Brownstones To Red Dirt
The Brownstones to Red Dirt website, produced by Copper Pot Productions, encases the lives of non-refugee students living in Bedford-Stuyvesant in Brooklyn, United States of America, and refugee students living in Freetown, Sierra Leone, aged between 10 and 12 years. The website is a host to videos, pictures and letters written by children of Brooklyn and Sierra Leone to each other through RESPECT International letter exchange programme.
There are number of features of this website, which add significant worth. For example:
- The website showcases a striking collection of photos with varied but subtle expressions.
- Brownstones to Red Dirt's video section displays stirring but inspiring videos of children from Freetown and Brooklyn talking about their lives and aspirations.
- The website also shares the daily chronicle of Brownstone crew during their stay in Sierra Leone in the section named as Salone Diary.
- The Links section provides links to the history and current situation of the places featured on the website.
- It also incorporates a mailing list to invite people to be a part of Brownstones to Red Dirt community.
The most compelling section of the website is the video section, which includes videos on children from both Brooklyn and Sierra Leone. The poignant but touching videos of Gladys (Sierra Leone) and Fred (Brooklyn) portrays that they share the same dreams and hopes even though they belong to different parts of the world.
The website is a delight for the eyes, because of its effective design, beautiful color combinations, outstanding graphics and videos.
The Brownstones to Red Dirt website is beyond a simple informative website, as it carries a potent message of hope and inspiration through the stories of children who, despite their social and environmental constraints, dream to make this world a better place.