12 Aug 2011

MOZAMBIQUE / SPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT

The International Inspiration initiative a global effort led by the London Olympic Committee, UNICEF and other partners was implemented in Mozambique in an effort to bring the benefits of sport for development to 12 million children by the beginning of the 2012 London Olympics. UNICEF

Posted at: August 12, 2011 4:03 pm

Duration: 03:27

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STORY: MOZAMBIQUE / SPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT
TRT: 3:27
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: PORTUGUESE / ENGLISH / NATS
		 
DATELINE: APRIL 2011, GUARA GUARA PRIMARY SCHOOL, BUZI DISTRICT, SOFALA PROVINCE

SHOTLIST:

1. SOUND-UP (English) Sebastian Coe, Olympic Athlete:
"London's vision is to reach young people all around the world."
2. Wide shot, pupils from Guara Guara primary walk out towards football pitch
3. Close up, boys walking out to pitch
4. Close up, ball being kicked
5. Various shots, football game
6. SOUNDBITE ISAC BASILO (Portuguese) 15 years, 7th grade student:
"I like it because the sport is good. It helps us entertain and it is good for our bodies."
7. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Fernando Alberto, 18, 7 grade student: 
"Without shoes is not nice, but we play without shoes because we do not have the means to buy shoes."
8. Pan left, exterior school
9. Close up, school sign
10. Various shots, inside classroom
11. Various shots, children singing outside the class with teacher
12. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Arminda Veronica, teacher:
"I now play with the children and do physical education and music. I also learnt to teach the children how to read, teaching the children to write.  All of that I learnt in my training that I participated in during the seminars."
13. Wide shot, classroom built with UNICEF tarpaulin
14. Wide shot, classroom
15. Wide shot, children sweeping outside classroom
16. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Abias Zacarias, headmaster:
"This school is different from the other schools because we have a lot of support linked to child-friendly schools. For example, we already went ahead and made classrooms. Over and above the classrooms, we also have capacity building and we have the benefits of seminars which comes from being a child-friendly school. " 
17. Various shots, girls playing volleyball

STORYLINE:

SOUND-UP (English) Sebastian Coe, Olympic Athlete:
"London's vision is to reach young people all around the world. "

It's still over a year to the start of the London Olympics but for some the games have already begun. At this school in Mozambique, the students may have no shoes, but the ball and kits were provided as part of the Olympics International Inspiration project.

SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Fernando Alberto, 18, 7th grade:
I like it because the sport is good.  It helps us entertain and it is good for our bodies."

SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Isac Basilo, 15 years, 7th grade:
"Without shoes is not nice, but we play without shoes because we do not have the means to buy shoes."
	
Guara Guara primary is part of a pilot project to try and improve Mozambique's schools.

Resources are stretched, Mozambique is one of the world's poorest countries.

That means class sizes are big with as many as sixty pupils in each. But efforts are being made to improve things through links with the Olympic project and UNICEF's Child Friendly School initiative.

The emphasis is on increasing the number of classrooms and investing in teachers.

Arminda Veronica third graders are feeling the benefits of her recent training, which has encouraged her to look at sport activities in a more inclusive manner, attractive to both boys and girls.

SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Arminda Veronica, Grade 3, Teacher:
"I now play with the children and do physical education and music. I also learnt to teach the children how to read, teaching the children to write. All of that I learnt in my training that I participated in during the seminars."

There are over 2,000 students at Guara Guara attending school in morning and afternoon shifts. And the numbers are increasing every year due to people moving away from low lying areas prone to floods. The headmaster says he is hopeful that the improving standards can be maintained.

SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Abias Zacarias, headmaster:
"This school is different from the other schools because we have a lot of support linked to child-friendly schools.  For example, we already went ahead and made classrooms.  Over and above the classrooms, we also have capacity building and we have the benefits of seminars which comes from being a child-friendly school."