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STORY: UN / HAITI GAMBA INTERVIEW
TRT: 03:50
SOURCE: UNIFEED / FILE
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT WFP FOOTAGE ON SCREEN
LANGUAGES: FRENCH / ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 12 APRIL 2024, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, UN Headquarters
12 APRIL 2024, NEW YORK CITY
2. SOUNDBITE (French) Virginia Gamba, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, United Nations:
“The young and children of Haiti are the world's forgotten. Nobody is willing to aid them.”
FILE – WFP – PLEASE CREDIT ON SCREEN - 05 APRIL 2024, CAP HAITIEN, HAITI
3. Med shot, WFP school meals
12 APRIL 2024, NEW YORK CITY
4. SOUNDBITE (French) Virginia Gamba, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, United Nations:
“We are monitoring the situation of the 6 grave violations against children in Haiti, and it's dreadful. The sexual violence against girls is dreadful. The recruitment of children to support the gangs is coerced, yet frequently there are no alternatives for them to secure a meal.”
FILE – WFP – PLEASE CREDIT ON SCREEN - 01 MARCH 2024, PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI
5. Wide shots, people fleeing gang violence carrying their belongings
12 APRIL 2024, NEW YORK CITY
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Virginia Gamba, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, United Nations:
“One of the tricks of the gangs is to inform the inhabitants in the territories they control – it may be 4 blocks – that they’d better not take the children to school, they have to stay at home, because if they leave their home, they will be attacked. Or if they send children to school, they will be raped. So, it's not just that there is an impact of the gang warfare on the people, it's the people are on the front line of this.”
FILE – WFP – PLEASE CREDIT ON SCREEN - 03 APRIL 2024, PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI
7. Wide shot, roadblock
12 APRIL 2024, NEW YORK CITY
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Virginia Gamba, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, United Nations:
“So, I think that there are large amounts of weapons flowing into Haiti, that are used by gangs. I am utterly convinced that… One of my biggest fears is that the youngest of the young in Haiti might also become victims of trafficking, particularly girls for sexual purposes.”
FILE – WFP – PLEASE CREDIT ON SCREEN - 01 MARCH 2024, PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI
9. Wide shot, people fleeing gang violence carrying their belongings
12 APRIL 2024, NEW YORK CITY
10. SOUNDBITE (French) Virginia Gamba, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, United Nations:
“The entire community must strive to access a better future. And all these communities must bring along with them into this future all those who have been killed, injured, or even those who have killed and injured. It will require a lot of resources. It will take money and effort to work for peace in Haiti.”
FILE – WFP – PLEASE CREDIT ON SCREEN - 05 APRIL 2024, CAP HAITIEN, HAITI
11. Med shot, WFP school meals
12 APRIL 2024, NEW YORK CITY
13. SOUNDBITE (French) Virginia Gamba, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, United Nations:
“My concern is that the world has forgotten Haiti. There are numerous global crises and a lot of money at stake worldwide. There isn't much funding available for the reintegration of children affected by war or even for communities to have a chance to break free from violence. Is it possible? Yes, it's possible, but it's urgent…that member states and even organized civil society have funds to do this.”
FILE – WFP – PLEASE CREDIT ON SCREEN - 20 MARCH 2024, PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI
14. Various shots, distribution of WFP hot meals to people displaced by fighting
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Virginia Gamba, said, “The young and children of Haiti are the world's forgotten.”
In an interview today (12 Apr) in New York, Gamba said, “We are monitoring the situation of the 6 grave violations against children in Haiti, and it's dreadful. The sexual violence against girls is dreadful. The recruitment of children to support the gangs is coerced, yet frequently there are no alternatives for them to secure a meal.”
She also said, “One of the tricks of the gangs is to inform the inhabitants in the territories they control – it may be 4 blocks – that they’d better not take the children to school, they have to stay at home, because if they leave their home, they will be attacked. Or if they send children to school, they will be raped. So, it's not just that there is an impact of the gang warfare on the people, it's the people are on the front line of this.”
She continued, “I think that there are large amounts of weapons flowing into Haiti, that are used by gangs. I am utterly convinced that… One of my biggest fears is that the youngest of the young in Haiti might also become victims of trafficking, particularly girls for sexual purposes.”
She highlighted, “The entire community must strive to access a better future. And all these communities must bring along with them into this future all those who have been killed, injured, or even those who have killed and injured. It will require a lot of resources. It will take money and effort to work for peace in Haiti.”
She stressed, “My concern is that the world has forgotten Haiti. There are numerous global crises and a lot of money at stake worldwide. There isn't much funding available for the reintegration of children affected by war or even for communities to have a chance to break free from violence. Is it possible? Yes, it's possible, but it's urgent…that member states and even organized civil society have funds to do this.”
