RWANDA / CHILD FRIENDLY PLACES

UNICEF is providing organized recreational activities for children and youth at the Nkamira Transit Centre, located in Rwanda’s north-western District of Rubavu, which hosts thousands of Congolese refugees, most of whom are women and children. UNICEF

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:33
• Production Date: 27 March 2013
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND - UNICEF
• Subject Topical: EDUCATION; REFUGEES; DISPLACED PERSONS
• Geographic Subject: DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; RWANDA
• MAMS Id: U130327d

Description

STORY: RWANDA / CHILD FRIENDLY PLACES
TRT: 1.33
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: KINYARWANDA / ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: FEBRUARY 2013, NKAMIRA TRANSIT CENTRE, RWANDA

Shotlist

1. Wide Shot, Transit Centre grounds – tents in the background
2. Med shot, mothers washing clothes with babies on their backs
3. Pan up, from woman’s hands to her face as she washes clothes
4. Wide shot, tents at transit center
5. Close up, woman and baby, while washing clothes
6. Various, mothers holding their babies
7. Med shot, children sitting idle on the grass
8. Med shot, child in front of cooking pot
9, Wide shot, children under tent
10, Various, Ladislas Ntesirayo, a host for Vision Jeunesse Nouvelle, dancing with boys and men
11. SOUNDBITE (Kinyarwanda) Yvette Gateyeneza , 14 years old boy:
“I was very happy to see them come to the transit centre. Before they came, we had nothing to do.”
12. Med shot, Yvette Gateyeneza dancing with others
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Noala Skinner, UNICEF Representative in Rwanda:
“Of the population here in Nkamira, 60 percent are children. So we have a children’s influx.
14. Med shot, Yvette Gateyeneza dancing with others
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Noala Skinner, UNICEF Representative in Rwanda:
“So one of our top priorities is setting up child friendly spaces for these children - safe spaces where they can be children. Where they can play. Where they can play football, where they can dance, where they can sing. Where they can do all sorts of activities and have fun.”
16. Med shot, Yvette Gateyeneza dancing with others
17. SOUNDBITE (Kinyarwanda) Yvette Gateyeneza, 14 years old boy:
“I am happy that all children will have the chance to play.”
18. Close up, young girl dancing, pan left to Yvette Gateyeneza

Storyline

Nkamira Transit Centre, located in Rwanda’s north-western District of Rubavu, is host to thousands of Congolese refugees, most of whom are women and children.

More than 68,000 people have fled the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and crossed over into Rwanda.

With family structures broken and schooling interrupted, there is an urgent need to provide for the care and protection of children, and restore a sense of normalcy.
UNICEF has partnered with Vision Jeunesse Nouvelle to provide organized recreational activities for children and youth at the transit centre.

SOUNDBITE (KINYARWANDA) YVETTE GATEYENEZA, 14 years old:
“I was very happy to see them come to the transit centre. Before they came, we had nothing to do.”

Noala Skinner, UNICEF representative in Rwanda said that “of the population here in Nkamira, 60 percent are children. So we have a children’s influx. So one of our top priorities is setting up child friendly spaces for these children - safe spaces where they can be children. Where they can play. Where they can play football, where they can dance, where they can sing. Where they can do all sorts of activities and have fun.”

Yvette Gateyeneza said he was “happy that all children will have the chance to play.”

UNICEF and its partners are working to ensure that all the children of Nkamira have safe and protected places to play, and have fun.