Malawi NGOs struggle to deal with rise in numbers of orphans

Описание: (28 Mar 2009)
Blantyre, Malawi - 15 -16th July 2008
1. Pan from Open Arms sign to entrance
2. Close up pan of orphans at Open Arms
3. Midshot Neville Bevis talks to staff member
4. Pan from Neville to different staff member
5. SOUNDBITE (English): Neville Bevis, Director Open Arms Infant Home:
"Madonna did come to Open Arms, in this very office to, she had a look at two of our children who in most ways would have been perhaps more suitable than the child she ended up with in as much as that both of these children had been completely abandoned had had no family whatsoever. Anyway, for whatever reason they weren't taken by her. But anyway the nice part of that story is that both have subsequently been adopted by Malawian families and are doing extremely well."
Mphandula - 11th October 2006
6. Wideshot Madonna walking with Mphandula community leaders
7. Wideshot Madonna dancing with villagers
8. Wideshot Madonna addressing community leaders
Blantyre - July 15th, 2008
7. SOUNDBITE (Chichewa): Dominic Misomali, District Social Welfare Officer:
"If you are a non-Malawian and you want to adopt a child here you have to be a resident for at least seven years. Then you can apply to be a foster parent. But it does depend on the nature of the case. If for example the child has been completely abandoned, and you come from a country that has an adoption agreement with Malawi, then you could start processing your adoption application immediately. The most important thing is it has to go through the courts."
8. Close up orphans at Open Arms Home
9. SOUNDBITE (English): Stella Chipanye, Matron, Open Arms Infant Home:
"We look after these babies only for two years after which we send them back to their relatives but it does happen that some of the relatives can't manage, can't cope, so we do still keep some."
10. Close up orphan plays with a musical instrument
11. Midshot Matron Stella Chipanye weighs a baby
Blantyre - July 15th, 2008
12. Pan from Malawian staff to volunteers with orphans
Namaru - July 15th, 2008
13. Pan of Enipher Nasiyaya, teacher and coordinator, greeting child at nursery school
14. SOUNDBITE (Chichewa): Enipher Nasiyaya, teacher and coordinator, Open Arms Infant Home:
"Chifunero was underweight because he was born premature. When he went to Open Arms he gained weight and was taken care of. He came back to his village when he was two years old.
15. Pan from nursery wall to infants sitting in nursery.
16. Midshot infants sing at nursery home.
17. Pan of volunteers throwing bricks
18. SOUNDBITE (English): Helen Olley, English school student/volunteer:
"You're aware of how little you do, but I suppose if everyone achieves a little, then together we'll achieve a lot."
18. Wideshot English school pupils/volunteers painting school walls
19. Midshot nurse stands outside traditional birthing clinic
20. Wideshot woman demonstrates village pump
Ndirande - July 16th, 2008
21. Pan of orphan feeding centre
Blantyre - July 16th, 2008,
22. Tilt up from orphans to volunteers at Open Arms
23. Various of volunteers singing with orphans
LEAD IN:
Madonna is planning to adopt a second child from Malawi.
A Malawi welfare department official said the pop star had filed adoption papers in the southern African country. The case could be heard on Monday.
In Malawi, the Social Welfare Department estimates there are one point three million orphans, in a country of 14 million.
STORYLINE:
Open Arms Infant Home in Malawi's commercial capital, Blantyre, is a transition home caring for orphaned infants. It is entirely dependant on charitable donations.
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