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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC / FARROW
Republic to draw attention to one of the most neglected crises in the
world. Two months ago this area close to the Chad and Sudan border, was a battleground. Now, the only signs of the conflict are heavy security and a growing humanitarian emergency. UNICEF
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STORY: CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC / MIA FARROW
TRT: 1.46
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 12 FEBRUARY 2007, BIRAO, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
1.Wide shot, women dance
2.Close-up, Mia's hand
3.Wide shot, Mia and children
4.Med shot, boy in tree
5.Wide shot, Mia and girls
6.Wide shot, military guard
7.Wide shot, UNICEF vehicles
8.Close-up, escort vehicle
9.Wide shot, technical
10.Wide shot, soldiers
11.Close-up French soldier
12. Wide shot, Mia talking to crowd
13.Wide shot, crowds listening
14.Med shot Mia Farrow
15. Close up, children at event
16.Med shot, Mia Farrow
17.Wide shot, Mia Farrow and women of village
18. Close up, Mia Farrow and women of village
19.Tilt up, Mia Farrow washing hands
20. Close up, Mia Farrow getting vaccine
21.Med shot, Mia Farrow giving vaccine
22.Wide shot, event and Chad military
23.Close up, boy on shoulders
24.Wide shot, women at event
25.Wide shot, plane leaving
26.Wide shot, plane leaving
It was all cheers and adoring smiles from the gathered crowds when UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, Mia Farrow, came to Birao in Central African Republic.
But just two months ago this area was a battleground. Now in this volatile corner close to the Chad and Sudan border the only signs of the conflict are heavy security - anti-aircraft, automatic rifles and French military at the ready.
Mia Farrow's aim in visiting the country is to use her voice as a megaphone for one of the most neglected crises in the world.
What's the very first thing that you think should happen?
SOUNDBITE (English), Mia Farrow, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador:
"Protection, protection, protection. The people here need protection. They are so eager to rebuild their lives and rebuild their village and of course they need help with that. But until there is security, none can do anything. They desperately need a UN international peacekeeping force to come in and provide security."
Many women here say they were attacked and raped by rebels during the battle for Birao, but in the haze of this complex conflict, facts are hard to come by.
But before peace and peacekeepers come though, those most neglected of all need to be protected from killer diseases like measles, malaria and polio.
With some 150,000 internally displaced people in the country, the people in this landlocked isolated republic with its rocky history are still looking to the outside for help.
This is Sarah Crowe in Central African Republic Unite for Children.