A scheme to help Afghan refugees like Amir housed in hotels up and down the country to access swimming and fitness facilities.
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 27 October 2021
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
We talk to an Afghan family housed in one of the many hotels which have become home for thousands of others like them. Many families and children often struggle to exercise which has an impact on their physical and mental health. BBC producer Sue Mitchell a keen swimmer is working with them to enable them to be able to make use of hotel and local authority swimming pools to to help them while they wait for news about permanent accommodation, benefits and education.
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Presenter: Chloe Tilley Producer: Lisa Jenkinson Studio Manager: Duncan Hannant.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts |
| 0:05.2 | Hello, I'm Chloe Tilly, welcome to Woman's Air from BBC Radio 4. |
| 0:09.2 | Good morning and welcome to the programme. |
| 0:11.4 | Now the distressing images of Afghans crowded at Kabul Airport, |
| 0:15.4 | desperately trying to leave the country after the Taliban take over, |
| 0:18.5 | was an image that dominated our TV screens back in August, |
| 0:21.9 | or by the end of that month, thousands of Afghans that worked with UK forces |
| 0:26.0 | were flown out of the country to start a new life in Britain. |
| 0:29.6 | Now, two months on, many families are facing the reality |
| 0:33.0 | of living in hotels for months on end. |
| 0:35.3 | Young families living in cramped conditions, with no money or job, |
| 0:39.1 | waiting for the government to find them permanent accommodation. |
| 0:42.2 | Well, one of these families is going to be speaking with us this morning |
| 0:44.9 | about their journey out of Afghanistan, |
| 0:47.1 | the challenges of living in a hotel long term, |
| 0:49.8 | and also about a new initiative to provide swimwear and equipment |
| 0:53.4 | and access to swimming pools, |
| 0:55.2 | to help their mental health, to help them take part in exercise, |
| 0:57.9 | and quite simply to fill their time. |
| 1:00.3 | We're also going to be looking at a government drive |
| 1:02.6 | to get more pregnant women vaccinated. |
| 1:04.8 | Only 15% have been fully vaccinated. |
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