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STORY: BOSNIA / DISABLED
TRT: 1.36
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: AUGUST 2013, SARAJEVO, BOSNIA
1. Med shot, USA and Bosnia and Herzegovina players walk out onto pitch with children with disabilities
2. Wide shot, crowd at stadium
3. Wide shot, players and children with banners
4. Pan right, teams lined up for pre match anthem
5. Med shot, players with children
6. Close up, ‘It’s about abilities’ banner on ground
7. Wide shot, players and children walk with the banner
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Renzo Daviddi, Deputy Head, EU Delegation:
“I think sport is a very important tool for getting people together. This is something that all kids like very much and I think it’s important to promote this kind of inclusion also through sport.”
9. Wide shot, indoor stadium
10. Med shot, player with blindfold
11. Various shots, Bosnia and Herzegovina team members playing ball blindfolded
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Asmir Begovic. Bosnia and Herzegovina goal keeper:
“It was actually kind of fun to step into their shoes and see how hard it is to play the game and so I enjoyed that and it was just a special day, I think.”
13. Med shot, Asmir with ball
14. Wide shot, dodge ball playground
15. Various shots, children play dodgeball with Danny Glover
It’s all about ability this summer in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Through a series of sports events involving children living with and without disabilities, UNICEF is promoting the spirit of sportsmanship to overcome prejudices and promote everyone’s abilities.
Earlier in the month, the Sarajevo school for the visually impaired hosted a symbolic ball game, where children with and without disabilities played with UNICEF National Ambassador Edin Dzeko and his popular friends from the Bosnia and Herzegovina football team. Hand in hand, children demonstrated their ability to compete with the best.
UNICEF is also partnering with the EU and USAID in the campaign with the goal to change public perception about children with disabilities so that they are included in all aspects of society
’I think sport is a very important tool for getting people together. This is something that all kids like very much and it is important to promote this kind of inclusion through sport,’’ said Deputy Head of the EU Delegation to Bosnia and Herzegovina Renzo Daviddi.
A recent UNICEF survey in Bosnia and Herzegovina showed that one third of the respondents find it unacceptable that a child with intellectual disabilities attends the same class with their child, and that almost half of them would not accept a child with intellectual disabilities as their child’s best friend.
UNICEF and its partners believe that focusing on the abilities of these children will be key to changing public opinion and encouraging inclusion of children with disabilities in all aspects of the society.
At one point in the game, the Bosnia and Herzegovina team wore blindfolds to better understand the children’s perspective while playing the game. Asmir Begovic, Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team goal keeper said, ‘’It was fun to step in their shoes and see how hard it is to play the game. I enjoyed that and it was truly a special day for us.”
Seeing the professional players struggle on the field, the audience laughed and cheered on the children.
As part of the events, hundreds of children from nineteen different cities throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina arrived in Sarajevo on Tuesday 20 August to play a friendly game of dodgeball with UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Danny Glover to help raise awareness and support for vulnerable children, particularly those with disabilities, with the goal of ensuring social inclusion for all children.
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