Each of the participants come from a different town within the region, and have a variety of different backgrounds.
Others involved in the project are Moama’s Tara Arlow, Strathallan film student Amanda Mitchell and Rochester’s Dimity Pearson.
The youth project received a $1500 grant and the video explores topics such as youth mental health, bullying and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander awareness and engagement.
‘‘These five young people are giving us their views on where the gaps are,” C4EM chief executive Deanne Armstrong said.
‘‘The video will be launched early in the new year.’’
All five young women have different stories, which helped guide the areas explored in the film.
Dottie has been in foster care since she was three weeks old and dropped out of high school in Year 9 with little direction for her future.
After being encouraged to return to TAFE, she completed Years 11 and 12 this year.
She is a strong voice in the project, explaining that young people’s skills were not utilised as strongly as they could be.
‘‘We have opinions and I think we are under-utilised as a resource,’’ she said.
Ms Andrews is an indigenous girl who wanted her experience in the Dare to Dream project to impact directly on further educating the community about the culture of the indigenous community.
She has just been named as a school captain with Moama Anglican Grammar School.
Each of the girls’ videos will be further edited and merged into a presentation, which will be shared in a variety of forums to provide a voice for the region’s youth and the subjects close to their hearts.
