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CHINA / QUAKE RELIEF
STORY: CHINA / QUAKE RELIEF
TRT: 3:00
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: MANDARIN / NATS
DATELINE: 15-16 MARCH 2009, LEIGU AND FEISHUI TOWNSHIPS, CHINA
15 MARCH, 2009, LEIGU TOWNSHIP, CHINA
1. Wide shot, resettlement center, town
2. Med shot, “Doudou” riding her bicycle in settlement center
3. Med shot, Doudou dancing in circle
4. Wide shot, children dancing
5. Close up, Doudou dancing
6. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Grandfather:
“The earthquake ruined everything that our family owned. At that time Doudou missed her parents very much. She didn’t want to eat. When she went to bed at night, she cried for her father and mother.”
7. Wide shot, Doudou joining group activity in child friendly space
8. Close up, Doudou clapping
9. Wide shot, group activity
10. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Grandfather:
“With the community’s help, conditions have slowly gotten better. Plus, she has started to attend kindergarten and plays when we take out the toys.”
15 MARCH, 2009, FEISHUI TOWNSHIP, CHINA
11. Wide shot, children playing with parachute at children’s center
12. Close up, girl crawling through rings on parachute
13. Med shot, family watching children play
14. Wide shot, children crawling through rings
15. Close up, boy crawling through rings
15-16 MARCH, 2009, LEIGU TOWNSHIP, CHINA
16. Wide shot, Qiang ethnic minority children doing exercises in traditional garb
17. Med shot, children exercising before TV
18. Wide shot, children singing and dancing at children’s center
19. Close up, girl playing in song and dance
15 MARCH, 2009, FEISHUI TOWNSHIP, CHINA
20. Med shot, Tang Xiaoping talking to parents during game with children
21. Pan xx, across drawings of children
22. Close up, child’s drawing of the earthquake
23. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Tang Xiaoping, Feishui Child Friendly Space: “Our first activity here was to have the children to draw what was in their minds. One boy drew a capsized boat; a girl drew buildings falling and people running in the streets. This year, we again invited children to paint pictures. Now you see colorful balloons and smiling faces.”
24. Close up, drawing of flower and dragonflies
25. Close up, drawing of mermaid
16 MARCH 2009, LEIGU TOWNSHIP
26. Med shot, girl and her father playing in children’s center
27. Close up, girl working puzzle
28. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) He Liping, Leigu Township All China Women’s Federation:
“I lost my own daughter in the earthquake, and I was extremely sad for the first couple of months, but now I work here and I am with children everyday, I feel happiness. It is like when I see them I can see her.”
29. Wide shot, children riding bouncy balls in child center
30. Med shot, girl riding bouncy ball
At a resettlement center in one of the hardest hit areas of Sichuan province, six-year-old Doudou spends her days riding her bicycle, or singing and dancing with other children. For her, it has been a long road toward recovery.
She lost both her parents in the quake that struck in May 2008, and now lives under the care of her grandfather.
SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Grandfather:
“With the community’s help, conditions have slowly gotten better. Plus, she has started to attend kindergarten and plays when we take out the toys.”
When a special center for children opened near her home, Doudou slowly began to find comfort in songs and games with other children.
SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Grandfather:
“With the community’s help, conditions have slowly gotten better. Plus, she has started to attend kindergarten and plays when we take out the toys.”
This is one of 40 centers set up across the earthquake zone by UNICEF and the Chinese government, providing safe, protective environments where children can interact and develop through play and creative expression.
The effects of last year’s quake are still taking a toll on families throughout the region.
The “Child Friendly Space initiative” aims to give children the psychological and emotional support they need to recover from the trauma and also prepare for a new start in life.
Parents and teachers say they’ve noticed a dramatic change in children’s behavior over the past year. The manager of a child friendly space in Feishui township, Tang Xiaoping, says the children’s emotional progress can be seen from how their drawings have changed since the aftermath of the quake.
SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Tang Xiaoping, Feishui Child Friendly Space: “Our first activity here was to have the children to draw what was in their minds. One boy drew a capsized boat; a girl drew buildings falling and people running in the streets. This year, we again invited children to paint pictures. Now you see colorful balloons and smiling faces.”
The child friendly spaces offer not only emotional aid to children, but support adults as well.
SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) He Liping, Leigu Township All China Women’s Federation:
“I lost my own daughter in the earthquake, and I was extremely sad for the first couple of months, but now I work here and I am with children everyday, I feel happiness. It is like when I see them I can see her.”
A space for songs and smiles, also a haven for healing.
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