JORDAN / SANITATION

Kitka Goyol, UNICEF’s Jordan Chief of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene takes us through us on a tour of the new Azraq camp in Jordan. UNICEF

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:03:18
• Production Date: 18 July 2013
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND - UNICEF
• Subject Topical: WATER; REFUGEES; DISPLACED PERSONS
• Geographic Subject: JORDAN; SYRIA
• MAMS Id: U130718d

Description

STORY: JORDAN / SANITATION
SOURCE: UNICEF
TRT: 3.18
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

DATELINE: JULY 2013, JORDAN

Shotlist

1. Wide shot, passing desert
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Kitka Goyol, UNICEF Jordan, Chief of WASH:
“We’re on the highway going from Amman to Azraq. This camp is about one and a half hours drive away from Amman. And it is planned to accommodate at least 50,000 Syrian refugees in the first phase and it has a maximum capacity of 130,000 refugees.”
3. Wide shot, looking out front of car
4. Wide shot, Kitka Goyol leaves car
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Kitka Goyol, UNICEF Jordan, Chief of WASH:
“The first thing that came to my mind was it doesn’t look feasible because as you can see there is virtually little sign of life in terms of vegetation or even animals and it’s just in the middle of nowhere. However, we’ve been coming over the two months, two and a half months and we’ve seen the place evolve. From a road network now being in place to the facilities that we are planning for the septic tanks and water so it’s becoming real.”
6. Med shot, Kitka Goyol
7. Wide shot, desert with diggers
8. Wide shot, water truck
9. Wide shot, desert and vehicles
10. Med shot, Kitka Goyol
11. Wide shot, Kitka enters caravan office
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Kitka Goyol, UNICEF Jordan, Chief of WASH:
“The site planners and all the people involved agreed that they will limit the number of tents within an area to make it more homely. So we’ve agreed on six tents per extended family compound and in each of those family compounds there will be two latrine units.”
13. Close up, map on wall
14. Wide shot, septic tank being lifted off truck
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Kitka Goyol, UNICEF Jordan, Chief of WASH:
“At last we’ve got the septic tanks that have arrived from Amman and the crane is lifting them off the truck now. They will go into the latrine pit. Really this is a moment we’ve been waiting for. We are just excited about it and we’re very hopeful that it fits well and it serves the purpose for which we wanted it to.”
16. Wide shot, septic tank being lifted by crane
17. Med shot, septic tank going into latrine pit
18. Med shot, septic tank being lowered into pit
19. Med shot, toilet and shower structure being lifted out of truck
20. SOUNDBITE (English) Kitka Goyol, UNICEF Jordan, Chief of WASH:
“Nearly there, nearly there, we’re excited now, got our first prototype ready, nearly ready.”
21. Wide shot, structure in place
22. SOUNDBITE (English) Kitka Goyol, UNICEF Jordan, Chief of WASH:
“This is one of the highest points in the camp and this is where our main storage tanks will be sited. And it will deliver water by gravity right down to village three and up to village two.”
23. Wide shot, trench and man digging
24. Med shot, man digging
25. Close up, spade in earth
26. Wide shot, road
27. Med shot, pipes being lifted off truck
28. SOUNDBITE (English) Kitka Goyol, UNICEF Jordan, Chief of WASH:
“So the truck that brought in the plastic pipes is offloading them now and these pipes will go in the trench here and will get connected up at the storage tank location. And this is where water will flow from the storage tanks through the pipe to public tap stands where people will fetch water and take to their homesteads.”
29. Med shot, crane turning
30. Close up, pipes being carried in air
31. Med shot, Kitka talking to contractor
32. Close up, Kitka listening
33. Med shot, Kitka talking to contractor
34. SOUNDBITE (English) Kitka Goyol, UNICEF Jordan, Chief of WASH:
“As you can see the terrain is in a harsh environment in terms of weather. It’s going to be difficult for everybody. But we hope these facilities and services we put in place will help make it more habitable for the refugees.”
35. Wide shot, Kitka and colleagues

Storyline

By the end of 2013 the United Nations estimates that a million Syrian refugees could be living in Jordan.

To help accommodate the huge numbers, a new refugee camp is being constructed.

But how to provide water and sanitation facilities to 50,000 people in the desert?

UNICEF Jordan’s Chief of Water sanitation and Hygiene, Kitka Goyol, takes us on a tour of Azraq camp.

SOUNDBITE (English) Kitka Goyol, Chief of Water sanitation and Hygiene, UNICEF Jordan:
“We’re on the highway going from Amman to Azraq. This camp is about one and a half hours drive away from Amman. And it is planned to accommodate at least 50,000 Syrian refugees in the first phase and it has a maximum capacity of 130,000 refugees.”

The first thing that came to my mind was it doesn’t look feasible because as you can see there is virtually little sign of life in terms of vegetation or even animals and it’s just in the middle of nowhere. However, we’ve been coming over the two months, two and a half months and we’ve seen the place evolve. From a road network now being in place to the facilities that we are planning for the septic tanks and water so it’s becoming real.

The site planners and all the people involved agreed that they will limit the number of tents within an area to make it more homely. So we’ve agreed on six tents per extended family compound and in each of those family compounds there will be two latrine units.

At last we’ve got the septic tanks that have arrived from Amman and the crane is lifting them off the truck now. They will go into the latrine pit. Really this is a moment we’ve been waiting for. We are just excited about it and we’re very hopeful that it fits well and it serves the purpose for which we wanted it to.

Nearly there, nearly there, we’re excited now, got our first prototype ready, nearly ready.

This is one of the highest points in the camp and this is where our main storage tanks will be sited. And it will deliver water by gravity right down to village three and up to village two.

So the truck that brought in the plastic pipes is offloading them now and these pipes will go in the trench here and will get connected up at the storage tank location. And this is where water will flow from the storage tanks through the pipe to public tap stands where people will fetch water and take to their homesteads.

As you can see the terrain is in a harsh environment in terms of weather. It’s going to be difficult for everybody. But we hope these facilities and services we put in place will help make it more habitable for the refugees.”