'Shot in Joburg': Homeless youth trained as photographers

Name: 'Shot in Joburg': Homeless youth trained as photographers
Uploaded: 2015-09-15T23:09:12.000Z
Duration: 2 min 59 s
Description: "I was shot in Joburg" is a studio that teaches formerly homeless youngsters how to take photographs of their neighbourhood and make a profit from it.

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Downtown Johannesburg is a tough place to be homeless.

But one group of former street children have found a way to learn a skill and make a living.

"I was shot in Joburg" is a studio that teaches formerly homeless youngsters how to take photographs of their neighbourhood and make a profit from it.

BBC News went to meet one of the project's first graduates.

Video journalist: Christian Parkinson

Africa

16 September 2015