MTV EXIT RETURNS TO CAMBODIA TO FIGHT HUMAN TRAFFICKING
KOREAN GIRL BAND “AFTER SCHOOL” AND AMERICAN POP BAND “THE CLICK FIVE” TO HEADLINE MTV EXIT FREE CONCERT ON DECEMBER 17 AT OLYMPIC STADIUM
DOCUMENTARY, YOUTH FORUM, AND ROADSHOW ALSO ANNOUNCED
30 NOVEMBER 2011, PHNOM PENH: MTV EXIT (End Exploitation and Trafficking), in partnership with the Royal Cambodian Government, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Australian Government’s Agency for International Development (AusAID), and Cellcard today announced the return of the MTV EXIT campaign to Cambodia with a free live concert at the Olympic Stadium in Phnom Penh on December 17.
After School
MTV EXIT will produce a free live concert in Phnom Penh that brings together international and local artists to raise awareness and help prevent human trafficking and exploitation. The MTV EXIT Live in Phnom Penh concert will be headlined by Korean girl band, After School and American pop band, The Click Five who performed at the previous MTV EXIT Live in Phnom Penh concert in 2008. Also joining the line-up are top local artists Preab Sovath, Sok Pisey, Cartoon Emo, Eklectic, and Thmore band.
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The Click Five
In addition to the concert, MTV EXIT also announced the new appointment of Dr. Chea Samnang as the MTV EXIT Celebrity Ambassador in Cambodia, where Dr. Chea Samnang will host a new half-hour Khmer documentary film, Enslaved: An MTV EXIT Special. The documentary will give audiences a real and rare glimpse into human trafficking and exploitation in Cambodia, telling stories of human trafficking survivors and highlighting what everyone can do to help end this horrific crime. Enslaved: An MTV EXIT Special is currently in production and will premiere on Cambodia Television Network (CTN), Channel 21, in early 2012.
MTV EXIT is also hosting the first-ever MTV EXIT National Anti-Trafficking Youth Forum in Cambodia co-organized with World Vision Cambodia to empower and engage youth leaders from across Cambodia to spread key anti-trafficking messages. The Forum will bring together youth leaders ages 18 to 25 years old for a series of interactive workshops conducted by media professionals over 4 days, from 14 to 17 December 2011. The Forum will strengthen the youth leaders’ creative skills, while challenging them to produce a campaign plan to take the fight against human trafficking back to their local communities. These youth leaders will then run their planned series of engagement activities at MTV EXIT’s anti-trafficking promotional roadshows held in 6 provinces outside of Phnom Penh starting from the second quarter of 2012.
For more details about human trafficking and exploitation in Asia, follow MTV EXIT on the following social media platforms: Twitter @mtvexit and www.facebook.com/mtvexit
Free tickets to MTV EXIT Live in Phnom Penh concert are now available for grab at the following Cellcard retail outlets from December 10 to 16. Tickets are on a first come first serve basis. Terms and Conditions apply.
Phnom Penh:
- Cellcard Head office: #33 Preah Sihanouk Boulevard
- Kampuchea Krom Office: #219, Corner of st. 128 and st. 169, K.7 Markara
- Toul Kork Office: #46 St. 289, Beung Kok 1, Toul Kork
Sihanoukville:
- #118 St. Ekareak, Phum 2 Sangkat 4, Krong Preah Sihanouk
Siem Reap:
- #552-554 Mondul 1 Village, Svay Dangkom Commune, Siem Reap District
Battambang:
- #98-100 Group 38, Phum 20 Usaphea, Khum Svai Pau, Srok Battambang
Kampong Cham:
- Near Kisona bridge, Khum Veal Vong, Srok Kompong Cham
