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STORY: ECUADOR / VENEZUELAN MIGRANTS
TRT: 02:32
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNHCR ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: SPANISH / NATS
DATELINE: 6 MAY 2019, EL JUNCAL, ECUADOR
1. Wide shot, bridge with mountains in background
2. Med shot, Carmen in the kitchen packing dishes
3. Med shot, Carmen making the bed in bedroom
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Carmen, Hostel Owner:
“They can have a shower, or a meal, or a place to sleep.”
5. Med shot, Carmen with children
6. Wide shot, people standing by gate doors of hostel
7. Med shot, people who live in a hostel in the kitchen
8. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Daniel, Venezuelan Migrant:
“Someone told us about a lady named Carmela and that she could help us out with food, a place to sleep, and to wash.”
9. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Daniel, Venezuelan Migrant:
“We were tired and dirty, and we came here. We went to this lady, and now she’s become like a mom to us.”
10. Wide shot, town streets
11. Med shot, Carmen outside hostel by plants
12. Pan right, inside hostel bedrooms
13. Med shot, Carmen doing laundry
14. Med shot, Carmen with children who live in hostel
15. Med shot, people who live in a hostel standing outside with carmen, laughing
16. Wide shot, people who live in a hostel sitting outside with UNHCR person
17. Various shots, people who live in a hostel standing outside with UNHCR person
18. Med shot, Carmen and one of her guests laughing
19. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Carmen, Hostel Owner:
“Of all my ‘children’ who see what I’m doing, most come help me serve meals, most sit down to talk, and to listen, and to cry alongside each other. I know that among them, someone will be generous. That’s the only thing that matters in life. I may not have money, but I have a heart for those who come”.
20. Wide shot, people who live in a hostel sitting outside with UNHCR person
21. Wide shot, two woman and child
22. Various shots, Carmen in the kitchen
23. Med shot, Women and children live in a hostel standing outside with UNHCR person
24. Wide shot, group photo
Carmen is a 34-year-old Ecuadorian who runs a hostel in El Juncal, in the northern Imbabura province. When Carmen saw Venezuelans arriving in Ecuador, many making an exhausting journey on foot, she decided to offer up shelter in her hostel for free.
Since she began hosting Venezuelans, Carmen’s had some 20 people sleeping there most nights – and up to 70 people on some occasions.
SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Carmen, Hostel Owner:
“They can have a shower, or a meal, or a place to sleep.”
After being welcomed at Carmen’s, some have sought to stay in El Juncal, and are now living and working there.
SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Daniel, Venezuelan Migrant:
“Someone told us about a lady named Carmela and that she could help us out with food, a place to sleep, and to wash. We were tired and dirty, and we came here. We went to this lady, and now she’s become like a mom to us.”
Often people arrive dehydrated, exhausted and with health problems. In addition, during the journey they are exposed to greater conditions of vulnerability, as they are more likely to be victims of robbery, violence and trafficking networks.
SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Carmen, Hostel Owner:
“Of all my ‘children’ who see what I’m doing, most come help me serve meals, most sit down to talk, and to listen, and to cry alongside each other. I know that among them, someone will be generous. That’s the only thing that matters in life. I may not have money, but I have a heart for those who come”.
In 2018, nearly a million Venezuelans entered Ecuador – at least 30 percent of them walking part of the way to get there.
