PHILIPPINES / DISPLACED ONE MONTH UPDATE

On 8 November Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines, one month on, survivors are slowly picking up the pieces. Working with local authorities, UNHCR is distributing tents and other relief supplies to meet urgent shelter needs. UNHCR

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:03:17
• Production Date: 7 December 2013
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES - UNHCR
• Subject Topical: REFUGEES; DISPLACED PERSONS; DISASTER PREVENTION; DISASTER PREPAREDNESS; DISASTER RELIEF; HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCIES
• Geographic Subject: PHILIPPINES
• MAMS Id: U131207b

Description

STORY: PHILIPPINES / DISPLACED ONE MONTH UPDATE
TRT: 3.17
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: EMBARGOED UNTIL 8 DECEMBER 2013
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / TAGALOG / NATS

DATELINE: 26 – 30 DECEMBER 2013, TACLOBAN AND TANAUAN, LEYTE PROVINCE, PHILIPPINES

Shotlist

1. Wide shot, massive debris in Tacloban
2. Wide shot, boy and girl in ruins
3. Close up, workers picking up wood beam
4. Wide shot, queue of people, next to a UNHCR tarp
5. Wide shot, long queue of people waiting for aid distribution in Tacloban
6. Wide shot, UNHCR and Tacloban staff
7. Med shot, UNHCR staff explaining procedures
8. Med shot, local leaders talking, sitting down with UNHCR
9. Tilt up, Tanauan, destroyed fishing village leading to Mansalay family and family shed
10. Wide shot, sideways of boat in foreground and family at shed
11. Med shot, family at shed with malnourished child
12. Close up, malnourished baby Pan up to father
13. Wide shot, family outside shed
14. SOUNDBITE (Tagalog) Roberto Mansalay, Fisherman in Tanauan, Leyte province, Philippines:
“I’m afraid to be back living near the sea but I have no choice. There is nowhere to move to and no place to build a house.”
15. Close up, workers beginning set up of new tent
16. Wide shot, UNHCR tents with workers setting up new tent
17. Tilt up, ruins of Tacloban from the water’s edge
18. Med shot, boy and girl walking among the rubble
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Vivian Tan, UNHCR Spokesperson:
“UNHCR is trying to support the government in these efforts by providing tents that people can move into temporarily. But in the meantime the government does need to think about longer-term solutions – where to put these people, in a place that’s safe but also where they can have access to jobs and basic services.”
20. Wide shot, family walking to row of UNHCR tents
21. Wide shot, Roberto Mansalay saying that the tent is wide enough for the family
22. Med shot, Rosalina Mansalay at entrance to tend looking into tent
23. Med shot, Rosalina and son looking into tend with baby in arms
24. SOUNDBITE (Tagalog) Rosalina Mansalay, Typhoon Survivor:
“I’m happy to move away from the water. We're afraid of the typhoon and worried the water will rise again. We don't want to go back.”
25. Pan right, medical tent at MSF
26. Wide shot, medical team with mom and infant and weigh scale
27. Close up, medics and mom w/infant on scales
28. Wide shot, back angle of emergency tent
29. Med shot, Rosalina in tent holding infant preparing for weigh-in
30. Wide shot, house repair and pan to roof with man sawing wood
31. Med shot, man hammering side of wall repair
32. Close up, Winnie the Pooh hanging from outdoor clothes line in ruins
33. Wide shot, kids below Winnie, washing with hose

Storyline

On 8 November Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines, one month on, survivors are slowly picking up the pieces.

This is what’s left of Tanauan, one of the coastal areas worst hit, a community ravaged by Typhoon Haiyan.

Working with local authorities, UNHCR is distributing tents and other relief supplies to meet urgent shelter needs.

In Leyte province of the Philippines, relief supplies are flowing. But the needs are massive.

The UN refugee agency is reaching out to local leaders to discuss how best to meet their needs.

Many of the worst-hit areas are by the coast. Tanauan is one of the areas devastated by the typhoon and storm surge.

Roberto Mansalay and his family were evacuated in advance. But he lost two brothers and everything he owns. After his home was swept away, he built this shed using what he could scavenge from the rubble.

SOUNDBITE (Tagalog) Roberto Mansalay, Fisherman in Tanauan, Leyte province, Philippines:
“I’m afraid to be back living near the sea but I have no choice. There is nowhere to move to and no place to build a house.”

The Philippine government says that there will be no rebuilding near the sea. This means that many survivors will need new homes.

SOUNDBITE (English) Vivian Tan, UNHCR Spokesperson:
“UNHCR is trying to support the government in these efforts by providing tents that people can move into temporarily. But in the meantime the government does need to think about longer-term solutions – where to put these people, in a place that’s safe but also where they can have access to jobs and basic services.”

At the temporary site in Tanauan, daily rains have slowed down the pitching of tents. Roberto and his wife Rosalina get a glimpse of where they will be living for the next few months.

SOUNDBITE (Tagalog) Rosalina Mansalay, Typhoon Survivor:
“I’m happy to move away from the water. We're afraid of the typhoon and worried the water will rise again. We don't want to go back.”

The Mansalays’ problem doesn’t end there. Their youngest, Rubylin, is two years old but weighs just over 4 kilograms. This pre-existing case of malnutrition is promptly addressed by UNHCR and other aid agencies. Mother and daughter will receive urgent treatment.

Sadly there is no quick fix for the typhoon-affected people of the Philippines. More funding will be needed to help the survivors recover from this tragedy.