Médecins Sans Frontières - Webclip – Abubabkr's story

Unique Identifier Code / URN MSF333640

Date taken / Date Recorded 21/06/2020 12:00 AM

Country Nigeria

Commissioning section MSF-SPAIN

Photographer / videographer / producer Scott Hamilton

Copyright Scott Hamilton/MSF

Usage Rights (MSF) Advertising Campaign, External Media, MSF Fundraising, MSF Publications, Social Media

Formal Consent Copy available no

Editor's rating ★★★ (F)

Video format h264 (Main) (avc1 / 0x31637661)

Duration 3m7s

Maximum Size 1920px × 1080px 296.11 MB

Additional Information / Shotlist Video with multitrack audio, track as follows, all stereo:

1 - Full Mix
2 - Voices
3 - Ambient sound
4 - Music

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SCRIPT Transciption

TEXT:

*voice and names changed for anonymity

Abubakr was abducted
by an armed group
when he was five years old

Gwoza
Nigeria

SUBTITLE

We were living in Gwoza when it happened.

His mother ran away and left him with his father
and I also ran away.

That was when he was abducted
and taken to the bush.

It was around then that his father died.

He became an orphan
when there was relative peace in town.

I'm his aunt. I was taking care of him
before he was abducted.

TEXT

Abubakr remained
with the armed group
for five years,

but he found
his way back to Gwoza.

After his return, he was
admitted to the MSF hospital
for surgery to treat his injuries.

His aunt came to the hospital
when she heard he was there.

He recognised her
immediately.

SUBTITLES

After returning, he gained weight.

He was just five when he was taken.

He is now 10 years old.

TEXT

He began to show signs of
psychological distress.

During those five years
he witnessed and experienced
traumatic events.

SUBTITLES

When he first came back,
we found it difficult to understand him

because at that time it seemed like
he didn't want company.

He preferred to be alone,
especially when he was hungry.

He always looked like
he was upset or in a bad mood,

as if he had lost his mind.

But we had to bear with him
as we knew what he had been through.

We’ve now spent
two months together.

TEXT

Cases like his carry a stigma
which makes it harder
to reach out and ask for help.

But he started attending
counselling sessions with MSF.

Maryam
MSF counsellor

SUBS

He will not listen to you.

He will reject you.

When you’re trying to come close to him,
he will try to go away.

He likes fighting.

But in this session that
we’re doing one-on-one with him,

every time when he came I would ask him
to do this, to do this…

So, from there, I make close
between me and him.

From there, he tries to understand that

we’re here for them,

in order he learns some new things.
And now he has changed totally.

He is now grown up and wiser.

He was just a little boy when he was abducted.

He is so attached to my children

that he wouldn't want to eat
his meals without them.

He will always look for them
so that they eat together.

Even when it comes to sleeping,

he ensures that they sleep together.

He enjoys spending time with them,
now they even play football together.

TEXT

He will soon begin school,
marking a new chapter
in his life.

In 2019, MSF provided 5,341
counselling sessions and 2,144
psychosocial group activities

for both children and adults
in Gwoza.

Webclip – Abubabkr's story – INT

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