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STORY: KENYA / CASH TRANSFERS
TRT: 2.34
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / SWAHILI / NATS
DATELINE: 1 SEPTEMBER 2012, NAIROBI, KENYA
1. Med shot, mom and two young children walk in front of metal wall
2. Med shot, mom and children walk through metal gate
3. Wide shot, people walking on dirt road
4. Med shot, baby crawling on dirt
5. Close up, young girl cutting potatoes with knife
6. Close up, french-fries being fried in wok
7. Med shot, woman selling french-fries
8. Med shot, mom walking with children in front of red "Coca Cola" mural
9. Med shot, cash kiosk on checker floor
10. Med shot, woman walks up to cashier behind bars
11. SOUNDBITE (Swahili) Caroline Adhiambo Mula, Cash Transfer Recipient:
"When my mother died, I was devastated. I looked at my younger siblings and thought: where will we get food? I was very sad."
12. Close up, mom and young daughter sitting in chair
13. Med shot, metal shack with "CARO HAIR SALON" sign
14. Close up, woman styling another woman's hair
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Naomi Mbugua, Children Officer, Kenya Government:
"The programme is very important especially for the orphans and the most vulnerable cases. Here in Dagoretti we are supporting 657 households."
16. Close up, mom inside her house, joined by young son
17. Close up, backpack
18. Wide shot, girl standing by side of dirt road
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Naomi Mbugua, Children Officer, Kenya Government:
"We have cases of extremely poor households, where children have lost their parents through cases of HIV and AIDS."
20. Close up, back of woman styling hair
21. Med shot, hair stylist standing behind woman in chair
22. SOUNDBITE (Swahili) Caroline Adhiambo Mula:
"My dream is to expand the salon. I would like to buy full-size hair driers and even hire other employees to assist me."
23. Med shot, mom and two young children enter small shack
24. Close up, mom plays with small daughter
Caroline Adhiambo Mula was 17 when her mother died, leaving Caroline in charge of feeding and caring for five younger siblings. Her father had died years earlier, and money was always a problem, as they struggled month to month in Nairobi's Kawangware slum.
Half the children in Kawangware never attend school. Many children help their families earn money, like this young girl peeling potatoes that her mother will fry and sell.
Fortunately for Caroline, she was helped by a UNICEF-supported cash transfer programme, run by the Kenyan Government, which allowed her to pay for school fees, food and medical care. The amount she receives each month is modest, about twenty US dollars, but that's equal to what she pays in rent.
SOUNDBITE (Swahili) Caroline Adhiambo Mula, Cash-Transfer Recipient:
"When my mother died, I was devastated. I looked at my younger siblings and thought: where will we get food? I was very sad."
The cash-transfer program allowed her to cover the basics. She then opened her own beauty salon, using the skills her mother taught her.
Naomi Mbugua is a children officer who oversees Caroline's case.
SOUNDBITE (English) Naomi Mbugua, Children Officer, Kenya Government:
"The program is very important especially for the orphans and the most-vulnerable cases. Here in Dagoretti we are supporting 657 households."
She says the modest cash payments cushion young women like Caroline from extreme poverty, and help them break the cycle of poverty, by focusing on getting an education.
Many of the beneficiaries of the programme were suddenly thrust into poverty when AIDS claimed a parent.
SOUNDBITE (English) Naomi Mbugua, Children Officer, Kenya Government:
"We have cases of extremely poor households, where children have lost their parents through cases of HIV and AIDS."
For Caroline, the programme has changed her outlook on life. No longer concerned about mere survival, she's focusing on growing her business.
SOUNDBITE (Swahili) Caroline Adhiambo Mula:
"My dream is to expand the salon. I would like to buy full-size hair driers and even hire other employees to assist me."
At the end of a long day at the salon, Caroline returns to her small home in the slum. The cash-transfer programme has given her peace of mind, and helped her prepare for a brighter future for her and her children and siblings.
