Left Behind
Episode 1: The Girl from Obora
In the quiet village of Obora, there lived an 18-year-old girl named Amara -( she is the model with the child and also with provided profile images attached)
Obora was a small farming village (the scene is the background Amara and duaghter is infront) where life was simple, but poverty was everywhere. The villagers survived by farming, selling firewood, and trading food in the local market.
(Show a market scene with sellers of cash crops displaying items, a farmer on bicycle riding into the scene)
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(Show a small quiet village cottage with family outside, including a teenage amara)
Amara was the first child in a family of six children.
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(Show Her mother grinding beans)
Her mother, Mama Grace, worked tirelessly every day. Before sunrise, she woke up to grind beans, fry akara, and prepare pap to sell at the village market.
(Repeat market scene) The little money she earned was barely enough to feed her family.
CUT 4
(show people at a palm wine sitout)
Amara's father was a drunkard. Instead of providing for his wife and children, he spent most of his time drinking with friends. He hardly cared whether his children had food to eat or money for school.
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(Show much older amara fetching water)
As the eldest daughter, Amara carried many responsibilities. Every morning, she fetched water from the stream, swept the compound, helped her mother fry akara, and cared for her younger brothers and sisters before walking to school.
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(Show her giving her certificat to her Mum)
Despite the hardship, Amara never complained. She believed that education was the only way she could rescue her family from poverty.
When she completed primary school, her mother could no longer afford to pay for her secondary education.
CUT 6
(Show mother crying on a bench outside home with amara patting her on thr back)
