UNICEF / IDLIB CHILDREN

STORY: UNICEF / IDLIB CHILDREN
TRT: 02:11
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNICEF ON SCREEN
LANGUAGES: ARABIC / NATS

DATELINE: 16 NOVEMBER 2019, IDLIB, NORTHWESTERN SYRIA

SHOTLIST:

1. Various shots, vehicles loaded with people and their belongings fleeing violence in Idlib
2. Various shots, displaced people from Idlib arrive at an informal settlement near the border with Turkey
3. Wide shot, children play and run at informal settlement
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Sabah, 12-Year-Old Displaced Child:
“My sister was sleeping in her room when the missiles struck. She was injured and died.”
5. Various shots, tents of displaced families at informal settlement
6. Med shot, child cooking at informal settlement
7. Wide shot, child sweeping dust around her tent at informal settlement
8. Med shot, child carrying her baby sister
9, Close up, child peeping through his tent
10. Wide shot, children living at informal settlement
11. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ibrahim,14-Year-Old Displaced Child:
“We were playing ball in school and all of a sudden shell started hitting around the school. We started to hide. All the kids in the school started to cry and were scared.”
12. Various shots, children living at informal settlement

STORYLINE:

Escalating violence continues to displace more families in Idlib governorate, in northwest Syria. Many of them are seeking refuge in informal settlements close to the border with Turkey where children are helping their families build shelters to protect themselves from the winter cold.

SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Sabah, 12-Year-Old Displaced Child:
“My sister was sleeping in her room when the missiles struck. She was injured and died.”

SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ibrahim,14-Year-Old Displaced Child:
“We were playing ball in school and all of a sudden shell started hitting around the school. We started to hide. All the kids in the school started to cry and were scared.”

Out of 400,000 people who have been displaced in northwest Syria in recent months, nearly 150,000 are uprooted children who have dropped out of school and are coping with extremely harsh living conditions in addition to loss and trauma.