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DRC / SITTING VOLLEYBALL
STORY: DRC / SITTING VOLLEYBALL
TRT: 2.25
SOURCE: MONUSCO
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: SWAHILI/NATS
DATELINE 21 SEPTEMBER 2013, GOMA, DEMOCRATICE REPUBLIC OF CONGO
21 SEPTEMBER 2013 GOMA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
1. Med shot, hand shake with players
2. Med shot, players limping into field
3. Close up, artificial limp (prosthesis)
4. Med shot, Rwandan players warming up
5. Close up, 7 VJN on t-shirt
6. Close up, Rwanda team (Kivu Team Rubavu) doing a solidarity act
7. Med shot, both teams (Rwanda an DRC) shaking hands behind the net
8. Close up, referee starting the match
9. Various shots, playing sitting game
10. Med shot, spectators applause
11. SOUNDBITE (Swahili) Hakizimana Diogene, “Sitting volleyball player”, Rwanda:
"We were invited here from Rwanda to come and play, we are very happy. We the handicapped people love peace more than anything else. This is a great day (UN peace day) for us, it is important for us the handicapped people in terms of peace. As you can see we have no legs to run when there is war, that is why we want to see peace."
12. SOUNDBITE (Swahili) Kambale Matabishi Dominique, “Sitting volleyball player”, Democratic Republic of Congo:
"Those who have watched and witnessed this match should go and spread the word of peace. They have seen us the handicapped play, they have seen our friends from Rwanda who came over to Congo to play with us. That is the good thing about peace and happiness."
13. Med shot, players changing sides
14. Close up, player crawling backwards
15. Wide shot, playing
16. Med shot, referee officiating
17. Med shot, playing
18. Med shot, DR Congo team coach
19. Various shots, playing
20. SOUNDBITE (Swahili) HERMAN CHIRIMWAMI, “Sitting volleyball team coach/Vice president National Committee of Paralympics”, Democratic Republic of Congo:
"We the Congolese, should stop the war, we should stop the rapes. I’m happy to see that although we’re in a war situation, the people can still get together happily. This shows that we have no problems with our Rwandese brothers."
21. Pan right, all players waving and leaving the field
A team of disabled men from Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo and from the Rubavu district of Rwanda played a volleyball match over the weekend aimed at promoting peace through games like sitting volleyball.
The match took place on Saturday (21 Sept) the UN International Day of Peace. The game known as sitting volleyball, was organized the UN and other international entities.
All players are disabled and wear artificial limbs due to war, disease, accidents and other causes.
SOUNDBITE (Swahili) Hakizimana Diogene, “Sitting volleyball player”, Rwanda
"We were invited here from Rwanda to come and play, we are very happy. We the handicapped people love peace more than anything else. This is a great day (UN peace day) for us, it is important for us the handicapped people in terms of peace. As you can see we have no legs to run when there is war that is why we want to see peace."
SOUNDBITE (Swahili) Kambale Matabishi Dominique, “Sitting volleyball player”, DRCongo
"Those who have watched and witnessed this match should go and spread the word of peace. They have seen us the handicapped play, they have seen our friends from Rwanda who came over to Congo to play with us. That is the good thing about peace and happiness."
Sitting volleyball was introduced to the world at the Arnhem 1980 Paralympics Games and is internationally recognized by World Organization Volleyball for Disabled (WOVD). The game is considerably faster than standing volleyball.
SOUNDBITE (Swahili) Herman Chirimwami, Sitting volleyball team coach, Vice President, National Committee of Paralympics”, Democratic Republic of Congo:
"We the Congolese, should stop the war, we should stop the rapes. I’m happy to see that although we’re in a war situation, the people can still get together happily. This shows that we have no problems with our Rwandese brothers."
Meanwhile, in New York UN officials at their first-ever high level meeting on disabilities said that the rights of the disabled must be directly addressed by the post-2015 development agenda. An estimated 1 billion people worldwide who live with disabilities are often excluded from access to education, employment, health care, social and legal support systems.
World leaders are set to adopt a resolution calling for development that affords persons with disabilities opportunities for productive employment and decent work and access to basic social services. The meeting’s outcome document, entitled ‘The Way Forward: a disability-inclusive agenda towards 2015 and beyond’ reaffirms countries’ commitment to work together on this issue and support the aims of the CRPD.
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