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LEBANON / ANNIVERSARY
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STORY: LEBANON / ANNIVERSARY
TRT: 2:32
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / ARABIC / NATS
DATELINE: JULY 2007 / FILE
FILE - 26 JULY 2006, BEIRUT, LEBANON
1.Wide shot, street of Lebanon
2.Med shot, destroyed building
3.Close up, remains
4.Med shot, street in smoke
5.Med shot, young girl in hospital bed
6.Close up, child with cast on leg, Lebanon
7.Wide shot, Lebanon park
FILE - 27 JULY 2006, BEIRUT, LEBANON
8.Med shot, UNICEF staff standing near relief boxes
9.Med shot, men unloading UNICEF boxes
10.Med shot, open box with medical supply
11.Close up, medical supply
12.Med shot, UNICEF staff checking the medical supply
13.Med shot, children drinking at a UNICEF water supply
FILE - 17 AUGUST 2006, BEIRUT, LEBANON
14.Various shots, PSA on bomblets
JULY 2007, KHIAM (a village in southern Lebanon), LEBANON
15.Close up of UNICEF banner
16.Wide shot, Khiam's newly-constructed water tank
17.Pan left, Khiam village
18.Wide shot, outside of the community center
JULY 2007, NABATIYEH, SOUTHERN LEBANON
19.Wide shot, Community Cultural Center in Nabatiyeh in southern Lebanon where InterSOS youth activities take place
20.Wide shot,Christine's group drawing
21.Med shot,Christine's group drawing
22.Med shot,Christine's group drawing
23.Close up,Christine's hands drawing
24.Med shot,Christine and peers clapping
25.Wide shot,Christine's group presenting their activity
26.Med shot,young girld presenting a drawing
27.Med shot,Group acting out skit about child rights
28.Wide shot,Skit continued
29.SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Christine, 13 years old:
"Although children are changing a lot, they are still afraid, during the war, there was a lot of bombarding, a lot of heavy noises, that were really frightening, so this is why I think they can't take this out of their minds."
30.Medium shot girls clapping
31.Med shot,2 girls clapping and singing
32.SOUNDBITE (English)) Zahra, 12 years old:
"I came here 2 days and I was having much fun, I couldn't describe it. It's something, it's really a magical place that everybody is thinking about and wishing to come here".
33.Med shot, girls seating on bench and clapping
34.Med shot, children acting out child rights skit
35.Close up, on the face of the girl acting, playing the grandma role.
A year has passed since a 34 day war broke out between Hezbollah and Israel, plunging Lebanon into a sudden and intense humanitarian emergency.
The conflict killed over 1000 people in Lebanon, injured more than 4,000 and forced 900,000 to flee their homes in the south of the country.
UNICEF and its partners rapidly responded to provide families with clean water, essential paediatric medicines and vaccines, hygiene kits and other supplies critical to keeping children healthy in displacement conditions.
One of the biggest physical threats to children came in the form of one million cluster bomblets. UNICEF immediately began distributing warning information with a simple message: "If you see an unfamiliar object, don't approach, don't touch, and report it to the authorities."
One of the major areas of work for UNICEF has been to restore drinking water supply for children and their families in the south of Lebanon.
In addition to progress in rebuilding infrastructure, UNICEF and its partners have been working to restore normalcy to children's lives through school, as well as recreational and self-expression activities.
Christine, aged 13, lives in the Nabatiyeh area of south Lebanon. She is participating in a special summer program supported by UNICEF and run by partner NGO InterSOS.
She and her peers have been coming to a cultural community centre each morning to learn about a specific topic, ranging from first aid to caring for the environment.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Christine:
"Although children are changing a lot, they are still afraid. During the war, there was a lot of bombarding, a lot of heavy noises that were really frightening, so this is why I think they can't take this out of their minds."
As Lebanon continues to recover from last year's war while struggling to cope with current instability, UNICEF's support of community-based initiatives like this one are more important than ever.
SOUNDBITE (English) Zahra, 12 years old:
"I came here for two days and I was having much fun, I couldn't describe it. It's something, it's really a magical place that everybody is thinking about and wishing to come here."
Promoting tolerance and peace between people of different religious and social backgrounds is key to stability in the country's future – and the best place to start is with children and youth.