2 Jun 2012

SOUTH SUDAN / ORPHANAGE

Japanese peacekeepers are volunteering at an orphanage that has been supporting street children since 2007 hoping to protect and reintegrate the children by providing physical, social and psychosocial guidance. UNMISS

Posted at: June 2, 2012 12:02 am

Duration: 03:28

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STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / ORPHANAGE
TRT: 3:28
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH /NATS

DATELINE: 26 MAY 2012, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN

SHOTLIST:

1. Wide shot, Japanese peacekeepers playing basketball at the Juba orphanage
2. Med shot, playing basketball
3. Med shot, playing with orphans
4. More playing basketball 
5. Med shot, Japanese peacekeeper playing with two young orphans
6. Med shot, a young orphan taking photo of Japanese peacekeeper
7. Med shot, a child orphan putting on a UN helmet
8. Young orphaned girls playing and singing Japanese song
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Commander Sergeant Major, Isono Yoshihiro, Japanese Peacekeeper:
"They are smiling all the time while they play with us. Their background is not always good, they have bad stories. When I think about it I am so sorry, but I don't need to worry about that. If there is something I can do here for the children and the country, just I will do it."
10. Wide shot, Japanese peacekeepers working on a guard house
11. Med shot, Japanese peacekeeper talking to two orphans 
12. Close up, Japanese peacekeeper working
13. Wide shot, peacekeepers 
14. Close up, cutting wood
15. Med shot, making a door frame
16. Close up, screwing nail 
17 Wide shot, finishing door frame
18. Wide shot, working on the guard house
19. Med shot, painting guard house
20. Close up, putting door handle
21. SOUNDBITE (English) Commander Sergeant Major, Isono Yoshihiro, Japanese Peacekeeper:
"Personally I feel this is a returning back to the world because last year we have huge earthquake and many people were killed by the huge tsunami at that time were helped by so many countries in the world."
23. Wide shot, Executive Director of Confident Children out of Conflict Cathy Groenendijk and children preparing food for the orphans
24. Close up, food on table
25. Med shot, Japanese peacekeeper seated with children
26. Wide shot, children singing before meal.
27. Close up, child praying
28. Med shot, children eating
29.  SOUNDBITE (English) Executive Director of Confident Children out of Conflict Cathy Groenendijk:
"The Japanese are making the guard house, it is very nice little house, the night watchman will come and stay here. We are very very happy with what they are doing here. They come to play with the kids they also bring them some things and they also help us with construction."
30. Med shot, Japanese peacekeeper with two young children
31. Wide shot, children eating their meal
32. Med shot, Young boy with UN helmet

STORYLINE:

Saturday afternoon at an orphanage located in the heart of Juba and Japanese peacekeepers are volunteering with games and some basic construction.

Laughter echoes at the orphanage as these once abandoned children play games – oblivious of their past and the hard conditions they experienced before arriving at the home.

There are 35 female children here – some were once street children and others were abandoned as babies by their parents.

At the home, the children receive three square meals, a place to sleep and are enrolled at nearby 
community schools so they can get a good education and can also mingle with other children from the community.

SOUNDBITE (English) Command Sergent Major, Isono Yoshihiro, Japanese Peacekeeper:
"They are smiling all the time while they play with us. Their background is not always good, they have bad stories. When I think about it I am so sorry, but I don't need to worry about that. If there is something I can do here for the children and the country, just I will do it."

Since early April Japanese peacekeepers have been volunteering with activities at this orphanage every Saturday and Sunday.

SOUNDBITE (English) Command Sergent Major, Isono Yoshihiro, Japanese Peacekeeper:
"Personally I feel this is a returning back to the world because last year we have huge earthquake and many people were killed by the huge tsunami at that time were helped by so many countries in the world."

The orphanage has been supporting street children since 2007 hoping to protect and reintegrate the children by providing physical, social and psychosocial guidance. The organization that runs the orphanage also advocates against the abuse of children by creating awareness on child rights.

Cathy Groenendijk who runs this orphanage with help from volunteers who drop in occasionally is glad of the partnership she has with the peacekeepers who come to the home every weekend.

Today, she is serving supper early because when it gets dark there is no electricity. The older children always give a hand. Before they start on any meal, they always sing a prayer.

SOUNDBITE (English) Executive Director of Confident Children out of Conflict Cathy Groenendijk:
"The Japanese are making the guard house, it is very nice little house, the night watchman will come and stay here. We are very very happy with what they are doing here. They come to play with the kids they also bring them some things and they also help us with construction."

Before the independence of South Sudan, a two-decade civil war between Northern Sudan and Southern Sudan left many children orphaned and homeless.

A team of 225 Ground Self-Defence Force engineers arrived in South Sudan early in the year to help in the construction of some roads in the capital.