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TITLE: IRAQ /SYRIANS RETURN TO LEARNING
TRT: 1.33
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 6 SEPTEMBER 2013, ARBAT REFUGEE CAMP, SULAYMANIYAH, IRAQ
1. Wide shot, camp
2. Wide shot, child friendly space tent in the camp
3. Med shot, volunteers distributing school bags to a room full of students
4. Med shot, queue of children
5. Med shot, school bags prepared for distribution
6. Med shot, school bags filled by the volunteer students with school materials
7. Close up, school bag being filled
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Sahar Mohammed, Volunteer:
“Most of the kids said that they like school, they want to became something helpful in the community, may be the Syrians, go back to Syria, volunteer. So it’s been good experience, the kids are really helpful, and most of them are very welcoming to the idea of school.”
9. Wide shot, group of children drawing and colouring with the help of the volunteer students
10. Med shot, children colouring
11. Close up, child’s hands colouring
12. Med shot, queue of children
13. Med shot, girl eating bread, watching food being prepared
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Marzio Babille, UNICEF Representative in Iraq:
“The children who participated today committed to continue to go to school. They signed a personal individual statement, all of them. A big billboard, and then they sign—those who don’t write yet—they sign with the imprint of their hand. This is the best sign of looking ahead for a bright future in school.”
15. Wide shot, joint photo of UNICEF staff and the volunteer students
As the school year begins in Arbat refugee camp in northern Iraq, dozens of local student volunteers delivered vital supplies to recently arrived refugees. The students, who raised the money themselves, made sure that children in the camp have everything from juice and milk to books, pens and uniforms.
It’s more than 40 degrees centigrade in the camp. But that hasn’t stopped dozens of young Kurdish children from lining up for something they’ve been eagerly looking forward to—the first day of school.
Meanwhile dozens of other young people are on the way to the camp in mini buses. They’re students from the Classical School of the Medes in Sulaymaniyah. For the last several weeks they’ve worked hard to ensure that the refugee children have all the equipment to start the school year off right.
Among them is Sahar Mohammed, 17, who is a senior in high school. She plans to become a nutritionist so that she can help children live healthier lives.
SOUNDBITE (English) Sahar, Volunteer:
“Most of the kids said that they like school, they want to became something helpful in the community, may be the Syrians, go back to Syria, volunteer. So it’s been good experience, the kids are really helpful, and most of them are very welcoming to the idea of school.”
UNICEF Representative in Iraq Marzio Babille says support from local young people is vital for the child refugees and their families.
SOUNDBITE (English) Marzio Babille, UNICEF Representative in Iraq:
“The children who participated today committed to continue to go to school. They signed a personal individual statement, all of them. A big billboard, and then they sign—those who don’t write yet—they sign with the imprint of their hand. This is the best sign of looking ahead for a bright future in school.”
The back to school imitative is just the beginning of an ongoing programme to ensure that the refugee children receive assistance as the school year progresses, particularly as the weather turns cold.
