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STORY: HAITI / YOUTH FORUM
TRT: 1.51
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: NATS
DATELINE: 6 SEPTEMBER 2010, HAITI
1. Med shot, speakers at the launch event including at left Hanly Calizaire
2. VOX-POP (Creole) Luxon Julien:
“Haiti is a country on the path of democracy and should respect human rights, especially the rights of children.”
3. VOX-POP (Creole) Anne Marie Magdala Pierre:
“Our forefathers worked to found a country with a positive image, in the way they lived, their intellectual activities, and their works of art.”
4. VOX-POP (Creole) Eugene Schmide Rene:
“We need to make more hospitals and health centers with good doctors so they can give good services and treatment, so that everyone benefits.”
5. Wide shot, audience
6. Wide shot, forum participant
7. Cutaway, young participant and UNICEF Country Director Francoise Gruloons-Ackerman
8. Wide shot, forum participant
9. Med shot, young female forum participant
10. Med shot, Minister of Sports, Youth and Civic Action, Evans Lescousflair
11. Wide shot, boy on bicycle in earthquake camp
12. Wide shot, boy walking near fence in earthquake camp
13. Med shot, boys (one on bike) hanging out in earthquake camp
14. Med shot, boys scowling at camera in earthquake camp
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Francoise Gruloons-Ackeman, UNICEF Country Director:
“We thought that we have to help other partners and the government to bring the adolescents and the young people together to give them a voice, give them a role to play in the reconstruction of their country. And also pushing – and calling the candidates to the presidency to really care about children, to put them first in the agenda.”
16. Wide shot, Hanly Calizaire walking near his house
17. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Hanly Calizaire, Boy Scout:
“We think there’s a lack of infrastructure. The government should do something. And also educational problems, because that gives birth to other problems, like insecurity, juvenile delinquency, all of these things.”
18. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Hanly Calizaire, Boy Scout:
“We need a strong government to encourage entrepreneurship, to help us launch and support our enterprises.”
19. Wide shot, forum participant
20. Cutaway, audience members
21. Med shot, forum participant
They are some of the voices of Haiti’s future.
VOX-POP (Creole) Luxon Julien:
“Haiti is a country on the path of democracy and should respect human rights, especially the rights of children.”
VOX-POP (Creole) Anne Marie Magdala Pierre:
“Our forefathers worked to found a country with a positive image, in the way they lived, their intellectual activities, and their works of art.”
VOX-POP (Creole) Eugene Schmide Rene:
“We need to make more hospitals and health centers with good doctors so they can give good services and treatment, so that everyone benefits.”
These young people were among those invited to speak at UNICEF’s Children and Youth Participation Movement for a Transformative Agenda for Children.
This “youth forum” marks the first of many gatherings and debates to be organized by UNICEF and its partners, including the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Civic Action. They will take place in the run-up to Haiti’s November presidential election.
Haiti’s population is overwhelmingly young, with 46 percent of the population under 18 years old. That’s 4.3 million young people and children, whose potential could be ignored, or encouraged, by Haiti’s presidential candidates.
SOUNDBITE (English) Francoise Gruloons-Ackeman, UNICEF Country Director:
“We thought that we have to help other partners and the government to bring the adolescents and the young people together to give them a voice, give them a role to play in the reconstruction of their country. And also pushing – and calling the candidates to the presidency to really care about children, to put them first in the agenda.”
Among those frustrated by Haiti’s current situation is 17 year-old Hanly Calizaire.
He says he and his friends at school and in the Boy Scouts spend a lot of time talking about politics.
SOUNDBITE (Creole) Hanly Calizaire, Boy Scout:
“We think there’s a lack of infrastructure. The government should do something. And also educational problems, because that gives birth to other problems, like insecurity, juvenile delinquency, all of these things.”
SOUNDBITE (Creole) Hanly Calizaire, Boy Scout:
“We need a strong government to encourage entrepreneurship, to help us launch and support our enterprises.”
It’s this sort of determination that the UNICEF youth forums intend to encourage. Perhaps then, the energy and passions of these young people and many others like them can be put to good use for Haiti.
