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MALI / RETURNEE TAILOR
STORY: MALI / RETURNEE TAILOR
TRT: 2:40
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNHCR ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: FRENCH /NATS
DATELINE: 22-26 JULY 2019, MOPTI, MALI / DORI REFUGEE CAMP, BURKINA FASO
22-23 JULY 2019, MOPTI, MALI
1. Aerial shot, Mopti
2. Wide shot, child in front of Sidi’s house
3. Wide shot, Sidi and his family inside
4. Med shot, Sidi’s wife seated with their children
5. Med shot, Sidi’s daughter eating
6. SOUNDBITE (French) Sidi Ould Amin, former Malian refugee:
“We became poor people. Before, we were fine. But after this tragedy, the destruction, stealing, strikes, we have nothing left.”
7. Various shots, Sidi with his family inside house
8. Aerial shot, Mopti
9. SOUNDBITE (French) Sidi Ould Amin, former Malian refugee:
“I didn’t want to leave but when forced to, you have to leave.”
10. Wide shot, street
26 JULY 2019, DORI REFUGEE CAMP, BURKINA FASO
11. Wide shot, Aerial shot, camp
22-23 JULY 2019, MOPTI, MALI
12. SOUNDBITE (French) Sidi Ould Amin, former Malian refugee:
“UNHCR provides a lot of training. It includes tailoring, soap making and mechanics.”
13.Various shots, Sidi sewing
14.SOUNDBITE (French) Sidi Ould Amin, former Malian refugee:
“When I was informed that there was a tailoring programme, I said that’s what I would prefer to do because my children’s clothes at home are torn.”
15.Med shot, Sidi helping young girl try on new dress
16.Wide shot, Sidi saying goodbye to children
17.SOUNDBITE (French) Sidi Ould Amin, former Malian refugee:
“There are street children that I train and also women and boys.
18.Various shots, Sidi train his students
19.SOUNDBITE (French) Sidi Ould Amin, former Malian refugee:
“So, this has become a small school as well. It prevents youths from straying or begging.”
20.Various shots, Sidi train his students
21.SOUNDBITE (French) Sidi Ould Amin, former Malian refugee:
“They can benefit from it. As this training saved me, I too want to help those I can.”
22.Tracking shot, Sidi walking
23.Tracking shot, Sidi shaking young boy’s hand as he is walking
Sidi Ould Amin is a former refugee from Mali who returned home and started his own tailoring business. He is making use of the valuable skills he learned in a refugee camp in Burkina Faso where he received vocational training through a programme run by UNHCR with support from the European Union to help refugees become more self-reliant.
Sidi Ould Amin fled Mali in 2012 to Burkina Faso when conflict erupted. While in a refugee camp, he took part in a training program run by UNHCR, with the support of the European Union, learning tailoring and gaining skills that could help him become self-sufficient once again.
In 2017, he decided to return to Mopti and used what he had learnt to start his own business.
UNHCR gave him a cash grant through a programme supported by the European Union. His income from the business has helped him provide for his family and impact his community. He trains vulnerable young people unable to go to school, passing on his experiences and tailoring skills.
Persistent violence amongst armed groups and inter-communal clashes continue to affect northern Malians the countries around it. Hundreds of thousands have been forced to flee across borders. By February 2020, over 130,000 refugees had fled Mali. The displaced are hosted in Niger, Mauritania and Burkina Faso – countries that are also grappling with insecurity and staggering levels of displacement.
Despite enduring threat, some 70,000 Malians have chosen to return over time, to areas they felt were safe enough to go back to.
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