(27 Jun 2025)
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Turkana County, Kenya – 2 June 2025
1.Various of dancers performing an Acholi traditional dance
2. Various of a woman watching the dance and clapping
3. John Wani, Social Worker at Terre Des Hommes, looking on at the dancing
4. Close up of drums being played
5. Set up John Wani, Social Worker at Terre Des Hommes
6. SOUNDBITE (English) John Wani, Social Worker at Terre Des Hommes:
“We have to keep the culture alive because (of) the moral values they learn from it and also, message of peace. Convey message of peace and then conveying message of togetherness on how they can be able to socialize with other communities. That is one of them (the reason). Also, when children learn through culture they are able showcase their heritage and also even the other communities outside. So, it is something that very essential and also vital in these perspectives.”
7. Various of two ladies dancing
8. SOUNDBITE (Kiswahili) Gladis Amwony, Dancer:
“I got here when I was 12 years old and now I am 20. I like the traditional dance because when I was home, I liked the traditional dances.”
9. Various of percussionists
10. Close up of dancer
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Taricko Augustine, Percussionist:
“I still practice these traditional dances and still my young brothers and young sisters when they are still growing up, still I want to continue (practicing culture) going with them together. Because, I want them to know this one is a good culture and know everything about the culture.”
12. Various of boys performing a routine to an afrobeat sound wearing masks and hoodies as part of their costume
13. Various of boys performing a breakdance routine
14. Wide of the boys being briefed by their trainers
15. Close up of The Flag of the United States of America painted on a metal box written(English) “Supported by BPRM, Gift of the United States Government.”
16. SOUNDBITE (English) John Papa, Community Officer at Terre Des Hommes:
“Now, we are now reducing some of the activities because we are few. The staff are few and even per day we only have one staff remaining in the centre and it is really hard for him/her to conduct 500 children. All we do is that other children can stay outside the fence and maybe after 30 minutes we remove the ones inside and allow others to come and practice."
17. Various of a boy with a hula-hoop
STORYLINE:
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Kenya’s northern Kakuma refugee camp is home to more than 300,000 people, who’ve fled conflict in dozens of east Africa countries.
For the children there, traditional and modern dances are helping them to distract themselves, as they face an uncertain future due to funding cuts.
STORYLINE :
Beads of sweat drip from the faces of young girls and boys as they dance to the rhythm of traditional drums and open calabashes.
These are refugee children. Some were born here in one of Africa’s largest camps.
Kakuma is located in northern Kenya, where more than 300,000 refugees’ livelihoods have been affected by funding cuts that have halved monthly food rations.
The children use the Acholi traditional dance as a distraction from hunger, perfecting a survival skill to skip lunches as they stretch their monthly food rations that are currently at 30% of the U.N nutritional recommendation per person.
The Acholi people, mostly from Uganda and South Sudan, are among refugees who live in Kakuma camp, which was established in 1992 as a safe haven for people fleeing conflict from dozens of east African countries.
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