ETHIOPIA / ERITREAN REFUGEE CYCLISTS

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22 May 2017

Six childhood friends became separated when they fled their native Eritrea. Now in Ethiopia, they found each other again through their shared passion for competitive cycling. UNHCR

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STORY: ETHIOPIA / ERITREAN REFUGEE CYCLISTS
TRT: 01:19
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNHCR
LANGUAGE: TIGRINYA / NATS

DATELINE: MARCH AND MAY 2017, ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA

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Shotlist

1. Wide shot, team riding bikes
2. Close up, Filimon staring to the horizon, shoulders up
3. Close up, Filimon‘s face
4. Tilt down, Filimon looking at his phone
5. Close up, phone
6. SOUNDBITE (Tigrinya) Filimon, Eritrean refugee:
“Cycling means everything to me. If I don’t go out with my bike, I feel something is missing in my life. If I don’t train I feel powerless.”
7. Close up Filimon stretching
8. Med shot, Filimon stretching
9. Wide shot, refugee coach with the team on their bikes
10. Wide shot, team members walking with their bikes
11. Various shots, refugees working on their bikes
12. Close up, spinning wheel
13. Med shot, Filimon and team riding bikes in the city
14. Wide shot, riding bikes in the city
15. Various shots, team riding bikes

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Storyline

Six childhood friends became separated when they fled their native Eritrea. Now in Ethiopia, they found each other again through their shared passion for competitive cycling.

Eritrean refugee cycle team trains to compete internationally. Filimon is an Eritrean refugee living in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

He was separated from his family and friends one year ago. He found hope and friends again through his passion.

SOUNDBITE (Tigrinya) Filimon, Eritrean refugee:
“Cycling means everything to me. If I don’t go out with my bike, I feel something is missing in my life. If I don’t train I feel powerless.”

A refugee coach in Ethiopia helped set-up the team. They formed a team of six refugee cy-clists. Cycling is their full-time job. They are supported by their families.

The team handle all equipment purchases and maintenance. They train regularly and have weekly training schedules. They cycle up to 200 km daily.

They dream one day of competing internationally as professional cyclists.

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