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HAITI / LEOGANE DESTRUCTION
STORY: HAITI/ LEOGANE DESTRUCTION
TRT: 2.29
SOURCE: MINUSTAH
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: CREOLE/ NATS
DATELINE: 17 JANUARY 2010, LEOGANE, HAITI
1. Zoom out, sign of a school in rubble in Leogane, Haiti
2. Wide shot, man picking through rubble
3. Med shot, man picking through rubble
4. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Pierre Hug, Local Government Representative from Leogane:
"We haven't made a full evaluation. But we can say that at least 80% of the city is gone."
5. Pan left, tent camp in the soccer stadium of Leogane
6. Wide shot, man in the tent camp
7. Pan right, personal belongings pan to tent camp
8. Med shot, woman washing clothes in the tent camp
9. Wide shot, women in the camp
10. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Napoleon Adieu, Victim from Leogane:
"The authorities are also wounded. We have a little food, but so far, no one has been able to come to our aid."
11. Wide shot, tent camp
12. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Francois Berzon, Victim from Leogane:
"We lost everything, my house, all of it. We are surviving by sharing among the neighbors, that's all."
13. Wide shot, wounded victim in a van
14. Med shot, feet of wounded victim
15. Zoom out, face of wounded victim
16. Pan right, doctors without Borders aid workers in a makeshift clinic in Leogane
17. Med shot, boy receiving treatment
18. Med shot, boy receiving treatment to face wound
19. Pan left, deceased victim being transported away from clinic
20. Med shot, boy stands in front of a dug mass grave waiting for bodies
21. Wide shot, destruction in Leogane
22. Wide shot, cars pass over damaged road entering Leogane
23. Pan right, van passes by rock slide on the road near damaged house in Leogane
Just 20 miles west of the capital, the city of Leogane with a population of approximately 134,000 was one of the worst affected by last week’s devastating earthquake, which caused massive damage to the city’s homes roads and infrastructure.
Initial estimates indicate that 80 to 90 percent of the buildings were heavily damaged.
SOUNDBITE (Creole) Pierre Hug, Local Government Representative from Leogane:
"We haven't made a full evaluation. But we can say that at least 80% of the city is gone."
According to the local police, up to 10,000 people have been killed and most bodies are still inside the collapsed structures. No local government or infrastructure remains in place.
While much of the attention has been focused on the capital, providing aid to these outlaying areas has proven an extremely difficult task.
SOUNDBITE (Creole) Napoleon Adieu, Victim from Leogane:
"The authorities are also wounded. We have a little food, but so far, no one has been able to come to our aid."
Authorities say they have buried about 1,300 people mostly in mass graves. The city lacks heavy machinery to lift the rubble and get to the bodies or possible survivors.
As the days go by, desperation and frustration are setting in and tensions are rising.
SOUNDBITE (Creole) Francois Berzon, Victim from Leogane:
"We lost everything, my house, all of it. We are surviving by sharing among the neighbors, that's all."
The World Food Programme (WFP) is implementing distribution of high energy biscuits to 50,000 people in Leogane as well as Cite Soleil, Carrefour, Place Boyer, Champ de Mars and Jacmel. The WFP Port-au-Prince metropolitan area schools feeding programme is now being used serve 50,000 affected people with hot meals.
A joint UNDAC/EU/WFP rapid assessment was undertaken in Carrefour, Gressier and Leogane on 15 January. Road access between Port-au-Prince and Leogane was reported to be good with minor blockages.
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