Human Writes: Powerful stories out of the mouths of babes

The Yayasan Chow Kit kids in a wefie with Zahim Albakri (in glasses, holding the camera) and Ida Nerina (bottom left) at their first professional acting workshop. Photo: Yayasan Chow Kit

These were not the easiest stories to tell, but these were stories that needed to be told, of some of the most marginalised children among us.

When the children themselves told and presented their stories, in the theatre production 7 Voices 2.0, using drama, dance and song, the result was pretty powerful.