MALI / SCHOOL SANITATION

UNICEF and partners are supporting Mali's education services to provide schools with water and sanitation facilities that meet WHO standards - a significant step for Mali towards achieving its Millennium Development Goals. UNICEF

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:32
• Production Date: 27 August 2010
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND - UNICEF
• Subject Topical: EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL POLICY; EDUCATIONAL PLANNING; EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
• Geographic Subject: MALI
• MAMS Id: U100827d

Description

STORY: MALI / SCHOOL SANITATION
TRT: 02:32
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: FRENCH/ BAMANANKAN/NATS

DATELINE: MAY 2010, MOPTI, MALI

Shotlist

1.Wide shot, children in playground
2. Wide shot, derelict water pump and apron
3. Close up, old water pump
4. Med shot, school latrine with grey door open
5. Med shot, boy leaving latrine
6. Close up, tin in playground
7. Wide shot, entrance to school girl on bicycle enters frame
8. Med shot, two boys playing marbles
9. Wide shot, boys on verandah talking
10. Med shot, delegation opening new water pump
11. Wide shot, solar power for school water supply
12. Close up, water pipe, water tower in background
13. Close up, children around new water tap
14. Close up, girl’s face, teacher’s in background
15. Wide shot, girl washing hands, boy pouring water, teacher observes
16. Med shot, boy hoisting flag
17. Wide shot, people around flag in school playground
18. SOUNDBITE (French) Nicolas Osbert, UNICEF Mali, Water, Sanitation and
Hygiene Manager:
“It’s the right of every child to have water, hygiene and sanitation at school. A child that leaves the latrine and washes their hands with soap will not only lead to better health and learning conditions, but would also make him an agent of change in his community and home.”
19. Close up boy’s face enters frame as he pumps water
20. Wide shot boy pumping water, girl standing pump
21. Medium shot girl standing beside water pump
22. Close up soap, picked up by girl
23. Close up, nine year old student Josephine
24. Close up Josephine’s hands washing under water
25. Wide shot Josephine walks to friends playing in front of latrines
26. SOUNDBITE (Bamanankan) Josephine Coulibaly, Student:
“Josephine says clean water at school is helping to prevent she and her classmates becoming ill from diarrhea.”
27. Med, shot girl exiting latrine and washes hands
28. Wide shot, girl’s face in background to girl’s face in foreground
29. Tilt down, from Josephine’s face to reveal her washing hands
30. Med shot, girl washing hands
31. Wide shot girls in a circle
32. Med shot, girls in a circle jumping up and down

Storyline

At Soufouroulaye Primary school, near Mopti in central Mali, a derelict water pump quenches no one’s thirst.

Children have latrines, but there’s no clean water or soap available to wash their hands.

Rubbish is left to rot in the playground.

Without basic facilities for good hygiene and sanitation, children are at risk of diarrhea-related diseases and worms.

UNICEF and its partners are supporting Mali’s education services to provide schools with water and sanitation facilities that meet WHO standards - - a significant step for Mali towards achieving its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

SOUNDBITE (French) Nicolas Osbert, UNICEF Water, Sanitation and
Hygiene Manager in Mali:
“It’s the right of every child to have water, hygiene and sanitation at school. A child that leaves the latrine and washes their hands with soap will not only lead to better health and learning conditions, but would also make him an agent of change in his community and home.”

For children in Koutienso Primary School near Segou, life at school has completely changed.

A new pump provides clean water for everyone.

Soap and clean water within easy reach means children can wash their hands at key moments in the day - after using the latrine and before eating their mid-day meal. A simple step to keep children healthy.

SOUNDBITE (Bamanankan) Josephine Coulibaly, Student:
“Josephine says clean water at school is helping to prevent she and her classmates becoming ill from diarrhea.”

Josephine is also benefiting from separate latrines for girls, providing the privacy and hygiene they need. It’s estimated that only 14 percent of schools in Mali have separate latrines for girls.

Poor sanitation discourages many girls from attending school, however simple, low cost water, sanitation and hygiene solutions can immediately boost a child’s opportunity for learning.