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STORY: UZBEKISTAN / ADOPTION
TRT: 1.42
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: RUSSIAN /UZBEK / NATS
DATELINE: JULY 2010, TASHKENT, UZBEKISTAN
1. Med shot, social Worker Elena Vorobyova, on home visit in the suburb of Tashkent, walking towards the house
2. Tracking shot, camera follows Elena Vorobyova as she walks into the house
3. Med shot, Elena Vorobyova greets the family
4. Close shot, 14 year old Shahzoda sitting on a couch
5. Med shot, social worker, Shahzoda and her aunt sitting on the couch
6. Close shot, Shahzoda’s family pictures
7. SOUNDBITE (Uzbek) Abdugaumova Oynisa, Aunt:
“I was very close to my sister. There was no difference between our families, so it was natural for our children to come together, after she died.”
8. Close shot, Shahzoda talking
9. Med shot, aunt and Shahzoda sitting together, Shahzoda starts crying
10. Close shot, tea being poured from a kettle
11. Med shot, Elena Vorobyova takes notes
12. Wide shot, old woman holding a cane
13. Med shot, exterior of a wooden window in the house
14. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Elena Vorobyova, Social Worker:
“With training from UNICEF, we’ve gained more social work skills and families are more aware of our support services and are more willing to interact with us.”
15. Pan right, from family sitting at dining table to Zokir Solikhov doing his homework in the next room
16. Close shot, Zokir Solikhov doing his homework
17. Med shot, social worker flipping through notes
18. Close shot, profiles of social worker and the mother
19. Close shot, social worker writing
20. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Rakhimova Rano, Senior Social Worker:
“This has been a very good outcome. In cases like this, the interests of the child must come first and everyone agrees, being with this family is the best result.”
21. Med shot, Zokir Solikhov shows his certificates
22. Close shot, Zokir’s brother
23. Med shot, Zokir coloring his sketch of a house
In a suburb of the Uzbek capital, Tashkent, Social Worker Elena Vorobyova is on her rounds.
The family she’s visiting today has endured a personal tragedy, from which they are now recovering.
Losing her mother a few years ago, 14 year old Shahzoda, is now cared for by her aunt, after an adoption process supported by social workers.
SOUNDBITE (Uzbek) Abdugaumova Oynisa, Aunt:
“I was very close to my sister. There was no difference between our families, so it was natural for our children to come together, after she died.”
Shahzoda agrees the pain of her loss still keenly felt, but her aunt caring for her just like a mother, she says.
With help from UNICEF, family and child support services in communities throughout Uzbekistan have been improving, for the benefit of women and children.
SOUNDBITE (Russian) Elena Vorobyova, Social Worker:
“With training from UNICEF, we’ve gained more social work skills and families are more aware of our support services and are more willing to interact with us.”
Across town at the Mahkamov home, eigh-year-old Zokir is busy with his homework. Found abandoned as a baby, and without any documentation, he’s been formally adopted by this family, with help from social workers.
SOUNDBITE (Russian) Rakhimova Rano, Senior Social Worker:
“This has been a very good outcome. In cases like this, the interests of the child must come first and everyone agrees, being with this family is the best result.”
Excelling in his school work, with the certificates to prove it, and happy to be a brother to his adoptive siblings, Zokir readily agrees as well.
