JORDAN / SOWC

Children continue to pay the highest price for the Syrian conflict, no one more so than children with disabilities like Abdullatif’s 15-year-old son and 4-year-old daughter. UNICEF

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:20
• Production Date: 3 June 2013
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND - UNICEF
• Subject Topical: PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; HUMANITARIAN RELIEF; REFUGEES; DISPLACED PERSONS
• Geographic Subject: JORDAN; SYRIA
• MAMS Id: U130603f

Description

STORY: JORDAN / SOWC
TRT: 01.20
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ARABIC / NATS

DATELINE: MAY 2013, ZA’ATARI REFUGEE CAMP, JORDAN

Shotlist

1. Wide shot, Abdullatif’s tent / shop on camp road
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic), Abdullatif, Syrian refugee:
“The war in Syria, and in particular Deraa, made us flee with our children.
3. Wide shot, car driving through camp road
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic), Abdullatif, Syrian refugee:
“We got out of Syria with great difficulty. It took us one month and four days to cross the Jordanian border because of the bombing in Syria.”
5. Wide shot, family sitting outside tent
6. Close up, Abdullatif’s face
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic), Abdullatif, Syrian refugee:
“My son didn’t start talking until he was around two and a half years old. He started talking late. But thank God he began talking.”
8. Close up, son in wheelchair
9. SOUNDBITE (Arabic), Abdullatif, Syrian refugee:
“But after the noise of the bombing and shelling he stopped talking altogether. It was because of the fear. He used to crawl and now he doesn’t crawl or talk.”
10. Close up, son in wheelchair
11. SOUNDBITE (Arabic), Abdullatif, Syrian refugee:
“When the implant was working she used to listen to sounds and it would make her happy. But now it’s broken. Maybe she can hear slightly. You can tell by her facial expressions.”
12. Close up, daughter
13. SOUNDBITE (Arabic), Abdullatif, Syrian refugee:
“I hope my son will become a doctor to help us because our situation is difficult. Of course I want to return to Syria when the situation calms down because it’s my country.”
14. Close up, son
15. Close up, hands with prayer beads
16. Close up, Abdullatif’s face

Storyline

Children continue to pay the highest price for the Syrian conflict, no one more so than children with disabilities like Abdullatif’s 15-year-old son and 4-year-old daughter.

SOUNDBITE (Arabic), Abdullatif, Syrian refugee:
“The war in Syria, and in particular Deraa, made us flee with our children.

SOUNDBITE (Arabic), Abdullatif, Syrian refugee:
“We got out of Syria with great difficulty. It took us one month and four days to cross the Jordanian border because of the bombing in Syria.”

SOUNDBITE (Arabic), Abdullatif, Syrian refugee:
“My son didn’t start talking until he was around two and a half years old. He started talking late. But thank God he began talking.”

SOUNDBITE (Arabic), Abdullatif, Syrian refugee:
“But after the noise of the bombing and shelling he stopped talking altogether. It was because of the fear. He used to crawl and now he doesn’t crawl or talk.”

SOUNDBITE (Arabic), Abdullatif, Syrian refugee:
“When the implant was working she used to listen to sounds and it would make her happy. But now it’s broken. Maybe she can hear slightly. You can tell by her facial expressions.”

SOUNDBITE (Arabic), Abdullatif, Syrian refugee:
“I hope my son will become a doctor to help us because our situation is difficult. Of course I want to return to Syria when the situation calms down because it’s my country.”