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HAITI / COASTAL CLEANUP
STORY: HAITI/ COASTAL CLEANUP
SOURCE: MINUSTAH
TRT: 2.27
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/ CREOLE/ NATS
DATELINE: 3 OCTOBER 2010, LULLY, HAITI
1. Wide shot, boats in the water
2. Wide shot, volunteers by the shore
3. Various shots, military distributing bags and shirts to local population
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Yerko Cattarinich, Commander of the Chilean Battalion of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH):
“For this activity, we try to improve or start this activity here because MINUSTAH wants to teach the people the importance of the environment, especially the sea and the beaches and the coastal line."
5. Various shots, peacekeepers and children collecting trash and carrying plastic bags
6. Tracking shot, Jean Paul Lovinsky
7. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Jean Paul Lovinsky, Volunteer:
“I think that the activity undertaken by MINUSTAH is sustainable, for when the United Nations Mission leaves us, we, the youth of Lully will continue this activity in the positive sense.”
8. Various shots, distribution of flyers
9. Various shots, volunteer explaining cleanup operation to local residents
10. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Paul Joseph Jean Pierre Karlz, Secretary of Public Relations and Marketing Vision 2013:
"Normally 90 percent we live by the sea and as fishing is our livelihood we deem necessary to protect the sea and our beautiful beach. We have a lot of tourists who come to visit, we believe it is important protect the shoreline and the sea. If we do this, more people will visit, and we must give good example to our children. Protecting the sea will have a double impact, we will have more visitors and It will increase and our economic capacity.”
11. Wide shot, woman removing fish from ice
12. Various shots, fishermen weaving nets
13. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Lucien Revange, President of the Association of Lully Fishermen:
"There are two things to do; first of all, the education and awareness of young fishermen in the making. Secondly we would like that the activity started by MINUSTAH today will continue. Fishermen must also realize that fishing is their only source of income and should be more professional and realize that they need guidance."
21. Various shots, peacekeepers distributing water to the population
22. Med shot, peacekeepers dancing and singing with the children
Every September, from Bangor, Maine, to Bangladesh, hundreds of thousands of people in more than 75 countries remove millions of pounds of trash from waterways and beaches all over the world during Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup (ICC).
Inspired by its success, the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) has launched a range of activities across three regions of the country, Cap Haitien, Les Cayes and Lully. Their aim is to teach local people the importance of protecting their marine environment.
In Lully, MINUSTAH and the local Fishermen Association began the cleanup. The day started with peacekeepers distributing shirts and plastic bags to the local population.
The Commander of the Chilean battalion of MINUSTAH said this approach is designed to protect the environment in which they operate.
SOUNDBITE (English) Yerko Cattarinich, Commander of the Chilean Battalion of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH):
“For this activity, we try to improve or start this activity here because MINUSTAH wants to teach the people the importance of the environment, especially the sea and the beaches and the coastal line."
The soldiers, in partnership with local residents, collected garbage in plastic bags while educating people about the dangers of dumping waste into the sea.
For many volunteers, this cleanup is an important first step.
SOUNDBITE (Creole) Jean Paul Lovinsky, Volunteer:
“I think that the activity undertaken by MINUSTAH is sustainable, for when the United Nations Mission leaves us, we, the youth of Lully will continue this activity in the positive sense.”
Members of the Association Vision 2013 went door to door explaining to people the usefulness of cleaning up the coastline.
SOUNDBITE (Creole) Paul Joseph Jean Pierre Karlz, Secretary of Public Relations and Marketing Vision 2013:
"Normally 90 percent we live by the sea and as fishing is our livelihood we deem necessary to protect the sea and our beautiful beach. We have a lot of tourists who come to visit, we believe it is important protect the shoreline and the sea. If we do this, more people will visit, and we must give good example to our children. Protecting the sea will have a double impact, we will have more visitors and It will increase and our economic capacity.”
Lucien Revange, President of the Association of Lully Fishermen says that the Haitian State should monitor the project and take all appropriate measures for fisheries development.
SOUNDBITE (Creole) Lucien Revange, President of the Association of Lully Fishermen:
"There are two things to do; first of all, the education and awareness of young fishermen in the making. Secondly we would like that the activity started by MINUSTAH today will continue. Fishermen must also realize that fishing is their only source of income and should be more professional and realize that they need guidance."
Fishing is Lully’s main activity, but fishermen are facing great difficulties, including a lack of equipment, in addition to the pollution of the sea. This creates not only a drop in the quantity of fish caught but also in their income.
In this sense, MINUSTAH’s initiative is much appreciated.
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