CHILD REFUGEES SHARE STORIES OF RESILIENCE AND HOPE IN NICK NEWS WITH LINDA ELLERBEE "FLEEING SYRIA: CHILDREN OF WAR"
PREMIERING TUESDAY, MARCH 11, AT 8:00 P.M. (ET/PT) ON NICKELODEON
NEW YORK – March 4, 2014 – Nick News with Linda Ellerbee hears from child refugees in the brand-new special, “Fleeing Syria: Children of War,” premiering Tuesday, March 11, at 8 p.m. (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon. The half-hour special features kids who are among the millions that have fled Syria because of ongoing conflict to find safety at Jordan’s Camp Zaatari.
"I saw bombings. Things are terrifying in Syria," says 15-year-old Doha.
"Our house was destroyed," says 14-year-old Fares. "It was hit by a shell and it collapsed and we ran for our lives."
"We can hear the sound of the guns, of the cannons, of the artillery," says Camp Zaatari manager Killian Kleinschmidt. "It's shaking here at night, because they're fighting just a few kilometers away. So the conflict, the war is alive."
The children reveal it's hard to try to make the camp a home as they miss their lives in Syria.
13-year-old Mohammed passes the time fixing shoes at his family's shop. "We want to support ourselves," he says. "It's better than doing nothing."
15-year-old Wala is happy she can still go to school. "During these eight months we have managed to adapt," she says. "We try to have fun and forget about it."
"We at Nick News remain awed by the resilience of children who often suffer the worst in the human tide of the world's refugees," says Linda Ellerbee. "And they still find ways to get by, ways to find dignity, ways to grow, and ways to hang onto hope for a better tomorrow."
Nick News, produced by Lucky Duck Productions, is now in its 23rd year and is the longest-running kids' news show in television history. It has built its reputation on the respectful and direct way it speaks to kids about the important issues of the day. Over the years, Nick News has received more than 21 Emmy nominations and recently won its tenth Emmy Award for Forgotten But Not Gone: Kids, HIV & AIDS in the category of Outstanding Children's Nonfiction Program. Additional Emmy wins for outstanding children's programming include: Under the Influence: Kids of Alcoholics (2011); (The Face of Courage: Kids Living with Cancer (2010); Coming Home: When Parents Return from War (2009); The Untouchable Kids of India (2008); Private Worlds: Kids and Autism (2007); Never Again: From the Holocaust to the Sudan (2005); Faces of Hope: The Kids of Afghanistan (2002) and What Are You Staring At? (1998). In addition, in 1995, the entire series won the Emmy. In 2009, Nick News was honored with the Edward R. Murrow Award for best Network News Documentary for Coming Home: When Parents Return from War — the first-ever kids' television program to receive this prestigious award. Nick News has also received three Peabody Awards, including a personal award given to Ellerbee for explaining the impeachment of President Clinton to kids, as well as a Columbia duPont Award and more than a dozen Parents' Choice Awards.
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