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STORY: BURUNDI / CHILD PROTECTON
TRT: 3.25
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: KIRUNDI/ ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 2- 8 JUNE 2013,
1. Wide shot, Burundi Landscape
2. Wide shot, Pedro walking
3. Wide shot, Pedro and Leaonard walking
4. Wide shot, Pedro and Leornard greeting Valérie
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Pedro Guerra, child protection specialist, UNICEF:
“We want to know how it was the light last night?”
6. SOUNDBITE: Valérie Manirakiza 20 years old (Kirundi) “I saw a big difference with the light because before when I wanted to go out in the night, I was afraid and also at night when I am waiting for the food I use the wood. But yesterday I just switched on the light and it was good.”
7. Wide shot, man putting light up
8. Close up, Valérie with light on her head
9. Wide shot, child scraping last bits out of a pot
10. Close up, child scraping last bits out of a pot
11. Close up, women counting money at Solidarity group
12. Wide shot, woman at Solidarity group
13. Close up, woman at Solidarity group
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Pedro Guerra, child protection specialist UNICEF:“
“Only 3 percent of people in Burundi have access to electricity on the grid so most of the population they are in the dark. The things they are using now is mainly kerosene, candles and wood. So we did a study with the University of Burundi in two provinces to see what are they using now and how much is that costing. So we thought that they are spending a lot of money every month.”
15. Wide shot, Valérie with light on
16. Med shot, child
17. Med shot, lights being put on charger
18. Med shot, riding bicycle to charge lights
19. Wide shot, solidarity groups
20. Close up, woman writing in book at Solidarity group
21. SOUNDBITE (English) Pedro Guerra, child protection specialist, UNICEF:
“The idea is to link the solidarity groups with the micro energy enterprise, so every solidarity group we are going to start with 18 groups, they are going to start with one machine, they will also be in charge of selling the lights so they will also have a business of selling the lights and also recharging.”
22. Wide shot, solidarity groups
23. Med shot, solidarity groups
24. Wide shot, children
25. Close up, children
26. Close up, woman country money
27. Close up, box at solidarity group “Abana” which means children
28. Med shot, woman putting money into box
29. Wide shot, woman locking box
30. Close up, woman locking box
31. SOUNDBITE (English) Leonard Ndirahisha, Coordinator, FVS Amade:
“The impact of the approach is that women for example are considered the persons who can improve themselves, who can contribute in the family. Before the Nawe Nuze solidarity, women were considered as those who consumed and did not to contribute.”
32. Wide shot, Valérie hitting rice
33. Med shot, Valérie hitting rice
34. Wide shot, Valérie sitting outside house
35. SOUNDBITE (Kirundi) Valérie Manirakiza, 20 years old:
“Before I participated in the group, I was in a bad way. If I couldn’t be a member of the child protection committee, and of the Nawe Nuze group, I could die. I appreciate this approach because the orphans are helped and in the group, each member helps the orphans.”
36. Wide shot, man putting light up in house
37. Close up, child playing with toy
38. Med shot, child playing with toy
Pedro and Leonard trail up and down the hills of Gitega province in Burundi. They’re on a mission to get feedback about a long lasting portable light they left overnight with some willing experimenters such as 20 year old Valérie.
SOUNDBITE (English) Pedro Guerra, child protection specialist, UNICEF:
“We want to know how was it last night with the light?
SOUNDBITE (Kirundi) Valérie Manirakiza, 20 years old:
“I saw a big difference with the light because before when I wanted to go out in the night, I was afraid and also at night when I am waiting for the food I use the wood. But yesterday I just switched on the light and it was good.”
The LED light, called Nuru, a Swahili word which means to brighten, is part of a UNICEF pilot project to bring affordable and safe energy to Burundian homes Most families are very poor and spend much of their meager income on kerosene or other energy sources, which generate smoke and can lead to a number of health and safety problems.
SOUNDBITE (English) Pedro Guerra, child protection specialist, UNICEF:
“Only 3 percent of population in Burundi have access to electricity on the grid so most of the population they are in the dark. So we did a study with the university of Burundi in two provinces to see what are they using now and how much is that costing to them. So we thought that they are spending a lot of money every month.”
The light can also offers another advantage as a small business in rural areas like this where opportunities are limited. The lights take 20 minutes to recharge through a bicycle-powered device and can last up to 10 days. The program will be implemented through already established community safety net organizations called ‘solidarity groups’, of which Valarie is a member.
SOUNDBITE (English) Pedro Guerra, child protection specialist, UNICEF:
“The idea is to link the solidarity groups with the micro-energy enterprise, so every solidarity group we are going to start with 18 groups, they are going to start with one machine, they will also be in charge of selling the lights so they will also have a business of selling the lights and also recharging.”
Solidarity groups such as Nawe Nuze were started in part to address the extreme poverty many Burundians live in and also help to create a community caring scheme for the tens of thousands of orphaned and vulnerable children left destitute after years of conflict.
Each group has three boxes. One for savings, so members put money in and can access credit, box two is for orphaned and vulnerable children – each member must care for two orphans, and box three is for emergencies.
SOUNDBITE (English) Leonard Ndirahisha,Coordinator, FVS Amade:
“The impact of the approach is that women for example are considered the persons who can improve themselves, who can contribute in the family. Before the Nawe Nuze solidarity, women were considered as those who consumed and did not to contribute.”
Valérie, herself an orphan rescued by a child protection committee and connected with a solidarity group, has experienced the rewards of being a part of it.
SOUNDBITE (Kirundi) Valérie Manirakiza 20 years old:
“Before I participated in the group, I was in a bad way. If I couldn’t be a member of the child protection committee, and of the Nawe Nuze group, I could die. I appreciate this approach because the orphans are helped and in the group, each member helps the orphans.
If the Nuru light project proves successful, t will be rolled out to other groups, among other lightning alternatives, across the country with the hope that all homes will have a safe and affordable energy source in addition to being a part of a safety net, which helps to protect the most vulnerable.
