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UN / HAIYAN UPDATE
STORY: UN / HAIYAN UPDATE
TRT: 1.46
SOURCE: UNTV / WFP
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/ NATS
DATELINE: 02 DECEMBER, NEW YORK CITY
FILE, RECENT, NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, United Nations Headquarters
02 DECEMBER, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, press briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, Haoliang Xu, (English): “Three million people have received high energy biscuits as food products, more than ten thousand families have received shelter materials, 761 teachers obtained advice as part of the strategy to get all children back to school in January, 60,000 children have been vaccinated against measles and polio and received vitamin A, 17,600 families are getting rice and corn seeds to plant in time for the ongoing planting season, and thousands of people are being recruited for “cash for work” programmes and short term employments”.
4. Wide shot, press briefing room
5. SOUNDBITE, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, Haoliang Xu, (English): “We are currently employing 345 workers, but this number will increase to 500 by tomorrow”.
FILE – WFP - 16-17, NOVEMBER, 2013 TACLOBAN, PHILIPPINES
5. Various shots, debris cleaning
02 DECEMBER, NEW YORK CITY
6. SOUNDBITE, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, Haoliang Xu, (English): “We have now 10 million dollars, that includes 3.5 million from Japan, 1.5 million from Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), and 5 million dollars from UNDP own allocation”.
FILE – WFP - 16-17, NOVEMBER, 2013 TACLOBAN, PHILIPPINES
7. Wide shot, aerial damage
8. Med shot, aerial of “help” sign on the street
In a press conference today (December 2nd) at UN Headquarters, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, Haoliang Xu, said that the goal of the current recovery process in the Philippines is to help people to return to normalcy by putting children back to school and getting men and women jobs.
So far, he noted, “three million people have received high energy biscuits as food products, more than ten thousand families have received shelter materials, 761 teachers obtained advice as part of the strategy to get all children back to school in January, 60,000 children have been vaccinated against measles and polio and received vitamin A, 17,600 families are getting rice and corn seeds to plant in time for the ongoing planting season, and thousands of people are being recruited for “cash for work” programmes and short term employments”.
He added that UNDP has launched the “Cash for Work” Programme since week three after super typhoon Haiyan hit the country. He explained that the majority of these jobs are focused on removing debris and restoring livelihoods.
He pointed out that UNDP is currently employing 345 workers, but this number will increase to 500 by tomorrow (December 3rd ). These workers receive a salary equivalent to six US dollars a day.
Xu underlined that hospitals are being reopened and public services are being restarted, as well.
Finally, he said that UNDP has now 10 millions dollars in funds for the recovery operations, but an additional of 30 million is needed for the next 12 months .
Benefits from the UNDP cash-for-work programme include the clearing of roads to allow easier access for humanitarian aid to reach isolated communities; providing income to 200,000 households; injecting needed cash into the local economy; and reducing the risk of disease.
The debris removal and waste management are part of the early recovery plan, which has at its core the building of resilience of these communities. The plan will help rehabilitate local businesses, restore community infrastructure such as access roads and town halls, and contribute to restarting the provision of services by local governments.
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