PAKISTAN / LAKE

UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake visits the people of Charsada in north western Pakistan as they struggle to deal with the enormous flood damage. About seventy five percent of the district has been affected by the disaster. UNICEF

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:56
• Production Date: 31 August 2010
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND - UNICEF
• Subject Topical: HUMANITARIAN RELIEF; REFUGEES; DISPLACED PERSONS
• Geographic Subject: PAKISTAN
• MAMS Id: U100831c

Description

STORY: PAKISTAN / LAKE
TRT: 1:56
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 31 AUGUST 2010, CHARSADA DISTRICT, PAKISTAN

Shotlist

1. Various shots, Anthony Lake arriving at relief camp
2. Various shots, Anthony Lake being briefed
3. Various shots, relief camp
4. Close up, children's drawings
5. Wide shot, water tanker
6. Med shot, Andrew Lake vaccinating baby
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Anthony Lake, Executive Director, UNICEF:
"This is one of the last areas in the world where there is polio, so the whole world will be watching to see how well we can do in preventing another outbreak, not just with measles, not just with diarrhoea, etc, but with polio so we can finally rid the whole world of polio in the next few years. So this specific area is very important for so many different reasons."
8. Various shots, Lake being shown around the camp
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Anthony Lake, Executive Director, UNICEF:
"The other reason I came here was to tell other people and the government that UNICEF is doing everything it can not just during this emergency but as Pakistan works its way out of the emergency as well."
10. Various shots, children playing in camp

Storyline

UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake visited the people of Charsada in north western Pakistan, as they struggle to deal with the enormous flood damage about seventy five per cent of the district has been affected by the disaster.

Two of the region's high schools have been converted into relief camps. Nearly two thousand people are living here, the majority of them children.

Drawing classes help them deal with the psychological trauma that they have faced.

Latrines have been built and fresh water is distributed daily. They are taught how to properly wash their hands and the young are being vaccinated.

SOUNDBITE (English) Anthony Lake, Executive Director, UNICEF:
"This is one of the last areas in the world where there is polio, so the whole world will be watching to see how well we can do in preventing another outbreak, not just with measles, not just with diarrhoea, etc, but with polio so we can finally rid the whole world of polio in the next few years. So this specific area is very important for so many different reasons."

The scale of this tragedy, the worst in living memory, is still unfolding. Lake's visit emphasizes UNICEF's concern at the number of families who have not been reached.

SOUNDBITE (English) Anthony Lake, Executive Director, UNICEF:
"The other reason I came here was to tell other people and the government that UNICEF is doing everything it can not just during this emergency but as Pakistan works its way out of the emergency as well."

These camps are a small oasis of safety in a country that has been completely overwhelmed by disaster. Nearly nine million children have been affected by the flooding and three and a half million are in grave danger of contracting deadly water borne diseases.