Opening summer camp and short movie competition on Sint Maarten
Percy Filesia, Department Head of General Affairs of the Bureau of Telecommunicatie en Post, on Thursday July 9th, 2009 executed the official opening of the summer camp and short movie competition, organized by the Bureau. This project focuses on the central theme of ‘Telecommunication and me’ and its objective is to promote telecommunication under children (8-12 years) and youngsters (13-18 years) on all five islands of the Netherlands Antilles.
Goodies
Various telecommunication companies on Sint Maarten support this project, and some offered the participating kids goodies and services. Telephone company UTS allows the participants to use its computer lab to edit their short movies, whilst Telcel gave away bags with t-shirts, pens etc. Telem provided for the use of telephone/camera’s.
Cable Television
At the opening of the summer camp all kids received a Sint Maarten Cable Television bag from its Managing Director, Ms. Beulah Jonis, in addition to a cap provided for by ESPN. As a token of their support for projects involving kids, this international sports channel shipped off a box full of caps, from the States.
Shoot and edit
During this summer camp the participants will be taught by professionals how to shoot and edit their own short movie, and how to put this on You Tube. At the end of the project they will participate in a competition as well, with a chance to win fine prizes in the field of telecommunication.
Symbolic DVD
At the opening Percy Filecia handed over a huge symbolic DVD to participants of the summer camp. It is the intention for the Bureau of Telecommunicatie en Post to receive this DVD – that is supposed to be blank – back at the end of the summer camp, but this time filled with the movie productions made by the participants.