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KAZAKHSTAN / DISASTER RISK PROGRAM
STORY: KAZAKHSTAN / DISASTER RISK PROGRAME
TRT 4:02
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: RUSSIAN / KAZAKH / ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 11 OCTOBER 2011, ALMATY PAKISTAN
1. Wide shot, children in classroom undergoing evacuation drill
2. Med shot, children dive under their desks
3. Med shot, children under desk
4. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Sergei Novgorodov, student:
“We have to get under the desks as quick as we can.”
5. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Sophia Akzhygitova, student:
“We have to hold onto the table with one hand and cover our head with the other arm. And stay away from windows.”
6. Med shot, children under desk
7. Med shot, children heading to teacher
8. Med shot, children running in hallway
9. Med shot, children running into garden
10. Med shot, children in garden
11. Med shot, children and teacher in garden
12. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Lucia Kasenova, Director, Kindergarten:
“Here in Southern Kazakhstan, we are prone to earthquakes. And in Spring and Autumn, there’s danger from landslides from the mountains nearby, so its important for the children to learn.”
13. Med shot, meeting room hotel in Astana, Kazakh capital
14. Med shot, meeting room hotel in Astana, Kazakh capital
15. Med shot, meeting room hotel in Astana, Kazakh capital
16. Close up, participant talking
17. Med shot, audience
18. Med shot, participants
19. Med shot, screen
20. Med shot, participants
21. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Syrym Gobbasov, Director, Strategic Planning, Ministry of Emergency Situations:
“According to expert analysis, this will be the century of disasters. And the only things we do not face here in Kazakhstan, are volcanoes, tsunamis and tornadoes. We have everything else.”
22. Wide shot, mountain range
23. Wide shot, mountains range
24. Close up, training materials
25. Med shot, personnel meeting
26. Med shot, poster
SOUNDBITE (Russian) Lubov Dorozhkina, Deputy Director, ‘RIPKSO’ Centre:
“We are a huge country and we can have critically low temperatures, so we have added a special module on this, specifically for children.”
27. Close up, flick thru shots of training materials
28. Med shot, review of training materials display in school library
29. Med shot, meeting participants
30. Close up, shelf of learning material
31. Med shot, meeting participants
32. Med shot, participant nodding
33. Med shot, meeting participants
34. Med shot, meeting participants
35. Close up, learning material
36. Close up, meeting participants
37. Close up, learning material
38. Close up, leafing trough material
39. Med shot, children at school doing evacuation drill from classroom
40. SOUNDBITE (Kazakh) Kazybek Akhmedjanov, Deputy Head, School #148:
“The children themselves provide written materials for their feedback and also contribute photos from the different drills, such as building evacuations. It’s the best form of documentation.”
41. Close up, children in classroom
42. Med shot, Child demonstrating evacuation from smoke-filled room
43. Med shot, children demonstrating evacuation from smoke-filled room
44. Close up, children demonstrating evacuation from smoke-filled room
45. SOUNDBITE (English) Hanaa Singer, UNICEF Representative, Kazakhstan:
“I think it’s a fantastic programme, honestly. I saw the simulation. I saw the response of the children there, and I know that in reality, we don’t only have to depend on the government and the community, but we really can depend on the children not only to save themselves, but also to save their communities as well.”
46. Med shot, leafing through materials
47. Med shot, children at Kindergarten #53 in DRR class, demonstrating packing emergency ‘run bags’ and rehearsing evacuation procedure
48. Med shot, children running out of classroom
When the siren goes off to signify an earthquake, the children at kindergarten number 53 in Almaty Kazakhstan, know just what to do.
SOUNDBITE, Sergei Novgorodov (Russian) student:
“We have to get under the desks as quick as we can.”
SOUNDBITE (Russian) Sophia Akzhygitova, student:
“We have to hold onto the table with one hand and cover our head with the other arm. And stay away from windows.”
And when it’s safe to do so, then take refuge in the stronger parts of the building, before heading outside to safety and a roll call.
In the Almaty region of Kazakhstan, with its potential for disasters, a pilot programme has proved the effectiveness of integrating lessons in Disaster Risk Reduction, or DRR, into the pre-school curriculum.
SOUNDBITE (Russian) Lucia Kasenova, Director, Kindergarten:
“Here in Southern Kazakhstan, we are prone to earthquakes. And in Spring and Autumn, there’s danger from landslides from the mountains nearby, so its important for the children to learn.”
Coming together at a meeting for partners and stake-holders in the Kazakh capital, Astana, this session was aimed at reviewing how effectively DRR education is being implemented, and looking forward to how it can be mainstreamed into education throughout the country.
With support of UNICEF and the European Commission Humanitarian Aid Department – ECHO – local government and NGO partners have been able to achieve an impressive level of collaboration, in preparing the country’s school children for a world increasingly prone to dangers.
SOUNDBITE (Russian) Syrym Gobbasov – Director, Strategic Planning, Ministry of Emergency Situations:
“According to expert analysis, this will be the century of disasters. And the only things we do not face here in Kazakhstan, are volcanoes, tsunamis and tornadoes. We have everything else.”
And even some hazards other countries don’t have.
In this land of extremes, winter cold poses a particular risk to the vulnerable, especially children. And the Government Centre responsible for producing training materials for teachers, has developed localized modules to meet this need.
SOUNDBITE (Russian) Lubov Dorozhkina, Deputy Director, ‘RIPKSO’ Centre:
“We are a huge country and we can have critically low temperatures, so we have added a special module on this, specifically for children.”
There are also additional elements to teach first aid, and for teaching in kindergartens.
As courses for teaching have been adapted, so some schools have adapted their method for monitoring and feedback.
At this school in Almaty, children themselves provide their own photos and written contributions to give progress reports on DRR training, a unique first hand student’s perspective.
This is also an example of even the youngest children, actively participating in DRR efforts in the country with the support of parents and teachers.
SOUNDBITE (Kazakh) Kazybek Akhmedjanov, Deputy Head – School #148:
“The children themselves provide written materials for their feedback and also contribute photos from the different drills, such as building evacuations. It’s the best form of documentation.”
As these children demonstrate in how to evacuate a burning building, the best evidence of how well they have absorbed the DRR message, is in the drills they practice.
SOUNDBITE (English) Hanaa Singer - UNICEF Representative, Kazakhstan:
“I think it’s a fantastic programme, honestly. I saw the simulation. I saw the response of the children there, and I know that in reality, we don’t only have to depend on the Government and the community, but we really can depend on the children not only to save themselves, but also to save their communities as well.”
And with Kazakhstan already producing examples of the skills being practiced for real, it is knowledge that has already proved its worth.
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