AFGHANISTAN / IDP CAMP EDUCATION

UNICEF's partner organization Aschiana has been setting up tent classrooms in various camps in  Afghanistan with the goal of quickly educating the children so they can be integrated into government classrooms.  UNICEF

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:48
• Production Date: 26 December 2013
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND - UNICEF
• Subject Topical: DISPLACED PERSONS; EDUCATION; REFUGEES
• Geographic Subject: AFGHANISTAN
• MAMS Id: U131226c

Description

STORY: AFGHANISTAN / IDP CAMP EDUCATION
TRT: 1.48
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/ PASHTO/ NATS

DATELINE: 25 SEPTEMBER 2013, KABUL, AFGHANISTAN

Shotlist

1. Med shot, two boys tending to stoves outside
2. Close up, paper burning in stove
3. Med shot, two boys talking outside mud hut
4. Wide shot, people in camp gathered around water pump
5. Close up, water pump
6. Wide shot, girl standing in doorway of mud hut
7. Close up, chickens on ground
8. Med shot, boy teaching other boys in tent classroom
9. Close up, profile of boy in tent classroom
10. Close up, boy's hand writing in notebook
11. Medium shot, man teaching in tent classroom
12. SOUNDBITE (Pashto) Sayed Najibullah, Teacher:
"As you know, people in the camps are from war-affected provinces. They have brilliant minds and brilliant talent. They just need the guidance and education to get them back on track. The right track means education, a pen and a book, which will build their future."
13. Close up, "ASCHIANA" sign outside UNICEF tent
14. Close up, row of girls in tent classroom
15. Med shot, boy sitting, reading
16. SOUNDBITE (Pashto) Agha LaLay, Student:
"I never attended school before coming here. Now I know education plays a vital role in building one's character and future. It can help you become a teacher, a doctor or an engineer."
17. Med shot, four boys standing outside mud hut
18. Med shot, teacher sitting with students in tent classroom
19. Close up, boy writing
20. Med shot, back of boys sitting in tent classroom

Storyline

16-year-old Agha LaLay is one of about 10,000 people living in the Chahrahi Qambar camp in Kabul, Afghanistan. His family, like many here, is from Helmand Province. They were farmers, but fled to Kabul to escape the fighting.

Life here, despite the peace, is difficult. LaLay lives in a small cluster of mud-brick buildings with 19 relatives. No running water, no toilet, no electricity. Food is always in short supply.

The bulk of the adults in camp can't read or write. Fortunately for LaLay, UNICEF-partner Aschiana is working to improve the prospects for children in the camps by providing them an education.

Sayed Najibullah is a teacher for Aschiana.

"As you know, people in the camps are from war-affected provinces," he says. "They have brilliant minds and brilliant talent. They just need the guidance and education to get them back on track. The right track means education, a pen and a book, which will build their future."

Aschiana has been setting up tent classrooms in various camps, with the goal of quickly educating the children so they can be integrated into government classrooms.

This year, 750 children, including LaLay, have made the jump. LaLay says he now dreams of becoming an engineer.

"I never attended school before coming here."Now I know education plays a vital role in building one's character and future. It can help you become a teacher, a doctor or an engineer"- he says.

LaLay says he is excited for the future, despite the challenges he's faced adjusting to life in the city.

Education, he says, will give the people of this camp the tools they need to build good, productive lives.