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DR Congo football star encourages displaced children with sports

STORY: DR Congo football star encourages displaced children with sports DATELINE: Oct. 5, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:34 LOCATION: GOMA, DR Congo CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of displaced children playing football in shelters of Goma with Zola 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Swahili): SHUKURU, Displaced child 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (French): DISTEL ZOLA, DRC football star STORYLINE: Distel Zola, a football star from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has been striving to help displaced children in the eastern part of the country to restore hope and smile again through the charm of sports. On the outskirts of Goma in the North Kivu province live thousands of displaced children seeking refuge in shelters. Most of them escaped from their hometowns due to clashes between local rebel groups. Over the past weeks, Zola has been organizing football matches for children from the shelters, hoping to teach them resilience in the face of a tough situation. SOUNDBITE 1 (Swahili): SHUKURU, Displaced child "We kids at camp somet

DR Congo football star encourages displaced children with sports

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