Children collect scrap metal to make a living ++REPLAY++
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(13 Nov 2018) IRAQ MOSUL CHILDREN SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS RESTRICTIONS: AP CLIENTS ONLY LENGTH: 3:28 ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP CLIENTS ONLY Mosul - 12 November 2018 1. Boy arranging contents of his donkey cart 2. Various of boy dragging a piece of metal through the rubble 3. Disabled man looking for metals 4. Artillery shell among the rubble 5. School children passing a boy searching in the rubble 6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Omar Ali Daham, scrap metal collector: "I work in this business because if I go to school we will not be able to make a living. We have nobody to provide for us. If there was someone to provide for us, I would not be working here. I would like to attend (school) but there is one thing, we will not survive." 7. Excavator removing rubble 8. Various of Omar searching for metal 9. Various of disabled man looking for metal in the rubble 10. Omar loading scrap metal into the donkey cart 11. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Omar Ali Daham, scrap collector: "My father passed away when I was two years-old. I have a brother who is older and another one who is younger than me. I also have a brother who is mentally ill. It is me and my older brother who are providing for the family, with this job." 12. Various of Omar riding his donkey cart to the market 13. Omar at scrap metal buyer's shop UPSOUND (Arabic) Omar Ali Daham: " Where is the weighing scale, where is it?" 14. Various of Omar putting the scrap metals on a weighing scale 15. Scrap buyer paying Omar 16. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Bashar Mohammed, scrap shop owner: "From 7 up to 13 and 14, they all don't go to school, and work because of hunger, poverty, and need. There are people who are starving. Their houses were destroyed and no one came forward to help them. So the children are forced to work and provide for their families. There are even women who come out and collect things, because of hunger and need." 17. Bashar Mohammed with Omar in front of the scrap shop 18. By pulling a cart loaded with scrap 19. Various of boy emptying the scrap load in front of the scrap shop 20. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohammed Younus Mustafa, scrap collector: "Well, I find metals on the street and collect them, but I don't steal them. Sometimes I go to the organisation (NGO), and work for two days but they tell me; after Sunday, no Monday and Tuesday." 21. Various of boys putting the collected scrap on a weighing scale 22. Man adjusting the weight balance 23. Bashar Mohammed paying Mohammed Younus Mustafa 24. Mohammed Hassan Mustafa pushing his cart back to work LEADIN: Poor children and families in Mosul are having to collect bits of metal and other remnants of war just to make enough money to survive. Some children as young as seven have dropped out of school to work full-time as scrap collectors. STORYLINE: A young boy collects bits of metal from the rubble of a destroyed building. He's just one of the many poor residents of Mosul forced to scour the streets for items they can sell, whether it's iron, aluminium, steel or plastic. Years of war have taken a toll on the city's residents and infrastructure. Many people have no income and need to scavenge to survive. Omar Ali Daham no longer goes to school. "I work in this business because if I go to school we will not be able to make a living. We have nobody to provide for us. If there was someone to provide for us, I would not be working here. I would like to attend (school) but there is one thing, we will not survive," he says. Among the destruction, residents who lost almost everything are struggling to rebuild their lives. Clients are reminded: Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/9ed5005dc08046e1e5b473bc0b52905a
