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INDONESIA / TSUNAMI UPDATE
STORY: INDONESIA / TSUNAMI UPDATE
TRT: 5.27
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 28 FEBRUARY – 2 MARCH 2014, BANDA ACEH AND SABANG, INDONESIA
1. Various shots, UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake with children at the Nurul Huda early childhood development center in Banda Aceh.
2. Wide shot, children at the center
3. Wide shot, pan left to right, children singing
4. Various shots, children signing a nursery rhyme at the early childhood development center
5. Med shot, UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake at a water treatment facility
6. Wide shot, UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake with other officials at the water treatment facility
7. Close shot, meters at the water treatment plant
8. Wide shot, water treatment unit in the foreground, UNICEF walking out in the background
9. Close up, tilt up, water
10. Wide shot, Sabang bay
11. Various shots, children at the Muhammadiyah primary school, in Banda Aceh, which was completely destroyed by the tsunami
12. Various shots, children doing the emergency earthquake drill at Muhammadiyah school in Banda Aceh
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Anthony Lake, UNICEF Executive Director:
“We helped once to build your school. And I can see that the beautiful school has wonderful students and I can see what a wonderful spirit you have and that means that you must study very hard also. Anyway, it is a wonderful school with wonderful students and thank you for inviting us.”
14. Wide shot, sunset over the ocean
15. Wide shot, sunset over the ocean
16. Wide shot, beach
17. Wide shot, beach
18. Various shots, green fields
19. Med shot, UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake and the Mayor of Sabang at Paya Senara Health Center interacting with the staff
20. Wide shot, sign “Laboratorium”
21. Wide shot, bed with malaria patient insidenet
22. Wide shot, UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake, the Mayor of Sabang at Paya Senara Health Centerand other staff interacting with malaria patient
23. SOUNDBITE (English) Anthony Lake, UNICEF Executive Director:
“Her fever was so high she didn’t know who I was, and they couldn’t cure it. For about a week because they didn’t know what it was. So I can imagine how you were worried because I remember how worried I was.”
The Indian Ocean tsunami was one of the worst disasters in living memory. It affected nine countries and killed about 170,000 people in Indonesia’ Aceh province, alone. The tsunami triggered one of UNICEF’s largest emergency operations, funded by a variety of donors.
Ten years on, UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake visited Banda Aceh and Sabang to review the recovery and reconstruction.
With support from UNICEF and other partners, Indonesia invested heavily in emergency preparedness and Disaster Risk Reduction. The goal was to reduce risks that stem from the natural hazards that affect the archipelago of more than 17,500 islands on a regular basis. Programmes included strengthening the country’s health system by integrating immunization, antenatal care, malaria control and other health interventions that build the resilience of children and their families.
The elimination of malaria in Sabang is an enormous achievement made possible thanks to an integrated health programme that includes highly effective malaria control.
UNICEF and partners selected Sabang island as the starting point for a targeted programme whose ultimate aim is to eliminate malaria in Indonesia.
The aim was to eliminate the danger of malaria outbreaks by eradicating the parasite, itself. A combination of high-level political commitment, effective surveillance through systematic blood screening, and community involvement made the success possible.
The incidence decreased from almost 88 infections per 1,000 inhabitants in 2004 to less than 1 case per 1,000 in 2011.
Just two days before Mr. Lake’s trip to the island, a visitor from Banda Aceh had been diagnosed with malaria in one of Sabang’s health centres. Going door to door to collect blood samples, volunteer health workers or ‘kaders’ continue to play an important role in ensuring Sabang, with its 30,000 inhabitants, remain malaria free.
Meanwhile, the government’s investment in DRR includes emergency education and the construction of hundreds of earthquake-resistant schools. About 300 of these schools, in Aceh province and on the North Sumatran island of Nias, which was hit by a major earthquake three months after the tsunami, have been built with support from UNICEF.
Muhammadiyah primary school, in Banda Aceh, was completely destroyed by the tsunami. Only 17 pupils survived the disaster of the some 300 who had attended the school. Muhammadiyah was the first permanent school rebuilt in Banda Aceh, based on safety standards to withstand earthquakes of up to 8.0 on the Richter scale. The new schools have well-ventilated classrooms with wide exit doors. The buildings are built on an elevated platform to prevent flooding during the rainy season.
In 2013, an earthquake of 6.7 on the Richter scale left hardly a scar on the school walls.
Lake witnessed one of the regular emergency drills at Muhammadiyah school, which include training in first aid and songs to remember what needs to be done when the earth starts to shake.
Lake said Indonesia has shown the world how to build back better after disasters to strengthen children’s protection from the impact of humanitarian emergencies.
Referring to Indonesia’s strong economic growth in the years after the tsunami, he highlighted the need to put children at the heart of the development agenda and to ensure that all children benefit from the progress.
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