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OPT / MIA FARROW
STORY: OPT / MIA FARROW
TRT: 2.18
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 14-17 OCTOBER 2009, OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY
1. Med shot, Mia Farrow walking down a street in Gaza
2. Various shots, Farrow with girls
3. Various shots, damage from January’s conflict
4. Wide shot, traffic on dusty roads and girl walking
5. Various shots, Omar Bin Al Khattab School
6. Various shots, Farrow meeting Mahmoud Kabil
7. Med shot, Farrow and Kabil at prosthetics centre
8. Close up, leg with prosthetics
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Mahmoud Kabil, Actor and Goodwill Ambassador:
“I would describe that situation is unacceptable and inhumane and as a member of planet earth and as human being, I found this is a human tragedy and we are all witnessing human tragedy and we have to do something about it.”
10. Various shots, Mia Farrow in Jenin refugee camp
11. Wide shot, UN convoy on road
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Mia Farrow, Actor and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador:
“Overwhelmingly the kids in all the three areas said they wanted to be doctors, also some said they wanted to be teachers. It says a lot that when a kid dreams to be a doctor about the need for medical care and the wounds perhaps they have seen, the fact that that’s in front of their mind, there was a disproportionate amount of kids who wanting to be doctors, great goals. I just feel leaving, when I leave with a sense of sorrow, and a sense of failure that we as the adults in the world have once again failed to protect the children and make them feel safe.”
13. Wide shot, Farrow with children in Jenin
14. Wide shot, Farrow with children at the Artificial Limb Centre
15. Med shot, Farrow with girls at the Omar Bin Al Khattab School
In her first visit to the Occupied Palestinian Territory UNICEF goodwill ambassador Mia Farrow met families in Gaza who are coping with the after-effects of January’s conflict.
Nearly three hundred schools were damaged during the fighting and many cannot be repaired because of the ongoing blockade. Omar Bin Al Khattab School operates on a double shift, to accommodate students who have nowhere to study.
Mia Farrow was joined by fellow Goodwill Ambassador and award winning Egyptian actor Mahmoud Kabil. They visited Gaza’s Artificial Limb Centre which is struggling to meet the demand for prosthetic limbs.
SOUNDBITE (English) Mahmoud Kabil, Actor and Goodwill Ambassador:
“I would describe that situation is unacceptable and inhumane and as a member of planet earth and as human being, I found this is a human tragedy and we are all witnessing human tragedy and we have to do something about it.”
In the northern West Bank Ms Farrow met children at a refugee camp in Jenin. And she visited Israeli families who’ve been affected by incoming rocket fire from Gaza.
SOUNDBITE (English) Mia Farrow, Actor and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador:
“Overwhelmingly the kids in all the three areas said they wanted to be doctors, also some said they wanted to be teachers. It says a lot that when a kid dreams to be a doctor about the need for medical care and the wounds perhaps they have seen, the fact that that’s in front of their mind, there was a disproportionate amount of kids who wanting to be doctors, great goals. I just feel leaving, when I leave with a sense of sorrow, and a sense of failure that we as the adults in the world have once again failed to protect the children and make them feel safe.”
UNICEF is providing water and sanitation facilities for the boys at Aqqaba School in the northern West Bank and similar work is underway at 22 other schools in the region … ensuring that more than 7,000 school children can learn in safety and comfort.
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