PAPUA NEW GUINEA / EARTHQUAKE CHILDREN

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said one month after a series of earthquakes hit Papua New Guinea, children are still in shock and suffering significant trauma and stress which could have negative consequences to their long-term well-being. UNICEF

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:12
• Production Date: 28 March 2018
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND - UNICEF
• Subject Topical: CHILDREN; EARTHQUAKES; HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
• Geographic Subject: PAPUA NEW GUINEA
• MAMS Id: 2118551
• Parent Id: 2118551
• Alternate Title: unifeed180328b

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STORY: PAPUA NEW GUINEA / EARTHQUAKE CHILDREN
TRT: 02:13
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNICEF ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: NATS

DATELINE: 12-14 MARCH 2018, MULTIPLE LOCATIONS, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Shotlist

13 MARCH 2018, MENDI, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

1. Wide shot, bus drives past crack in highway
2. Close up, crack in highway
3. Various shots, building destroyed by earthquake

12 MARCH 2018, MOUNT HAGEN, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

4. Med shot, boy sitting on hospital bed with bandage on head
5. Wide shot, doctor removing bandage from boy’s head
6. Close up, boy’s injured head
7. Wide shot, mother sitting with children on hospital bed
8. Wide shot, emergency room filled with patients injured by earthquake
9. Close up, boy
10. Various shots, doctor inspecting boy’s infected knee

14 MARCH 2018, SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS PROVINCE, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

11. Aerial shot, jungle

14 MARCH 2018, PIMAGA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

12. Wide shot, UNICEF-supported team arrives with medical supplies
13. Pan left, UNICEF-supported team carrying boxes
14. Wide shot, temporary tent for earthquake survivors
15. Wide shot, group of families displaced from earthquake
16. Close up, food prepared inside tent
17. Wide shot, families sitting under tent
18. Med shot, girl laying down
19. Med shot, children
20. Close up, boy
21. Med shot, boy sitting on sleeping pad
22. Close up, boy
23. Wide shot, children sitting on ground
24. Close up, boy

14 MARCH 2018, DAGA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

25. Wide shot, boys standing in front of destroyed home
26. Close up, crack in road
27. Wide shot, woman and pigs crossing over crack in road

14 MARCH 2018, PIMAGA, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

28. Wide shot, Chinook military helicopter about to take off after dropping off food aid for villagers
29. Wide shot, large group of earthquake survivors watching helicopter
30. Various shots, food items being loaded
31. Wide shot, truck loaded with bags of food drives away

Storyline

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said one month after a series of earthquakes hit Papua New Guinea, children are still in shock and suffering significant trauma and stress which could have negative consequences to their long-term well-being.

Several strong earthquakes, of magnitude 5 to 7.5 on the Richter scale, hit four Highlands provinces in Papua New Guinea (PNG) last month displacing thousands of people. UNICEF said children who have suffered from trauma have an increased risk of delayed development, mental health disorders, depression, anxiety, self-harm and suicide. The PNG Government estimates 270,000 people are in need of urgent assistance, including 125,000 children. Of those children, about 15 to 20 percent require psychological support, according to the World Health Organization.

UNICEF said children in PNG were already at high risk of violence and abuse even before the earthquake. Available data indicated that girls and boys in PNG experience some of the highest rates of violence in Asia-Pacific region. About 75 percent of children report experiences of physical abuse and about 80 percent experience emotional abuse during their lifetime.

UNICEF said it was setting up 26 child-friendly spaces (CFS) to provide psychosocial support services for more than 14,000 children in the severely-affected areas of Hela and Southern Highland provinces. The CFS are safe places where children can receive psychosocial support to regain a sense of normalcy, play and learn life skills including good hygiene practice.

UNICEF said it had delivered 23 metric tons of relief supplies to Papua New Guinea, including tents and tarpaulins, water purification tablets, hygiene kits and learning kits. Some 12,000 packets of therapeutic food and vaccines to protect 31,700 children against the increasing risk of disease outbreak and malnutrition have also been delivered.

UNICEF said it needs 14.6 million USD to help children and families affected by the earthquakes over the next year. It said the fund would be used to provide water, sanitation and hygiene in temporary shelters, psycho-social support in safe places, vaccinations and malnutrition treatment, and support for children to return to school.