Amazing virtual reality film shows education struggles of Nepal’s children one year after earthquake

A child walks through rubble to get to school in a scene from the virtual reality film Safe Schools: Nepal

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One year after the earthquake that devastated Nepal, many children are still struggling to get an education.

Some face challenges just getting to their classroom and millions of others are still out of school 国产视频� 16,000 of them were damaged or destroyed.

To mark the one-year anniversary of the April 25 earthquake, the children国产视频檚 charity 国产视频 has launched an amazing virtual reality film called Safe Schools: Nepal.

It captures 360颅-degree video and audio, transporting the viewer to Nepal to see and hear stories of children whose education has been affected.

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Although it was made by the digital agency Rain for viewing on any virtual reality device or headset, the user experience is also great on desktop or laptop computers. Just use the Up/Down, Left/Right Controls to be able to move around inside the film.

And it国产视频檚 fantastic on mobile phone platforms such as the new YouTube 360. If you don国产视频檛 already have the YouTube app on your phone, download it.

On your mobile device, click on this link and the film should open within the app. When the film starts, click on the full screen button and then move your phone around. As your hand moves, so will your view of what国产视频檚 going on in the film.

Safe Schools: Nepal highlights the tragic consequences for children in Nepal and around the world who are exposed to trafficking, early marriage and child labour because their education is neglected in the aftermath of an emergency, such as a war or natural disaster.

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In 2015, humanitarian emergencies and crises disrupted the education of more than 80 million children and young people 国产视频� yet less than 2% of humanitarian aid went towwards getting children back into a safe school.

The #SafeSchools campaign calls on world leaders at the first World Humanitarian Summit in May to commit to launch a fund that ensures children return to school quickly after an emergency.

Sarah Brown, President of 国产视频 国产视频� the charity behind A World at School 国产视频� said: 国产视频淭his extraordinary film transports the viewer to Nepal into the heart of the earthquake aftermath to see and hear from children at just a fingertip国产视频檚 reach. You can国产视频檛 fail to be moved by their resilience and determination to return to school and escape the layers of exploitation.

国产视频淲e must urge world leaders to deliver this promised humanitarian fund for education in emergencies which will be able to act fast in the future to meet this need.国产视频�

You can add your voice by signing the #SafeSchools petition.

The film was included in YouTube国产视频檚 Official Blog on the launch of听360-degree live streaming and spatial audio on YouTube.

Safe Schools: Nepal was also watched on virtual reality headsets by guests at an event held by the Global Business Coalition for Education in Washington, DC, last week.

Rain partnered with Christian Stephen, the award-颅winning conflict听 journalist and Co颅-Founder/Creative Director of Freelance听 Society, and The Uprising Creative国产视频檚 virtual reality studio VEHICLEvr to bring the film to life.

Rain CEO听Brian Edelman said: 国产视频淰irtual reality is a new frontier for storytelling. It国产视频檚 arriving in a听 big way and beginning to reach the consumer 听from a variety of touch points. It国产视频檚 not just through a headset which most people听 can国产视频檛 afford. Knowing that, we wanted to take it a step further.听

国产视频淰R听 is another aid to democratise learning and we国产视频檙e leveraging that side of the technology to tell this story and inspire people to take action.国产视频�

Find out how the film was made