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TURKEY / SYRIAN REFUGEES
STORY: TURKEY / SYRIAN REFUGEES
TRT: 03:33
SOURCE: UNIDO
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ARABIC / ENGLISH / TURKISH
DATELINE: RECENT - TURKEY
RECENT – TURKEY
1. Wide shot, refugee camp entrance
2. Wide shot, people walking in camp
3. Med shot, girl standing by tents
4. Wide shot, women sowing
5. Close up, UNIDO sticker on machine
6. Various shots, women sowing
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Ozge Dursun, Programme Coordinator, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Turkey:
“A lot of our trainees are inexperienced in any work. They don’t have the kind of skills to begin with, so we start from scratch. In the very beginning we increase their dexterity by giving them simple exercises that increase hand and eye co-ordination.”
8. Med shot, woman with a deck of cards
9. Close up, hands and cards being moved
10. Close up, hands with stop watch
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Ozge Dursun, Programme Coordinator, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Turkey:
“And by the end of two months, they will have learnt how to operate the machinery, how to put together basic textile garments and how to take the commands and work in a factory and also have received a certificate from the Ministry of Education in Turkey. So we try to get them ready to start working in a factory immediately after they have finished the training.”
12. Wide shot, Dursun handing out certificates to women
13. Wide shot, women waiting to receive certificates
14. Wide shot, Dursun handing out certificates to women
15. Med shot, woman with a ruler, drawing on a board
16. Various shots, women sowing
17. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Gazve Marmur, Syrian refugee:
“When my husband died I felt like everything stopped and all the doors had closed in my in my face; there was no hope. When this training started I realised that I could provide if I learned something. My family life would go on and not stop.”
18. Various shots, women inspecting shirts
19. Wide shot, women sowing
20. SOUNDBITE (Turkish) Salih Azak, textile factory:
“If we can’t find qualified workers, our production drops and our business suffers. If we have to train the workers then it costs us time and resources.”
21. Various shots, women sowing
22. SOUNDBITE (English) Ozge Dursun, Programme Coordinator, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Turkey:
“They are very eager to start working. Some of them want to start their own businesses. Of course at the moment they are in Turkey, but they also dream about going back to Syria and doing the same; supporting their families, being independent, setting up a family business. So we are getting a very enthusiastic response.”
23. Wide shot, inside refugee camp
24. Wide shot, girls sitting
25. Wide shot, women and children walking through camp
As the world turns its eye to the intra-Syrian peace talks in Astana, millions of Syrians remain in neighbouring countries as refugees struggling to provide a decent life for their families. Even if the talks are successful, these families are a long way from returning home.
A United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) pilot project aims to give refugee women in Turkey a new path to self-reliance. The programme provides women in refugee camps on the Turkish-Syrian border with textile production training, giving them the skills required to work in modern apparel factories.
UNIDO said the programme was intended to help those who have little or no professional skills find jobs and empower them to be independent in the future.
SOUNDBITE (English) Ozge Dursun, Programme Coordinator, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Turkey:
“A lot of our trainees are inexperienced in any work. They don’t have the kind of skills to begin with, so we start from scratch. In the very beginning we increase their dexterity by giving them simple exercises that increase hand and eye co-ordination.”
Turkey is currently hosting some three million Syrians who fled the conflict in their own country with over 250,000 living in camps. Many of these women have lost their husbands and father and now have to become the breadwinners for their families.
SOUNDBITE (English) Ozge Dursun, Programme Coordinator, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Turkey:
“And by the end of two months, they will have learnt how to operate the machinery, how to put together basic textile garments and how to take the commands and work in a factory and also have received a certificate from the Ministry of Education in Turkey. So we try to get them ready to start working in a factory immediately after they have finished the training.”
So far more than 500 women have received training certificates. Other women have been trained in pattern making and in line supervision. UNIDO has also trained instructors from the Ministry Of Education so they can teach correct operation of this modern machinery.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Gazve Marmur, Syrian refugee:
“When my husband died I felt like everything stopped and all the doors had closed in my in my face; there was no hope. When this training started I realised that I could provide if I learned something. My family life would go on and not stop.”
There are more than 50,000 textile and clothing companies in Turkey, employing around two million people. Increasingly, the industry is looking to target higher-end customers and the companies producing those goods need well-trained and motivated staff.
SOUNDBITE (Turkish) Salih Azak, textile factory:
“If we can’t find qualified workers, our production drops and our business suffers. If we have to train the workers then it costs us time and resources.”
Still, refugee camps are often in remote locations and a job in a factory could be far away. At the Islahiye camp, production line training was put into practice. Women here have produced more than 2000 T-shirts for school children in the camp. Working flexible hours allows the women to balance work with childcare. UNIDO said the aim was to get more people out into the workplace, and replicate this programme in other camps.
SOUNDBITE (English) Ozge Dursun, Programme Coordinator, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Turkey:
“They are very eager to start working. Some of them want to start their own businesses. Of course at the moment they are in Turkey, but they also dream about going back to Syria and doing the same; supporting their families, being independent, setting up a family business. So we are getting a very enthusiastic response.”
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