Brentside High School, London

Brentside High School, London

The BBC is handing the airwaves over to school children today. They are setting the news agenda across some TV and radio programmes, including for tonight’s World Have Your Say.

We will be linking up kids from London, Johannesburg, Nairobi and the US . Brentside High School kids came up with questions for discussion like,

Does sex education encourage teenage sex?
Is the portrayal of teenagers in the media fair?
Should children follow their own dreams or live their parents’ dreams?

Your Story is getting reports from young people around the world.

mayra Mayra Avellar Neves was 15 years old when she organised a protest in a Rio de Janeiro favela. She organised a 300 children strong peace march – to get police out of the favela during school hours.

Now Mayra is 17 and fights for childrens’ rights. She got the Childrens Peace Prize from Desmond Tutu last year.

She’s recording a piece right now for Your Story, talking to local children about their lives.

There must be many brave kids out there who are, against the odds, trying to make the world a better place. Hopefully I can get some of these kids the recognition they deserve by getting their stories out there, and who better to tell those stories than the kids themselves. If you know any good stories like this, get in touch!