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STORY: CHAD / MIA FARROW
TRT: 2.08
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 1-6 MARCH 2010, MAO, N’DJAMENA, WESTERN CHAD
1-4 MARCH 2010, MAO, CAHD
1. Wide shot, Mia Farrow riding a camel
2. Close up, Mia Farrow riding a camel
3. Med shot, Mia Farrow greeting local volunteers
4. Close up, child getting polio vaccine
5. Med shot, DJ at local radio station
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Mia Farrow, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador:
“So I’ve come here as a mother, as a grandmother and as an ambassador for UNICEF to tell all the women and the fathers too, to be sure to bring their babies in to be vaccinated.”
7. Close up, child
8. Close up, child in callipers
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Marzio Babille, UNICEF Representative:
“Usually it’s a permanent crippling disease. The child is usually marginalized and has a very difficult life if he goes to school and obviously sometimes as we witness in Africa, and in Chad, these children become beggars.”
10. Wide shot, children walking along dirt road
11. Wide shot, dirty river
12. Med shot, Mia Farrow and Marzio Babille talking to local women
13. Close up, boys face with flies in his eyes.
14. Wide shot, child polio victim receiving physical therapy
15. Close up, child polio victim receiving physical therapy
6 MARCH 2010, N’DJAMENA, CHAD
20. Med shot, Mia Farrow at launch of campaign in N’Djamena
21. Med shot, Mia Farrow administers vaccine to child
22. Med shot, children holding up their fingers to show they have been vaccinated
Riding a camel through a sandstorm, a traditional welcome for UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow in the central African country of Chad.
She spent a week travelling across the country to highlight the importance of polio vaccination as part of a regional immunisation campaign to combat the spread of this debilitating disease.
She met local authorities and teams of volunteers, supported by UNICEF and WHO reaching out to communities in rural and urban areas to encourage parents to have their children vaccinated.
Whilst being interviewed at the local radio station in the impoverished western town of Mao, Ms Farrow sent out this message to communities:
SOUNDBITE (English) Mia Farrow, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador:
“So I’ve come here as a mother, as a grandmother and as an ambassador for UNICEF to tell all the women and the fathers too, to be sure to bring their babies in to be vaccinated.”
Routine polio immunisation is low in Chad with an estimated 20 percent of children covered, leaving hundreds of thousands vulnerable to the virus.
SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Marzio Babille, UNICEF Representative:
“Usually it’s a permanent crippling disease. The child is usually marginalized and has a very difficult life if he goes to school and obviously sometimes as we witness in Africa, and in Chad, these children become beggars.”
Chad is one of the poorest countries in Africa with around 60 percent of the population living on less than a dollar a day. Poverty, poor nutrition, overcrowding and lack of sanitation leave children more susceptible to the polio infection. The virus is highly contagious and for every child affected another 200 are infected.
Chad was almost polio free in 2006, but the virus re entered nations in west and central Africa following migration from neighbouring Nigeria. Since 2009, 67 new cases have been registered in Chad. This has triggered the need for a regional polio vaccination campaign targeting 19 countries in West and Central Africa to intensify efforts.
During the launch of Chad’s polio immunisation campaign in the capital N’djamena on Saturday (6 March), Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno renewed his commitment to fighting polio.
Vaccination teams supported by UNICEF and WHO will reach to over two million children under the age of five. It’s hoped this massive effort will give a boost to eradication efforts in Africa and give Chadian children a safe and healthier start in life.
