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STORY: UNICEF / HUMANITARIAN ACTION REPORT ADVANCER
TRT: 2:37
SOURCE: UNICEF / MINUSTAH
RESTRICTIONS: EMBARGOED UNTIL FEBRUARY 4, 2010, 0900 EST
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: FILE
UNIFEED - JANUARY 2010, PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI
1. Aerial shots, earthquake damage
2. Med shot, injured person carried through streets
3. Med Shot, damaged buildings
4. Tracking shot, past damaged buildings
FILE - UNICEF - 9 OCTOBER 2009, NORTHERN KENYA
5. Wide shot, dry land
6. Wide shot, pastoralist walking
7. Med shot, child standing next to adult
8. Close up, child kneeling on the ground
9. Wide shot, food distribution point
10. Med shot, people tending to goats
FILE – UNICEF - 17 DECEMBER 2009, NEW YORK
11. Close up, cover of Humanitarian Action Report
FILE – UNICEF - 26 JANUARY 2009, MADAGASCAR
12. Wide shot, storm blowing
13. Wide shot, palm tree knocked down outside building
FILE – UNICEF - 17 DECEMBER 2009, NEW YORK
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Hilde Johnson, Deputy Executive Director, UNICEF:
“The global financial crisis and the food crises combined are hitting the most vulnerable people and children the hardest. With climate change we’re also seeing perpetual droughts, and erratic rainfall and floods that are driving communities into unsustainable livelihoods.”
FILE – UNICEF - 12 MAY 2009, PAKISTAN
15. Pan left, tents for displaced people
FILE – UNICEF - 9 OCTOBER 2009, NORTHERN KENYA
16. Wide shot, pastoralists with their flocks
FILE – UNICEF - 2 NOVEMBER 2008, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
17. Med shot, UN armoured vehicle
18. Close up, child with food on his face
FILE – UNICEF - 19 NOVEMBER 2009, SYRIA
19. Close up, child
FILE – UNICEF - 17 DECEMBER 2009, NEW YORK, US
20. SOUNDBITE (English) Hilde Johnson, Deputy Executive Director, UNICEF:
“In countries like Afghanistan, Pakistan, DR Congo and Sudan, emergencies have become more and more complex. Children are subject to abuse to grave violations of their rights. This includes sexual violence, killing and maiming of children and recruitment into armed groups. Protecting children from these grave violations is a top priority for UNICEF.”
FILE – UNICEF - 19 NOVEMBER 2009, SYRIA
21. Pan right, latrines
FILE – UNICEF - 2 NOVEMBER 2008, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
21. Med shot, children collecting water
UNIFEED, JANUARY 2010, PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI
22. Wide shot, aerial damage of city
FILE – UNICEF - 17 DECEMBER 2009, NEW YORK
23. SOUNDBITE (English) Hilde Johnson, Deputy Executive Director, UNICEF:
“The crises that we now face are unparalleled. We’ve always been working with partners but we now need them more than ever. UNICEF is not going to be able to respond to all these crises and assist children and protect them in the way we want without working with partners and through partners.”
FILE – UNICEF - NOVEMBER 2008, GONAIVES, HAITI
24. Med shot, children wading through storm water
25. Med shot, child standing near dirty water
FILE – UNICEF - 17 JULY 2009, MADAGASCAR
26. Med shot, children playing
FILE – UNICEF – 2009, PHILIPPINES
27. Med shot, children practising first aid drill
FILE – UNICEF - 22 JANUARY 2009, MADAGASCAR
28. Wide shot, children wave to camera
January’s earthquake in Haiti focused the world’s attention on one of the most vulnerable nations on earth.
But Haiti is just one corner of the world where the needy continue to suffer.
In the Horn of Africa the rains have failed for four consecutive seasons and children are bearing the brunt of the slow-moving disaster. In 2009 the number of people in the region needing aid soared to 24 million—five million of those under the age of five.
UNICEF’s flagship publication the 2010 Humanitarian Action Report says climate change is just one factor making humanitarian disasters more complex than ever.
SOUNDBITE (English) Hilde Johnson, Deputy Executive Director, UNICEF:
“The global financial crisis and the food crises combined are hitting the most vulnerable people and children the hardest. With climate change we’re also seeing perpetual droughts, and erratic rainfall and floods that are driving communities into unsustainable livelihoods.”
The flagship report, which is the only UNICEF publication that focuses specifically on emergencies, calls attention to the increasing numbers of children and families caught in violent conflict—at the same time as the world marks the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
SOUNDBITE (English) Hilde Johnson, Deputy Executive Director, UNICEF:
“In countries like Afghanistan, Pakistan, DR Congo and Sudan, emergencies have become more and more complex. Children are subject to abuse to grave violations of their rights. This includes sexual violence, killing and maiming of children and recruitment into armed groups. Protecting children from these grave violations is a top priority for UNICEF.”
UNICEF is seeking about 1.2 billion dollars to respond to children’s urgent needs in 28 countries in six regions, but that number is expected rise because of the enormous needs in Haiti.
The Humanitarian Action Report emphasizes the growing importance of working with partners.
SOUNDBITE (English) Hilde Johnson, Deputy Executive Director, UNICEF:
“The crises that we now face are unparalleled. We’ve always been working with partners but we now need them more than ever. UNICEF is not going to be able to respond to all these crises and assist children and protect them in the way we want without working with partners and through partners.”
To try to lessen the effect of disasters like the series of hurricanes that struck Haiti in 2008, UNICEF is prioritizing risk reduction measures that help vulnerable nations plan for the worst and enable them to recover as quickly as possible.
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