PHILIPPINES / SCHOOL OPENINGS

In areas of the Philippines affected by the typhoon, about 90 per cent of school buildings were damaged, leaving over a million pupils and 34,000 teachers with no place for learning. The government, with UNICEF and partners are working to get children back to a normal schedule as quickly as possible, first with a ‘soft’ opening of schools in December, to be followed by a full reopening in January. UNICEF

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:24
• Production Date: 5 December 2013
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND - UNICEF
• Subject Topical: EDUCATION; DISASTER PREVENTION; DISASTER PREPAREDNESS; DISASTER RELIEF
• Geographic Subject: PHILIPPINES
• MAMS Id: U131205e

Description

STORY: PHILIPPINES/SCHOOL OPENINGS
TRT: 2:24
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE:

DATELINE: 2 DECEMBER 2013 PALO, PHILIPPINES

Shotlist

1.Wide Shot, Yul Olaya with students in UNICEF school tent
2.Wide Shot, student and parents lining up to enter tent
3.Wide Shot, student and parents lining up to enter tent
4.Wide Shot ,wall of destroyed house
5.Wide Shot, wall of destroyed house
6.Med shot, Alexa
7.Med shot, children standing in a line
8.SOUNDBITE (English) Alexa, 8 years old:
“I’m happy because my classmates survived.”
9.Wide shot, tilt from signage on UNICEF tent to children in tent
10.Med shot, tilt from handheld loudspeaker to face to Evelyn Olaya
11. Wide shot, Evelyn Olaya speaking on handheld loudspeaker
12.SOUNDBITE (English) Ms Evelyn Olaya, Principal, Palo Central Elementary:
“Everything here, newly painted, from the walls, inside the classroom to the roof, they are newly painted and structured. Sad to say that now . . . I feel bad about my school.”
13.Wide shot, tilt from destroyed roof of building to the ground
14. Wide shot, pan of destroyed yellow school buildings
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Yul Adelfo Olaya, UNICEF Education Officer:
“Every time I meet kids they will tell me ‘What will happen to us? What will happen to our studies? We no longer have notebooks. We don’t have bags. Our books are already destroyed, we tried to dry them up but it can no longer be used”
16.Med shot, water-damaged books
17.Wide shot, shelf with water-damaged books
18.Wide shot, UNICEF staff and teachers talking to tent full of children
19.Wide shot, from back children raising their hands
20.Medium shot, children washing their hands
21. Medium shot, close up face of girl as she washes her hand
22.Wide shot, children washing their hands
23.SOUNDBITE (English)Yul Adelfo Olaya, UNICEF Education Officer:
“We wanted to send the message that even if schools are devastated, education can actually continue and I think that single message, we conveyed it very well today.”
24. Wide shot, workers with red helmets holding onto tent foundation
25.Close shot, hand putting a hook on tent pole
26. Wide shot, workers lifting up tent foundation
27. Wide shot, time-lapse tent being built
28.SOUNDBITE (English) Yul Adelfo Olaya, UNICEF Education Officer:
“Our main goal at the moment is how we transform this negative experience to positive learning so that this learning can be used by children and they will end up better, stronger and resilient persons."
29.Med shot, faces of children

Storyline

It’s back to school for the children of Palo Central Elementary, their first day back since Typhoon Haiyan blasted through this neighborhood.

Alexa is eight years old and relieved to see all her friends again.

SOUNDBITE (English) Alexa, eight years old:

“I’m happy because my classmates survived.”

Alexa’s recently remodeled school was destroyed and has been replaced with a tent for now.

School Principal Ms Evelyn Olaya, is still coming to grips with the loss.

SOUNDBITE (English) Ms Evelyn Olaya, Principal, Palo Central Elementary:
“Everything here, newly painted, from the walls, inside the classroom to the roof, they are newly painted and structured. Sad to say that now, I feel bad about my school.”

Ninety percent of school buildings were damaged in areas affected by the typhoon, compromising over 3,000 schools.

SOUNDBITE (English) Yul Adelfo Olaya, UNICEF Education Officer:
“Every time I meet kids they will tell me ‘What will happen to us? What will happen to our studies? We no longer have notebooks. We don’t have bags. Our books are already destroyed, we tried to dry them up but it can no longer be used”

Getting children back to school is a priority for the Philippines Department of Education. UNICEF and its partners are assisting their efforts by providing tents, teaching materials and sanitation facilities for schools.

SOUNDBITE (English) Yul Adelfo Olaya, UNICEF Education Officer:
“Our main goal at the moment is how we transform this negative experience to positive learning so that this learning can be used by children and they will end up better, stronger and resilient persons."