Ukrainian refugees in Ireland attend English classes +REPLAY+

(25 Apr 2022) +REPLAY+ IRELAND UKRAINIAN WAR REFUGEE SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS RESTRICTION SUMMARY: LENGTH: 5:48 ASSOCIATED PRESS Dublin, Ireland - 13 April 2022 1. Wide of school buildings 2. Close of Ukrainian flag 3. Wide of students standing outside classrooms   4. Various of classroom with Ukrainian students learning English and teacher 5. Close of Kateryna Strazheva, refugee from Ukraine 6. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Kateryna Strazheva, refugee from Ukraine "I'm studying English because I want to integrate into the Irish community and to be able to socialise. In general, I'm a very talkative person and I feel lonely when I can't explain myself or even say thank you for what people are doing for me." 7. Various of children in classroom and teacher 8. Various of children watching cartoons 9. Wide of students sitting in classroom 10. Close pan of name tags 11. Zoom in of 16 year-old refugee Max Babchenko 12. Wide of house 13. Close of sticker on front door reading (English)  'Stand with Ukraine' 14. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Max Babchenko, 16 year-old Ukrainian refugee: "We're really thankful that people are making everything good for us here but I still miss my home, especially because my father is still there and he's in the army. But we are trying to build a new life. I'm going to school. I've joined the local football team, Grenada. I'm also playing Gaelic football and I'm going to English classes with my family." 15. Various of Max on pitch with his soccer football  team 16. Various of Zoryana Babchenko, Ukrainian refugee, working at desk 17. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Zoryana Babchenko, Ukrainian refugee.    "Our lives changed on the second day of the war when we left Ukraine and now we're here and trying to have a new life here. I'm not yet finished my university studies but my university is doing classes online. Just a couple of days ago I finished the main project for my final exams. Moving here I also had to leave my gym in Ukraine but with help from people in Ireland I'm going to a gymnastics club here and I'm really happy about it." 18. Carron McKinney, host for refugee family, filling teapot with water 19. SOUNDBITE (English) Carron McKinney, host for refugee family "I couldn't imagine somebody throwing me and my family in the middle of the Ukraine and me having no Ukrainian and just be expected to get on with it, to live with strangers, to have everything in your life to be reliant on the kindness of strangers, I just couldn't imagine doing it. And yet they do it with such bravery and such resilience and such a calmness and dignified presence that it just astounds me." 20. Various of Simon Acres, teacher at CBC Monkstown, in classroom 21. SOUNDBITE (English) Simon Acres, teacher at CBC Monkstown: "So obviously a lot of people coming in from the Ukraine mightn't have any English, or mightn't know anybody in Ireland, might come here on their own, or feel isolated once they're in accommodation. So the classes, as well as offering practical language skills, maybe it's a way for them to meet other people in a similar situation, they can build up their own support networks."   22. Mid of woman student 23. Close of name tag 24. Wide of refugees having tea break in gymnasium 25. Close of box of cakes decorated in blue and yellow 26. Mid of man serving drinks to refugees 27. Family eating at table 28. Close of poster reading (English) 'No war in Ukraine'. 29. Close of poster reading (English) '#Stand with Ukraine' 30. Wide of Ukrainian flag with students leaving school in background LEAD IN: STORYLINE:   Older children too have their own classes. ==== Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...