NIGER / ORLANDO BLOOM

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom travelled to Diffa, south-east Niger, to highlight the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the Lake Chad Basin where Boko Haram violence has caused huge population displacements. UNICEF

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:54
• Production Date: 23 February 2017
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: ORLANDO BLOOM
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND - UNICEF
• Subject Topical: CHILDREN; REFUGEES
• Geographic Subject: NIGER
• MAMS Id: 1836628
• Parent Id: 1836628
• Alternate Title: unifeed170223d

Description

STORY: NIGER / ORLANDO BLOOM
TRT: 01:54
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: EMBARGOED UNTIL 00:01 GMT, 24 FEBRUARY, 2017; CREDIT UNICEF ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE 17-18 FEBRUARY 2017, GARIN WAZAM CAMP, DIFFA, NIGER

Shotlist

1. Wide shot, UNICEF cars on dirt road in the camp
2. Med shot, Orlando Bloom in car looking outside
3. Med shot, Orlando Bloom walking through camp
4. Wide shot, Orlando Bloom walks inside a classroom tent
5. Wide shot, Orlando Bloom sitting with kids in a classroom
6. Med shot, Orlando Bloom in front of classroom
7. Wide shot, Orlando Bloom waving bye to kids in classroom
8. Med shot, Orlando Bloom talking to a child in a classroom
9. Wide; Orlando Bloom sitting with kids in a classroom
10. Med shot, Orlando Bloom playing basketball with refugee children
11. Wide shot, Orlando Bloom playing basketball with refugee children
12. Med shot, kids sitting and laughing
13. Med shot, Orlando Bloom sitting and watching children play basketball
14. Wide shot, Orlando Bloom offers water to a child
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Orlando Bloom, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador:
“Three plane rides away from an existence which is so far removed from this one. It’s hard when you’re not here to be able to comprehend or understand the depth of the pain and stress that these kids are going through.”
16. Wide shot, Orlando Bloom takes a picture of refugee children while on top of car
17. Wide shot, refugee children waving

Storyline

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom travelled to Diffa, south-east Niger, to highlight the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the Lake Chad Basin where Boko Haram violence has caused huge population displacements.

Hundreds of thousands of children across the region have been forced from their homes, are out of education and at risk of malnutrition.

In areas affected by the violence in Niger, Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon, 2.3 million people are now displaced, making this one of the fastest growing displacement crises in Africa. The Diffa region currently hosts over 240,000 internally displaced persons, refugees and returnees – including 160,000 children.

During his time in Niger, Bloom also visited Bosso on the border of Nigeria where he met 13-year-old Eta, who fled with her family when her house was burned by Boko Haram. Now attending a temporary school opened by UNICEF, she dreams of becoming a doctor, working for the well-being of her community.

UNICEF and its partners in Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger have increased the level of assistance to thousands of families in the region, with access to safe water, education, counselling and psychosocial support, as well as vaccines and treatment for malnutrition. However, a shortage of funding and difficult access due to insecurity have hindered the delivery of humanitarian assistance to thousands of children in need.