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Under the Blue Helmet: Life as a UN Peacekeeper

Description

What is it like to deploy as a United Nations peacekeeper to one of the most challenging missions on Earth? Witness the staggering beauty of the Democratic Republic of the Congo – a country roughly the size of Western Europe – and see, through the eyes of Blue Helmets, how they confront the deadly conflict that has driven some four and a half million people from their homes since 2017.

What Works Well

This video is look into the daily work of UN peacekeeping forces across the DRC which shows various aspects of their work as well as individual soldiers’ lives.

Discipline

  • Humanities & Language
  • Social Sciences

Keywords

beni, conflict, democratic republic of congo, fataki, informal learning, kinshasa, peacekeepers, united nations, war

Source

UN Peacekeeping

Level of Guidance

What does this mean?

The Level of Guidance indicates how much the creator has imbued the video with a sense of at what the viewer should be looking.

For instance, a Level 1 video would mean that the camera has been left in place while life happens around it, allowing you, as the viewer, to simply observe. A Level 2 video might incorporate subtle visual, textual or audible hints or simple transitions. A Level 3 video would rely on a handful of hints and transition. A Level 4 video would employ multiple hints and dialogue. And a Level 5 video would rely on all of the above as well as a narrative arc that pushes the viewer forward.

Another way of looking at this would be how much production went into the video if you are considering making one of your own like it.

Location

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