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OPT / WATER
STORY: OPT / WATER
TRT: 3:02
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/ARABIC/NATS
DATELINE: 7 MARCH 2011 GAZA , 14, 16 MARCH 2011 WEST BANK
1. Wide shot, water stream
2. Close up, water stream
3. Med shot children collecting water
4. Wide shot boy carrying water
5. Close up, water tanks being filled
6. Pan right people collecting water
7. Wide shot woman collecting water
8. Close up, woman collecting water
9. Wide shot, Gaza market
10. Wide shot, Gaza market
11. Med shot, alleys of Gaza
12. Med shot, back alley of Gaza
13. Med shot, woman and girl collecting water
14. Close up, girl collecting water
15. Med shot, banner with UNICEF and partners
16. Med shot, engineer checking reading in desalination plant
17. Pan left, pipes from plant
18. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Nagham Ahmad, seven-year-old girl in Rafah, Gaza Strip:
“Water used to be salty, and now it is good.”
19. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Suad Ahmad, Nagham’s mother:
“Now the water quality is good and is easily available and for free. We used to pay money for water, now we don’t pay anything and we are happy for that.”
20. Wide shot, West Bank wall
21. Med shot, children walking
22. Med shot, Safa with baby
23. Wide shot, Safa with family
24. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Safa Abu Libbadeh, 12-year-old living in Al Fara’camp:
“My friends and I used to face problems in using the bathrooms at school and we used to bring drinking water with us to school. Now the situation is normal and we have water to drink.”
25. Close up, water gauge
26. Close up, sign with UNICEF and SIDA logo
27. Wide shot, pipes
28. Wide shot, tank
29. Med shot, pipes
30. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. ShaddadAttili, Minister, Palestinian Water Authority:
“The Palestinian Water Authority managed to do improvements in the water sector with the help of donors, the international community like UNICEF, who were able to drill wells, install pumps and build desalination units, this is the case in Gaza.”
31. Wide shot water truck being filled by worker.
32. Medium shot water truck being filled by worker.
33. Wide shot water truck facilities
34. Wide shot people walking in the West Bank.
35. SOUNDBITE (English) Ms. Jean Gough Special Representative, UNICEF-occupied Palestinian territory:
“We continue to support and work with the Palestinian Water Authority, the Coastal Municipal Water Utility and the most vulnerable families and children and to ensure that they have access to good quality water that this water is reliable and this water is affordable.”
36. Wide shot, West Bank village
37. Wide shot, children walking in West Bank
38. Med shot, children walking in west bank
39. Med shot, teenagers standing on a corner
40. Med shot, boy and girl on by the entrance of their home
Water is a basic requirement for all life.
But for families in the occupied Palestinian territory, getting safe and affordable water is a major challenge. Ninety percent of water in Gaza is not fit for human consumption.
The water is polluted with high levels of nitrate and chloride, putting children at risk of water borne diseases. The Gaza strip is one of the most densely populated parts of the world and also one of the poorest in the Middle East.
One third of the people living in Gaza do not have access to safe drinking water. But now, with funding from the Governments of Japan, Australia, and Spain, UNICEF installed water pumps and desalination units that benefit thousands of people in southern Gaza.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Nagham Ahmad, seven-year old girl in Rafah, Gaza Strip: “Water used to be salty, and now it is good.”
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Suad Ahmad, Nagham’s mother:
“Now the water quality is good and is easily available and for free. We used to pay money for water, now we don’t pay anything and we are happy for that.”
Forty kilometers to the east, West Bank children face similar problems. Twelve-year-old Safa lives with her family at Al Far’a camp in the West Bank.
SOUNDBITE Safa Abu Libbadeh, 12 year old girl living in Al Fara’ camp:
“My friends and I used to face problems in using the bathrooms at school and we used to bring drinking water with us to school. Now the situation is normal and we have water to drink.”
UNICEF’s installation of a pump provided 7,600 residents of Al Fara’ camp with clean water.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Dr. ShaddadAttili, Minister, Palestinian Water Authority:
“The Palestinian Water Authority managed to do improvements in the water sector with the help of donors, the international community like UNICEF, who were able to drill wells, install pumps and build desalination units, this is the case in Gaza.”
The agency also supports water tankering, rehabilitated water, sanitation and hygiene facilities reaching more than 70,000 students in 151 schools.
SOUNDBITE (English) Jean Gough Special Representative, UNICEF-occupied Palestinian territory:
“We continue to support and work with the Palestinian Water Authority, the Coastal Municipal Water Utility and the most vulnerable families and children and to ensure that they have access to good quality water that this, water is reliable and this water is affordable."
World Water Day is a reminder that water and sanitation are critical factors in alleviating poverty and preserving the health of children.
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