LIBYA / EMERGENCY WATER SUPPLY

As a UNICEF technical team continues to work with the Libyan water experts to restore the water supply to Tripoli, more water bottles are being delivered to the city to ensure that the short-term emergency needs of the population are met. UNICEF

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:30
• Production Date: 2 September 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: LIBYA
• MAMS Id: U110902f

Description

STORY: LIBYA / EMERGENCY WATER SUPPLY
TRT: 1.30
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 1 SEPTEMBER 2011, TRIPOLI, LIBYA

Shotlist

1. Various shots, ship in harbor
2. Various shots, ship being unloaded
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Mark Choonoo, Emergency Specialist, UNICEF:
“We’ve managed to get today with a joint effort WFP the ship and the logistics and UNICEF with the procurement and delivery 500,000 litres of water that we’ve delivered down to Tripoli. The aim is to get eleven million litres of water and we hope that’s going to come in the next few days. That’s going to be able to respond to the short term needs to fill the gap that the communities here have in terms of water needs.”
4. Various shots, water bottles on dock

Storyline

As a UNICEF technical team continues to work with the Libyan water experts to restore the water supply to Tripoli, more water bottles are being delivered to the city to ensure that the short-term emergency needs of the population are met.

The first shipment, which arrived on the first of September, is a joint collaboration with the World Food Program.

SOUNDBITE (English) Mark Choonoo, Emergency Specialist, UNICEF:
“We’ve managed to get today with a joint effort WFP the ship and the logistics and UNICEF with the procurement and delivery 500,000 litres of water that we’ve delivered down to Tripoli. The aim is to get eleven million litres of water and we hope that’s going to come in the next few days. That’s going to be able to respond to the short term needs to fill the gap that the communities here have in terms of water needs.”

This shipment will meet the emergency needs of about 24,000 people and from the dock it will be distributed throughout the city and surrounding areas by mosques and other community groups.

In the coming weeks UNICEF will ship in enough supplies to ensure that half a million people have fresh water.