Gaza - Children with disabilities - 12 June 2024
Atfaluna was a well-established organization in Gaza City. When the war broke out in October, all of its offices and assets were destroyed, and the staff was forced to flee. Now, after much struggle to rebuild, the organization is reborn from its ashes and provides support to children living with disabilities, especially children with hearing impairments. OCHA
Description
STORY: OCHA / GAZA CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES
TRT: 04:36
SOURCE: OCHA
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT OCHA ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 12 JUNE 2024, DEIR EL BELEH, MIDDLE AREA, GAZA
Shotlist
1. Various shots of learning activities at Atfaluna an NGO specialized in providing services to children with hearing impairments
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Fidaa, Aid Worker, Atfaluna:
“We do provide interventions to persons with and without disabilities so that they have equal access to all kind of interventions. Knowing that disability has other complex needs puts us in a challenging situation because we need to respond first to the complex needs for the disability and also, the need of the emergency situation like a child without a hearing aid who will be at risk. So, we need to provide a child with hearing aid and also food parcel and patient care and PSS [psycho-social support] kits and other related emergency aids.”
3. Various shots, learning activities at Atfaluna
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Fidaa, Aid Worker, Atfaluna:
“We left our office in the Gaza Strip, which is now severely damaged due to all the bombings happened in Gaza City. So, we started from zero logistics. No office, no internet, no communication. And some other days we did not have the fuel to move our car to reach the families and reach out to beneficiaries.”
5. Various shots, learning activities
6. Med shot, two men who receive services from Aftaluna, communicating with sign language
7. Med shot, man repairing a hearing aid device
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Fidaa, Aid Worker, Atfaluna:
“The war affected me as everyone in the Gaza Strip. I've been displaced four, five times. First time, we got displaced from Gaza City, it was very horrific. I remember that night I couldn't sleep. Even if I was in what they call a “safe place” at my aunt’s house in Khan Younis City. But still, I couldn't forget the moment that we were evacuating from on my house.”
9. Close up, man repairing a hearing aid device
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Fidaa, Aid Worker, Atfaluna:
“Seeing a child smile while receiving any kind of support. That is our strength.”
11. Various shots, adults with hearing impairments engaged in artistic activities
Storyline
Atfaluna was a well-established organization in Gaza City. When the war broke out in October, all of its offices and assets were destroyed, and the staff was forced to flee.
SOUNDBITE (English) Fidaa, Aid Worker, Atfaluna:
“We do provide interventions to persons with and without disabilities so that they have equal access to all kind of interventions. Knowing that disability has other complex needs puts us in a challenging situation because we need to respond first to the complex needs for the disability and also, the need of the emergency situation like a child without a hearing aid who will be at risk. So, we need to provide a child with hearing aid and also food parcel and patient care and PSS [psycho-social support] kits and other related emergency aids.”
“We left our office in the Gaza Strip, which is now severely damaged due to all the bombings happened in Gaza City. So, we started from zero logistics. No office, no internet, no communication. And some other days we did not have the fuel to move our car to reach the families and reach out to beneficiaries.”
Now, after much struggle to rebuild, the organization is reborn from its ashes and provides support to children living with disabilities, especially children with hearing impairments.
SOUNDBITE (English) Fidaa, Aid Worker, Atfaluna:
“The war affected me as everyone in the Gaza Strip. I've been displaced four, five times. First time, we got displaced from Gaza City, it was very horrific. I remember that night I couldn't sleep. Even if I was in what they call a “safe place” at my aunt’s house in Khan Younis City. But still, I couldn't forget the moment that we were evacuating from on my house.”
“Seeing a child smile while receiving any kind of support. That is our strength.”
In Gaza, due to the repeated bombings many people have been left with hearing impairments for life.