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STORY: ECUADOR / CHILDREN EARTHQUAKE
TRT: 02:08
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: SPANISH / NATS
DATELINE: 19 APRIL 2016, PEDERNALES, ECUADOR
19 APRIL 2016, PEDERNALES, ECUADOR
1. Aerial shot, shoreline
2. Aerial shot, damage to the town
3. Pan right, collapsed building
4. Aerial shot, damage to the town
5. Med shot, a boy looking around
6. Pan left, rubble from a collapsed building
7. Close up shot, man hugs a woman
8. Wide shot, women looking at the wreckage
9. Med shot, a girl sitting on a plastic chair
10. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Adriana Muela, Communication Specialist, UNICEF:
“UNICEF is offering support here in the city of Pedernales, after the earthquake that struck Sunday night. It has been very shocking to see how the city was destroyed. If we are talking in terms of percentages, we can say that 90% of the city has been destroyed. Children are very much affected, they are afraid to enter their houses because they feel the ceiling will collapse over them. They are very sad when they think and see that their schools have been completely destroyed. There are 15 schools here and all are destroyed, and children are very concerned about not being able to return to class.”
11. Wide shot, building in ruins
12. Wide shot, damaged hotel
13. Med shot, a boy walking by the wreckage
14. Wide shot, dog standing in the rubble
15. Tilt down, building collapsed on a school bus
16. Med shot, two boys eating
17. Med shot, motorcycle driving by damaged buildings
18. Med shot, emergency crew on a balcony
19. Med shot, man crying
20. Med shot, youth comforting each other
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said more than 150 thousand children were affected by the April 16 earthquake in Ecuador.
UNICEF said it is in a race against time to protect children from disease and other risks common in such emergencies.
UNICEF said mudslides are causing further damage to infrastructure and impeding access for relief teams and supplies in some of the worst hit areas in the country. UNICEF added that some cities are still without full power and only 40 percent of communication lines are functioning.
According to initial government reports, the earthquake damaged 119 schools, affecting 88,000 children. Some 805 buildings have been destroyed and 608 have been damaged. Two hospitals have also entirely collapsed in Portoviejo and Chone.
UNICEF is particularly concerned with health, water and sanitation conditions in the coastal areas considered hotspots for Zika, Dengue, Malaria and Chikungunya.
UNICEF teams are in two of the hardest hit areas, Pedernales and Esmeraldas, assessing children’s needs and coordinating the response.
