NIGER / DSG MOHAMMED VISIT
01-Mar-2023
00:03:16
The Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed continued her engagements in Niger today, visiting a school where she highlight the importance of transforming the education system and ensure uninterrupted education for all. RCO NIGER
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STORY: NIGER / DSG MOHAMMED VISIT
TRT: 03:16
SOURCE: RCO NIGER
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 01 MARCH 2023, NIAMEY, NIGER
TRT: 03:16
SOURCE: RCO NIGER
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 01 MARCH 2023, NIAMEY, NIGER
SHOTLIST
1. Various shots, Deputy Secretary-General visits school
2. Various shots, teachers and students at school
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations:
“What I learned from that incredible interaction, both girls and boys, was the importance of education for them, and how they connected education to what they wanted to do. But [also] the clear idea of the challenges and how they wanted to protect their school, how they wanted to be able to come to school, and some of the issues that gave them great concern. So really knowledgeable, and yet they're still in education. So they're engaged, thoroughly engaged with what it is that will give them a future to meet their ambitions. And their aspirations, and more importantly their rights.”
4. Various shots, Deputy Secretary-General talks to students
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Well, this connects Niger to Africa, Africa to the world, and the other way around – the world gets to Africa and, and that's development. That's the future that can be realized. That's opening up the ability for every single person in Niger, to have the skills and the ability to engage, to engage with the economy, to engage with basic rights, and to ensure that this society is one that thrives.”
6. Various shots, teacher Dabougui uses computer
7. SOUNDBITE (French) Abdoulaye Haoua Dabougui, teacher:
“I thank them, thank them a lot for the assistance in the activities. It helped a lot because I personally did not expect it. I had a week of training with the presidency.”
8. Various shots, Deputy Secretary-General talks to students
2. Various shots, teachers and students at school
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations:
“What I learned from that incredible interaction, both girls and boys, was the importance of education for them, and how they connected education to what they wanted to do. But [also] the clear idea of the challenges and how they wanted to protect their school, how they wanted to be able to come to school, and some of the issues that gave them great concern. So really knowledgeable, and yet they're still in education. So they're engaged, thoroughly engaged with what it is that will give them a future to meet their ambitions. And their aspirations, and more importantly their rights.”
4. Various shots, Deputy Secretary-General talks to students
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Well, this connects Niger to Africa, Africa to the world, and the other way around – the world gets to Africa and, and that's development. That's the future that can be realized. That's opening up the ability for every single person in Niger, to have the skills and the ability to engage, to engage with the economy, to engage with basic rights, and to ensure that this society is one that thrives.”
6. Various shots, teacher Dabougui uses computer
7. SOUNDBITE (French) Abdoulaye Haoua Dabougui, teacher:
“I thank them, thank them a lot for the assistance in the activities. It helped a lot because I personally did not expect it. I had a week of training with the presidency.”
8. Various shots, Deputy Secretary-General talks to students
STORYLINE
The Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed continued her engagements in Niger on Wednesday, visiting a school where she highlight the importance of transforming the education system and ensure uninterrupted education for all.
She began her day with a visit to Ecole Pays-Bas primary school - tragically impacted by unsafe schools buildings when their straw classrooms caught fire in 2021.
With the support of government, the community and other partners, the UN renovated the school block, built additional classrooms and provided essential furniture and learning materials.
Sitting in their new classroom, Mohammed engaged with a group of students, girls and boys, who shared their aspirations and ambitions for the future, while explaining some of the challenges.
The Deputy Secretary-General said, “What I learned from that incredible interaction, both girls and boys, was the importance of education for them, and how they connected education to what they wanted to do.”
The Deputy Secretary-General, the UN team in Niger and partners also handed over a solar-powered digital center to the school, along with digital tablets, where students can get access to internet.
For Mohammed, “this connects Niger to Africa, Africa to the world, and the other way around – the world gets to Africa and, and that's development.”
The Deputy Secretary-General believes “that's the future that can be realized” and “that's opening up the ability for every single person in Niger, to have the skills and the ability to engage, to engage with the economy, to engage with basic rights, and to ensure that this society is one that thrives.”
She began her day with a visit to Ecole Pays-Bas primary school - tragically impacted by unsafe schools buildings when their straw classrooms caught fire in 2021.
With the support of government, the community and other partners, the UN renovated the school block, built additional classrooms and provided essential furniture and learning materials.
Sitting in their new classroom, Mohammed engaged with a group of students, girls and boys, who shared their aspirations and ambitions for the future, while explaining some of the challenges.
The Deputy Secretary-General said, “What I learned from that incredible interaction, both girls and boys, was the importance of education for them, and how they connected education to what they wanted to do.”
The Deputy Secretary-General, the UN team in Niger and partners also handed over a solar-powered digital center to the school, along with digital tablets, where students can get access to internet.
For Mohammed, “this connects Niger to Africa, Africa to the world, and the other way around – the world gets to Africa and, and that's development.”
The Deputy Secretary-General believes “that's the future that can be realized” and “that's opening up the ability for every single person in Niger, to have the skills and the ability to engage, to engage with the economy, to engage with basic rights, and to ensure that this society is one that thrives.”
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