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STORY: ETHIOPIA / PRIYANKA CHOPRA
TRT: 01:49
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: CREDIT UNICEF FOOTAGE ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 22 MAY 2019, BAMBASI CAMP, BENISHANGUL-GUMUZ, ETHIOPIA
1. Wide shot, driving shot through windscreen
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Hiwot Kiflon, UNICEF Programme Specialist in Assosa:
“You know this is conflict induced refugee set up in the conflict induced refugee camp there because of the war man mostly come back and forth from their country.”
3. Med shot, drive by of school sign
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Priyanka Chopra, Goodwill Ambassador, UNICEF:
“I was told it was 96 degrees when we head to Bambasi which is the refugee camp we’re going to today which has mostly Sudanese refugees.”
5. Wide shot, Priyanka walking in to class and talking to kids
6. Wide shot, Priyanka in class with kids
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Priyanka Chopra, Goodwill Ambassador, UNICEF:
“And it was just so amazing to see how these kids live extreme extreme poverty I mean so much but yet such a joy and zest for education.”
8. Wide shot, Priyanka tickling children
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Priyanka Chopra, Goodwill Ambassador, UNICEF:
“Per, per teacher there are about 100, 80 to 100 students on an average in this primary school.”
10. Med shot, Priyanka and sisters waving out of window
11. Wide shot, Priyanka and sisters get out of car
12. Tracking shot, Priyanka and sisters go in to hut
13. Med shot, Priyanka meets mother (Abda Abdulaziz, 26) and sisters’ younger siblings
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Priyanka Chopra, Goodwill Ambassador, UNICEF:
“There is a dire requirement of funding for healthcare for these kids to finish their education and not drop out – even child marriage being such a big thing.”
15. Med shot, Priyanka leaning in to little girl
16.Close up, Priyanka pulls tongue at phone and then takes selfies with girls
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Priyanka Chopra Jonas travelled to Ethiopia this week to meet refugee children who have fled their countries due to conflict and humanitarian crises.
During the visit, Chopra Jonas met children and young people living in the Bambasi refugee camp, home to 17,000 refugees largely from Sudan, and Hitsats and Adi-Harush camps, where 55,000 refugees from Eritrea currently live.
Ethiopia is home to 900,000 refugees – the second largest refugee population in Africa. Most were forcibly displaced from their homes in Somalia, South Sudan, Eritrea, Sudan and Yemen. Many have crossed borders in search of peace or a better life, facing deadly dangers and discrimination along the way.
At Bambasi Refugee Primary School, Chopra Jonas met eight-year-old Zulfa Ata Ey, one of 6,000 students registered at the school. Zulfa enrolled in grade two, and although her classroom is overcrowded, her desire to learn resulted in her being at the top of her class. She dreams of becoming a teacher “so that I can help other children to learn.”
SOUNDBITE (English) Priyanka Chopra, Goodwill Ambassador, UNICEF:
“I was told it was 96 degrees when we head to Bambasi which is the refugee camp we’re going to today which has mostly Sudanese refugees.”
Like many refugee schools in Ethiopia, Bambasi has a severe shortage of classrooms, teachers and textbooks.
SOUNDBITE (English) Priyanka Chopra, Goodwill Ambassador, UNICEF:
“And it was just so amazing to see how these kids live extreme extreme poverty I mean so much but yet such a joy and zest for education.”
SOUNDBITE (English) Priyanka Chopra, Goodwill Ambassador, UNICEF:
“There is a dire requirement of funding for healthcare for these kids to finish their education and not drop out – even child marriage being such a big thing.”
At both Hitsats and Adi-Harush camps, schools, health centers and other essential services are integrated and serve both Eritrean refugees and Ethiopian nationals.
Chopra Jonas watched a football match in which both Ethiopian and Eritrean players participated. The two captains of the football teams, one Ethiopian, the other Eritrean, explained that when the first Eritrean refugees crossed the border, they were dismissive towards each other and cautioned not to interact with each other. Through time, shared schools, and a better understanding that both have the same needs, they now live closely together, go to school together and play together, as they both share a love of football.
At Adi-Harush camp, Chopra Jonas visited a government-run nutrition screening center and nearby MayTsebri hospital, both of which service refugees as well as members of the host communities. Here, babies have access to treatment for malnutrition and mothers receive much-needed health care.
UNICEF is urging governments to stand up for refugees and asylum seekers by adopting policies that address the causes that uproot children from their homes; helping uprooted children to stay in school and stay healthy; keeping families together and giving children legal status; ending the detention of refugee children; combatting xenophobia and discrimination; and protecting uprooted children from exploitation and violence.
