Video – Kyrgyz cartoon targets corruption

A new children’s television cartoon is being launched in Kyrgyzstan with a very grown up purpose – to fight endemic corruption in the country.

The story revolves around five children who stumble on a world where bribery and police intimidation rule.

As Robin Forestier Walker reports from the capital Bishkek, it’s a thinly disguised parody of real life.

via Al Jazeera English – CENTRAL/S. ASIA – Kyrgyz cartoon targets corruption.

~ by yahyasheikho786 on December 21, 2009.