HAITI / LOWCOCK VISIT

United Nations (UN) Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock visited the Republic of Haiti this week to assess the response to successive natural disasters. OCHA

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:58
• Production Date: 6 July 2018
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS - OCHA
• Subject Topical: NATURAL DISASTERS
• Geographic Subject: HAITI
• MAMS Id: 2194445
• Parent Id: 2194445
• Alternate Title: unifeed180706c

Description

STORY: HAITI / LOWCOCK VISIT
TRT: 1:58
SOURCE: OCHA
RESTRICTION: NONE
LANGUAGE: NATS

DATELINE : 03 JULY 2018, OUANAMINTHE, HAITI

Shotlist

03 JULY 2018, CENTRE RESOURCE FRONTALIÈRE, OUANAMINTHE, HAITI

1. Wide shot, Mark Lowcok walking in the log base
2. Wide shot, Mark Lowcock and his colleagues get on the helicopter
3. Med shot, Mark Lowcock inside the helicopter
4. Med shot, Mark Lowcock getting off the helicopter
5. Med shot, Lowcok greeting police officer
6. Various shots, street
7. Close up, sign of Sant resous frontalye
8. Wide shot, Lowcock walking in to a room
9. Med shot, Lowcock talking to colleague

03 JULY 2018, THE FONDATION HAÏTIENNE DE REHABILITATION (FONHARE), OUANAMINTHE, HAITI

10. Various shots, women inside a room
11. Various shots, Lowcock talking to medical experts

03 JULY 2018, MAISON D’ACCUEIL SAINTE THERESE DE L’ENFANT JESUS, OUANAMINTHE, HAITI

12. Various shots, Mark Lowcock and others colleagues at Maison d’accueil sainte Thérèse de l’enfant Jésus
13. Various shots, Lowcock looking at children’s bedroom

03 JULY 2018, DEPARTEMENTAL EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTRE, HAITI

14. Wide shot, UNDP cars in the courtyard
15. Various shots, Lowcock at the Department Emergency Centre

Storyline

United Nations (UN) Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock visited the Republic of Haiti on Tuesday (3 Jul) to assess the response to successive natural disasters.

In the Nord-Est’s capital Fort Liberté, he visited the Departmental Emergency Operations Centre.

In Ouanaminthe, the Under Secretary-General visited a border resource centre and a host centre, where trained staff provide assistance and protection services to returnees and deportees from the Dominican Republic – including women and children who have been separated from their parents. On the same day, a 15-year-old girl and her mother were also reunited at the centre after 10 years apart.

Lowcock also met people living with disabilities who receive assistance at a local organization, many of whose dedicated staff themselves have disabilities.

In meetings with government officials in Port-au-Prince, Lowcock reiterated the support of the United Nations and its partners for the Government’s disaster preparedness efforts.

He commended the Government for its commitment to meeting the needs of the most vulnerable Haitians, which includes people across the country who struggle every day to find enough food to eat.

He also reiterated the UN’s commitment to support Government efforts to eradicate cholera in Haiti.

The Under Secretary-General thanked donors for the generous support they have provided to Haiti over years, but highlighted that the Haiti Humanitarian Response Plan is only 9 per cent funded this year.