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STORY: HAITI / HIP HOP
TRT: 2.43
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH/ CREOLE/ NATS
DATELINE: 7 DECEMBER 2010, PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI
1. Med shot, boy ringing bell
2. Close up, bell
3. Close up, face of boy ringing bell
4. Wide shot, exteriors of a building, boys walk past
5. Wide shot, tents
6. Close up, woman preparing food
7. Med shot, man standing in front of kids in desks
8. Med shot, boy at computer
9. Med shot, father playing with small boy
10. Med shot, mother preparing food outside
11. Close up, faces of two boys
12. Wide shot, UNICEF school tent with class inside
13. Med shot, boy standing in front of class, putting books in backpack
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Father Jeff Desruisseaux, Centre D’accueil de Carrefour:
“Our vision is not to institutionalize the children, because we know that the best place for the children is not in a centre, it’s in the family.”
15. Wide shot, students with UNICEF staff and Father Jeff Desruisseaux in a classroom
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Denise Ulwor, UNICEF Child Protection Specialist:
“UNICEF is more interested in the centre because the management of the centre made clear to us that this centre should not replace the family and they should do some reunification – or tracing – to get the children reunified with their family.”
17. Wide shot, Youri Belcomb standing by the clothesline and then walks away
18. Med shot, Youri Belcomb standing up at desk in the classroom
19. Med shot, hip-hop group performing
20. Zoom in, hip-hop group performing
21. Close up, boy performing in front of a microphone with hip-hop group
22. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Youri Belcomb, 13 Year-old Boy:
“This song talks about the way people can clean up Haiti, to get rid of the bad and replace it with the good, to make a good Haiti.”
23. Close up, Youri Belcomb’s face in classroom
24. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Youri Belcomb, 13 Year-old Boy:
“I will use mathematics to help me with construction. Imagine that I’m building a road or a house, I’ll need to know the numbers, multiplication and everything.”
25. Med shot, boys at desks looking toward front of classroom
26. Close up, teacher drawing on chalkboard
27. Close up, hand with pencil writing
28. Med shot, boy writing in notebook while sitting at his desk
A group of 390 children separated from their parents in Haiti, are being served by this Port-au-Prince residential care centre where they receive housing, hot food, an education, and vocational training.
All while the centre’s staff, whenever possible, works to reunite them with their families.
The centre is working closely with UNICEF to restore the family unit, and to make sure the children with no parents are given a secure, safe environment that prepares them for a productive and rewarding future.
SOUNDBITE (English) Father Jeff Desruisseaux, Centre D’accueil de Carrefour:
“Our vision is not to institutionalize the children, because we know that the best place for the children is not in a centre, it’s in the family.”
UNICEF, which provided educational and recreational supplies to the centre after the earthquake, is increasing its level of support.
SOUNDBITE (English) Denise Ulwor, UNICEF Child Protection Specialist:
“UNICEF is more interested in the centre because the management of the centre made clear to us that this centre should not replace the family and they should do some reunification – or tracing – to get the children reunified with their family.”
Youri Belcomb is a 13 year old boy who has spent the past six years here. He is one of the centre’s top students. He’s also making a name for himself in the centre’s hip-hop group, called “Heart to Heart.”
They sing about improving the country by stepping up and initiating positive change.
SOUNDBITE (Creole) Youri Belcomb, 13 Year-old Boy:
“This song talks about the way people can clean up Haiti, to get rid of the bad and replace it with the good, to make a good Haiti.”
For Youri, the skills he’s learning in the classroom will help him do his part.
SOUNDBITE (Creole) Youri Belcomb, 13 Year-old Boy:
“I will use mathematics to help me with construction. Imagine that I’m building a road or a house, I’ll need to know the numbers, multiplication and everything.”
Youri knows many things, including the idea that building up the children of Haiti is an effective way of rebuilding the future of the country.
