Tailoring, craft making help refugee women in Uganda heal from war trauma

STORY: Tailoring, craft making help refugee women in Uganda heal from war trauma SHOOTING TIME: June 11, 2024 DATELINE: June 20, 2024 LENGTH: 00:04:04 LOCATION: Kampala CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of women knitting bags and learning tailoring 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Kiswahili): FLORENCE MWAVITA BITONDE, Congolese refugee 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): JOYEUX MUGISHO, Head of the People for Peace and Defense of Rights (PPDR) 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): JOYEUX MUGISHO, Head of the People for Peace and Defense of Rights (PPDR) 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Kiswahili): FLORENCE MWAVITA BITONDE, Congolese refugee 6. various of women learning tailoring STORYLINE: In the hustle and bustle of Kampala, the Ugandan capital, a group of Congolese refugee women are trying to fit in, hoping to heal from the war trauma they faced back home in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and stand on their own feet in a foreign country. As the world marks World Refugee Day on June 20, Grace Kashama, 38, a Congolese refugee said in

UGANDA-KAMPALA-REFUGEE WOMEN-SKILL TRAINING

UGANDA-KAMPALA-REFUGEE WOMEN-SKILL TRAINING

(240620) -- KAMPALA, June 20, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Joyeux Mugisho, the head of People for Peace and Defense of Rights (PPRD), a refugee-led non-governmental organization, speaks during an interview with Xinhua in Kampala, Uganda, June 11, 2024. TO GO WITH "Feature: Tailoring, craft making help refugee women in Uganda heal from war trauma" (Photo by Nicholas Kajoba/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

UGANDA-KAMPALA-REFUGEE WOMEN-SKILL TRAINING

UGANDA-KAMPALA-REFUGEE WOMEN-SKILL TRAINING

(240620) -- KAMPALA, June 20, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Joyeux Mugisho, the head of People for Peace and Defense of Rights (PPRD), a refugee-led non-governmental organization, speaks during an interview with Xinhua in Kampala, Uganda, June 11, 2024. TO GO WITH "Feature: Tailoring, craft making help refugee women in Uganda heal from war trauma" (Photo by Nicholas Kajoba/Xinhua)