HAITI / IDPS

UNICEF revisits two friends almost a year after the earthquake in Haiti. Miratson and Ricardo discuss camp life and their plans to grow-up and make changes in the country. UNICEF

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:54
• Production Date: 7 January 2011
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND - UNICEF
• Subject Topical: HUMANITARIAN RELIEF; REFUGEES; DISPLACED PERSONS; DISASTER PREVENTION; DISASTER PREPAREDNESS; DISASTER RELIEF
• Geographic Subject: HAITI
• MAMS Id: U110107e

Description

STORY: HAITI / IDPS
TRT: 1:54
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: CREOLE / NATS

DATELINE: 4 DECEMBER 2010, PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI

Shotlist

1. Wide shot, two boys sit amid the rubble from earthquake
2. Med shot, rubble from earthquake
3. Med shot, more rubble from earthquake, including a blue sign on the wall
4. Med shot, boy in striped shirt standing in front of tents
5. Close up, bed inside tent
6. Med shot, two boys playing in the dirt
7. Med shot, boy in red shirt sitting on wall in front of tent city
8. Close up, face of boy sitting on wall
9. Close up, boy picking up charcoal from floor of tent
10. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Miratson Guerrier, 14 years old:
”It’s been a year since the earthquake struck and we’re still living in tents, so I really need a change to the situation because we cannot continue living like this in the campsites.”
11. Wide shot, camera tilts down from top of apartment building to the ground
12. Wide shot, man walks through rubble to get to buildings
13. Medium shot, boys walk towards camera, in between tents
14. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Ricardo Rocourt, 13 years old:
”People are really frustrated about the living conditions. And sometimes, when I’m in school, I don’t see many of my friends who can’t afford school. And right now, there’s a cholera epidemic. Before, we used to drink all kinds of water. Now, we have to buy water to drink.”
15. Med shot, boy in yellow and black shirt sitting by plants
16. Med shot, side view of desks set up in outdoor classroom
17. Wide shot, collapsed presidential palace
18. Close up, young boy bathing himself in plastic tub
19. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Ricardo Rocourt, 13 years old:
”One thing that is good that has happened since the earthquake, is that I am back in school. But I really want the kids who have no access, to be able to go to school.”
20. Med shot, girls walking into UNICEF tent classroom
21. Med shot, girl standing up in classroom
22. Close up, blue UNICEF desk with girls behind it
23. Med shot, from behind, as boys in yellow and red shirts walk through camp

Storyline

Ten months ago, we followed two best friends who survived the earthquake. Miratson Guerrier, now aged 14, and Ricardo Rocourt, age 13, took us to their destroyed homes in Port-au-Prince, where Miratson’s brother was crushed by a falling wall.

They also took us to the camp where they were living with family members in cramped tents, and told us about their daily lives.

Nearly a year after the earthquake, we return to their camp and reconnect with them. Miratson (in the red shirt) is still living in a tent he shares with six family members.

SOUNDBITE (Creole) Miratson Guerrier, 14 years old:
”It’s been a year since the earthquake struck and we’re still living in tents, so I really need a change to the situation because we cannot continue living like this in the campsites.”

Ricardo’s mother, who has a job in a store, was able to rent a nearby apartment. Because the area around it was heavily damaged in the earthquake, and there’s no place to play, Ricardo spends a lot of his free time back in camp, hanging out with Miratson.

SOUNDBITE (Creole) Ricardo Rocourt, 13 years old:
”People are really frustrated about the living conditions. And sometimes, when I’m in school, I don’t see many of my friends who can’t afford school. And right now, there’s a cholera epidemic. Before, we used to drink all kinds of water. Now, we have to buy water to drink.”

Ricardo is, however, quite happy to be back in school after the earthquake. He wants to study political science and eventually find a place in the government to make big changes in the country.

SOUNDBITE (Creole) Ricardo Rocourt, 13 years old:
”One thing that is good that has happened since the earthquake, is that I am back in school. But I really want the kids who have no access, to be able to go to school.”

Ensuring that all children have access to a quality education is a goal shared by UNICEF, whether their education was disrupted by the earthquake, or they simply have never set foot in a classroom.