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STORY: COSTA RICA / REFUGEE BAKERY
TRT: 02:42
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNHCR ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: SPANISH / NATS
DATELINE: 31 AUGUST 2017, SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA
1. Wide shot, Ricardo in his kitchen, weighing dough
2. Med shot, Ricardo in his kitchen, weighing dough
3. Close up, dough on scale
4. Top shot, Ricardo rolling dough
5. Close up, Ricardo rolling the dough in his hand
6. Close up, Ricardo
7. Wide shot, Ricardo placing the dough on cooking pan
8. Close up, cooking pan
9. Wide shot, Ricardo picking up the pan
10. Med shot, Ricardo placing pan on a rack
11. Wide shot, Ricardo picking up a new pan from the kitchen
12. Med shot, Ricardo rolling dough and dropping it on cooking pan
13. Med shot, Ricardo’s grandson joining Miriam in the kitchen
14. Med shot, Ricardo, Miriam and grandson working in the kitchen
15. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Miriam Velásquez, Refugee from Colombia:
“We came with the desire, and still have the determination, to strive to do something, to work and to keep moving ahead.”
16. Wide shot, kitchen with Ricardo and Miriam
17. Close up, Miriam with Ricardo off focus in the back
18. Med shot, Miriam preparing hot chocolate
19. Med shot, Ricardo picking a pan from rack and placing it in oven
20. Close up, pan in oven
21. Close up, Ricardo’s face looking in the oven
22. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Ricardo Ángel, Refugee from Colombia:
“I am a very entrepreneurial person, and an altruistic one. I like working, and trying to do new things.”
23. Med shot, Ricardo’s grandson checking oven temperature, Ricardo looking
24. Med shot, Ricardo getting cooked bread out of oven
25. Med shot, Ricardo placing cooked bread back on rack
26. Close up, cooked bread on pan
27. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Miriam Velásquez, Refugee from Colombia:
“Perhaps what we have done can be an example for others, the new arrivals. There are still lots of new people arriving.”
28. Wide shot, Ricardo, coming with a plate of bread, putting it down on the table, where the family is sitting down
29. Close up, Ricardo’s grandson eating
30. Wide shot, table with the whole family
Fleeing violence in Colombia, Miriam Velásquez and her husband Ricardo Ángel reached safety in Costa Rica - with their entrepreneurial spirit intact.
With hard work, determination and a helping hand from the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) these Colombian refugees started a successful bakery in the capital San Jose.
Miriam and Ricardo struggled in Costa Rica after fleeing from Colombia, but their entrepreneurial drive, and an official policy which allows refugees to work, have enabled them to thrive. They now run the country’s biggest gluten-free bakery, and their Costa Rican-Colombian family is thriving.
SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Miriam Velásquez, Refugee from Colombia:
“We came with the desire, and still have the determination, to strive to do something, to work and to keep moving ahead.”
The bakery serves up gluten-free baked goods like almojábanas, a specialty from Colombia
When they arrived from Colombia 17 years ago they slept on the street and scraped by to provide for their children. Today they run their bakery from a house they own in San Jose.
SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Ricardo Ángel, Refugee from Colombia:
“I am a very entrepreneurial person, and an altruistic one. I like working, and trying to do new things.”
Seed money from UNHCR helped Ricardo to invest in training and equipment. Now he is giving back.
With UNHCR he is lobbying to extend financial credit for other refugee entrepreneurs.
Miriam and Ricardo say extending a hand to refugees brings broader benefits to all.
SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Miriam Velásquez, Refugee from Colombia:
“Perhaps what we have done can be an example for others, the new arrivals. There are still lots of new people arriving.”
Today their family is both Colombian and Costa Rican, and their shared culture and cuisine is nourishment for body and soul.
