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STORY: MIDDLE EAST / VENEMAN
TRT: 1:40
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / ARABIC / NATS
DATELINE: 5 MARCH 2009, GAZA, OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES
5 MARCH 2009, GAZA, OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES
1. Wide shot, Veneman in classroom
2. Med shot, pan up, Veneman in classroom to hole in the ceiling
3. Med shot, building rubble
4. Med shot, Veneman greeting woman
5. Close up, baby in incubator
6. Med shot, Veneman visiting hospital
7. Med shot, Veneman with two boys studying
8. Med shot, Veneman talking with young boy
9. Med shot, two girls crying
10. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Student, Jabalya Co-Educational School:
“We are asking to be kept safe, we don’t want to be homeless in the streets. Our neighbor’s house was bombed and we are living in a tent”.
11. Wide shot, schoolgirls walking with UNICEF supply box
12. Wide shot, UNICEF tent
13. Wide shot, children gathered outside tent
14. Med shot, Veneman with children
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Ann M. Veneman, Executive Director, UNICEF:
“We of course have been very concerned, about how the conflict affects children, so we’ve been able to visit children in schools to see how schools are coping with part of their classrooms being eliminated, to see how children in hospitals are being impacted, and of course the work that’s being done to work with children to get them to express their fears, over the kinds of things that have happened, and provide them the kind of psychosocial support that they really need at this stage following such an intense conflict.”
16. Various shots, Veneman with children
The head of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) stressed that children pay the price of armed conflict as she concluded a week-long Middle-East trip this weekend that included a visit to Gaza, where she saw first-hand the effects of the recent hostilities in the region.
At least 1,300 Palestinians were killed and some 5,300 were injured, around a third of which were children, in the heavy bombardment and fighting in densely populated areas, which reduced homes, schools, hospitals and marketplaces to rubble during the three-week Israeli military offensive aimed at ending Hamas rocket attacks into its territory.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Student, Jabalya Co-Educational School:
“We are asking to be kept safe, we don’t want to be homeless in the streets. Our neighbor’s house was bombed and we are living in a tent”.
Veneman engaged with Palestinian and Israeli children affected by the recent hostilities during visits to a school, a pediatric hospital and a psychosocial counseling centre in Gaza, as well as a psychosocial support centre in Sderot.
A large number of schools in Gaza came under fire during the military operation, which started on 27 December 2008, with 10 severely damaged and 168 partially damaged. School buildings in southern Israel were also hit.
Veneman stressed the need for sufficient, unimpeded and predictable access of humanitarian supplies and personnel into Gaza, saying it was a prerequisite to early recovery efforts by humanitarian agencies.
SOUNDBITE (English) Ann M. Veneman, Executive Director, UNICEF:
“We of course have been very concerned, about how the conflict affects children, so we’ve been able to visit children in schools to see how schools are coping with part of their classrooms being eliminated, to see how children in hospitals are being impacted, and of course the work that’s being done to work with children to get them to express their fears, over the kinds of things that have happened, and provide them the kind of psychosocial support that they really need at this stage following such an intense conflict.”
UNICEF says the amount of aid supplies allowed into Gaza daily is insufficient to meet the needs of children and their families. Items barred from entering Gaza include urgently needed construction materials to rebuild schools, hospitals, clinics and homes, as well as emergency repair supplies for water and sanitation networks. Educational material, recreational and sports equipment that are essential tools for helping children recover are also being blocked from entering Gaza.
In response to the immediate needs of children and their families in Gaza, UNICEF has dispatched $3.8 million worth of supplies since the onset of the crisis. UNICEF support included emergency medical supplies, repairs to water and sanitation facilities, the provision of safe water, hygiene material and therapeutic food, and psychosocial support to children, their caregivers and frontline workers.
