim Support Haringey Working for victims of crime 020 8888 9878 www.vslondon.org

EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING

Enfield 020 8379 3432

HOUSING

YOUTH SUPPORT SERVICES

Directory Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Programme of personal development 020 8826 9393

KIS Training Helping young people into employment, education & enterprise 020 8275 4230 Harington Scheme Preparing young people with learning difficulties or disabilities for work 55a Cholmeley Park, Highgate www.harington.org.uk First Rung Training, support and opportunities for young people 020 8803 4764 www.firstrung.org.uk Urban Futures Apprenticeships in Business Administration, Customer Services, and Retail 020 8352 5900 www.urbanfutures.org.uk /Apprenticeships

Enfield Early Interventions Lucas House 305-9 Fore Street Edmonton N9 0PD Tel: 020 8702 3100 IAPT Help in overcoming anxiety and depression 1A Lansdowne Road Health Centre Lansdowne Road N17 0LL 020 8808 5833/ 0790 814 7656 Open Door counselling and psychotherapy for young people aged 12-25 12 Middle lane, N8 020 8348 5947 Shelterline Shelter’s free housing advice line 0808 800 4444

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