UGANDA / YOUTH

Highlighting the International Year of Youth (2010-2011), UNICEF and partners promote initiatives to create job and educational opportunities for young people in Uganda where the youth unemployment rate is more than 80 per cent. UNICEF

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:42
• Production Date: 12 August 2011
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND - UNICEF
• Subject Topical: EMPLOYMENT; EDUCATION; TRAINING PROGRAMMES; EMPLOYMENT; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN RIGHTS
• Geographic Subject: UGANDA
• MAMS Id: U110812c

Description

TORY: UGANDA / YOUTH
TRT: 1.42
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: RUTOORO / NATS

DATELINE: JULY 27, 2011, KABAROLE, UGANDA

Shotlist

1. Pan right, children in classroom
2. Med shot, school children
3. Med shot, Ugandan woman with babies
4. Close up, baby
5. Med shot, students in science laboratory
6. Close up, student measuring liquids
7. Close up, student calculating
8. Med shot, loan recipient setting up her shop
9. Med shot, woman calculating stock count
10. Close up, woman writing stock count
11. Wide shot, Veronica Nabagasela tying onions
12. Close up, Nabagasela
13. Close up, hands tying onions
14. SOUNDBITE (Rutooro) Veronica Nabagasela, 20 Year-old Resident of Rikochi District:
“I used to look after the family but with only a small amount of money. But the loan changed everything so much. Now I can buy good clothes, and can give my children better education and good medicine as well, for when they are sick.”
15. Pan left, youth centre
16. Med shot, student reading book
17. Close up, student reading book
18. Med shot, students reading
19. SOUNDBITE (Rutooro) Immaculate Karungi, 17 Year-old Resident of Rukoki, Kaberole District:
“We girls come to the club to learn a lot of things. We’re not like the people at home who are just sitting around. We come to learn a lot about life issues such as how to look after ourselves, and how to avoid rape.”
20. Med shot, girls playing netball

Storyline

Uganda has one of the youngest populations in the world, with more than half of its people under the age of 18. It also has one of the highest fertility rates with an average of 6 children per woman.

The Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) in partnership with the Master-card Foundation is providing micro-financing opportunities in order to provide youth an education, a voice and a chance to contribute to Uganda’s socio-economic growth.

Twenty year-old, Veronica Nabagasela is one youth who has benefitted from this financial program. The loan she received has enabled her to provide for her family by selling produce.

SOUNDBITE (Rutooro) Veronica Nabagasela, 20 Year-old Resident of Rikochi District:
“I used to look after the family but with only a small amount of money. But the loan changed everything so much. Now I can buy good clothes, and can give my children better education and good medicine as well, for when they are sick.”

Another initiative assisting young people are Youth Centres, safe environments where adolescents, especially girls, gather to be educated and informed on important life issues.

UNICEF partners with BRAC in establishing such centres.

SOUNDBITE (Rutooro) Immaculate Karungi, 17 Year-old Resident of Rukoki, Kaberole District:
“We girls come to the club to learn a lot of things. We’re not like the people at home who are just sitting around. We come to learn a lot about life issues such as how to look after ourselves, and how to avoid rape.”

Through these life-enhancing initiatives, youth are given the tools and means to build their own futures.