ZIMBABWE AIDS ORPHANS
01-Apr-2005
This is what keeps Zimbabwe's orphans together - the big heart of a grandmother, the circle of the extended African family. Their parents dead from HIV/ AIDS, this is their new day time family. UNICEF
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STORY: ZIMBABWE AIDS ORPHANS
TRT: 2.12
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: CH 1 ENGLISH/ NARR SARAH CROWE
CH 2 ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 22 MARCH 2005, outside Bulawayo, Matabeleland, Zimbabwe
TRT: 2.12
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: CH 1 ENGLISH/ NARR SARAH CROWE
CH 2 ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 22 MARCH 2005, outside Bulawayo, Matabeleland, Zimbabwe
SHOTLIST
1. Close up, Zimbabwean grandmother
2. Wide shot, grandmother leads circle of singing children
3. Reverse angle, grandmother and children
4. Med shot, two children sitting on the ground, smiling
5. Wide shot, circle of children now sitting
6. Med shot, older Zimbabwean child holding her younger siblings by the hand
7. SOUNDBITE (English): Kristie Ndlovu, 13, Orphan:
"I get up at six, I take my small brother and sister at the bath if they
finished then I take them to Gogo Sarah."(Interviewer): "You must miss your mom and dad?"Ndlovu: "Yes" (interviewer): "You have been a big help, you have been like their mother?"
8. Wide shot, older woman leading children out of a house
9. Pan right to left, group of children sitting on bench with older woman
10. Zoom out, child digging
11. Close up, man holding front page of newspaper
12. Zoom out, withered crops
13. Med shot, people walking on busy street
14. Med shot, couple walking revealing advertisement
15. Close up, political poster, zoom out to street
16. SOUNDBITE (English): Wilfred Dube, AID worker:
"If the situation continues like this, a lot of children are going to suffer and the deaths of people who are living with HIV and AIDS are going to increase. Children are innocent; they are people who need our help. They are people who must be to be nurtured in a way that will make them good leaders in the future. So let's not subject children to our disagreements as adults"
17. Med shot, child eating
18. Wide shot, children eating in the shade
19. Med shot, shot, two children eating
20. Med shot, grandmother waving goodbye to children
2. Wide shot, grandmother leads circle of singing children
3. Reverse angle, grandmother and children
4. Med shot, two children sitting on the ground, smiling
5. Wide shot, circle of children now sitting
6. Med shot, older Zimbabwean child holding her younger siblings by the hand
7. SOUNDBITE (English): Kristie Ndlovu, 13, Orphan:
"I get up at six, I take my small brother and sister at the bath if they
finished then I take them to Gogo Sarah."(Interviewer): "You must miss your mom and dad?"Ndlovu: "Yes" (interviewer): "You have been a big help, you have been like their mother?"
8. Wide shot, older woman leading children out of a house
9. Pan right to left, group of children sitting on bench with older woman
10. Zoom out, child digging
11. Close up, man holding front page of newspaper
12. Zoom out, withered crops
13. Med shot, people walking on busy street
14. Med shot, couple walking revealing advertisement
15. Close up, political poster, zoom out to street
16. SOUNDBITE (English): Wilfred Dube, AID worker:
"If the situation continues like this, a lot of children are going to suffer and the deaths of people who are living with HIV and AIDS are going to increase. Children are innocent; they are people who need our help. They are people who must be to be nurtured in a way that will make them good leaders in the future. So let's not subject children to our disagreements as adults"
17. Med shot, child eating
18. Wide shot, children eating in the shade
19. Med shot, shot, two children eating
20. Med shot, grandmother waving goodbye to children
STORYLINE
This is what keeps Zimbabwe's orphans together - the big heart of a grandmother, the circle of the extended African family. Their parents dead from HIV/ AIDS, this is their new day time family.
Here they're loved and cared for and taken home at the end of the day when their bigger brothers and sisters have to be the best parents they can, during their young years.
Kristie Ndlovu, 13, lives with her frail granny. She lost both her parents to HIV/AIDS and now she must care for her siblings.
Sadly, Kristie is not alone. (Chicken family) There are one million orphans quite like her - that's one in five children orphaned due to HIV/ AIDS.
And now an added burden for this granny three of her own grandchildren are now HIV-positive too, infected from their mothers at birth.
The extended family is withering, though. NGOs and the UN are stretched to meet the huge needs during the droughts and now nearly 6 percent of the total population in Zimbabwe is orphaned due to HIV / AIDS.
Even with fresh elections democracy is dubious. International donors are punishing the government, and withholding funds, but it's the children that are bearing the brunt.
Child mortality here has dropped by 50 % in just 15 years so for now the only way to sustain
these children and stop this vicious cycle is through the countries grannies and outside help.
Here they're loved and cared for and taken home at the end of the day when their bigger brothers and sisters have to be the best parents they can, during their young years.
Kristie Ndlovu, 13, lives with her frail granny. She lost both her parents to HIV/AIDS and now she must care for her siblings.
Sadly, Kristie is not alone. (Chicken family) There are one million orphans quite like her - that's one in five children orphaned due to HIV/ AIDS.
And now an added burden for this granny three of her own grandchildren are now HIV-positive too, infected from their mothers at birth.
The extended family is withering, though. NGOs and the UN are stretched to meet the huge needs during the droughts and now nearly 6 percent of the total population in Zimbabwe is orphaned due to HIV / AIDS.
Even with fresh elections democracy is dubious. International donors are punishing the government, and withholding funds, but it's the children that are bearing the brunt.
Child mortality here has dropped by 50 % in just 15 years so for now the only way to sustain
these children and stop this vicious cycle is through the countries grannies and outside help.
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