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STORY: HAITI / IDPS
TRT 3.04
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / CREOLE / NATS
DATELINE: 4 MARCH 2010, PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI
1. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Miratson Guerrier, 13 years old:
”My name is Miratson. I am 13 years old. I live in Port-au-Prince. If i could talk to the president of Haiti, I would ask him to clean up the country and re-open the schools.”
2. Wide shot, back of boy walking through temporary camp
3. Med shot, boy peeking out from inside temporary tent
4. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Miratson Guerrier, 13 years old:
”Because we have six people inside the tent, it’s very difficult to sleep and to walk in the tent. and we’re sleeping in the mud and there’s no place to go to the bathroom. We have to find a place in the mud outside because the latrines are in horrible shape.”
5. Med shot, boys sitting in mud digging
6. Close up, dirty latrine
7. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Miratson Guerrier, 13 years old:
“I was coming home from school and my family was cooking food. When the earthquake hit, i jumped down on the other side of the house. This is how i survived. my brother went under a wall and the wall fell and crushed his head and he died.
8. Wide shot, two boys walk up stairs to destroyed houses
9. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Miratson Guerrier, 13 years old:
”This is not the first time I’ve been back to our destroyed home. My family comes back here to wash our clothes, because we can’t find enough water at the camp.”
10. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Miratson Guerrier, 13 years old:
”It’s hard living in the tent because we have very little water to drink, food is in short supply, and we have no place to take a bath. I feel miserable sometimes because where we are in the camp, when it rains during the night we have to climb up on something to stay dry because when it rains the ground turns to mud.”
11. Close up, boy’s face
12. Close up, of bed and contents of tent
13. Close up, shoes sitting on dirt
14. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Miratson Guerrier, 13 years old:
“What would make me happy in the future? All I want is a house where I can go to sleep, food to eat, water to drink, a place to go to school, and a yard to play in. This is what would make me happy again.”
15. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Ricardo Rocourt, 12 years old:
”My name is Ricardo. I am 12 years old and I live in Port-au-Prince. The day of the earthquake, I was outside my house and my mother was on the front porch, so we weren’t injured. But my seven-year-old brother was getting lessons at school and he was killed.”
16. Wide shot, broken dresser lying atop rubble
17. Med shot, broken musical keyboard atop rubble
18. Close up, broken musical keyboard
19. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Ricardo Rocourt, 12 years old:
”What’s the most difficult thing? I’ve lost a lot of friends, friends I used to visit and play at their houses. This is what’s difficult for me.”
20. Close up, dirty teddy bear
21. Med shot, people inside tent
22. Close up, woman holding bowl of food
23. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Ricardo Rocourt, 12 years old
”When my mother leaves the camp, sometimes she leaves food but not every day. Sometimes there’s no food. she still has a job, but they had to cut her paycheck in half.”
24. Med shot, boy in red shirt walks into tent
25. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Ricardo Rocourt, 12 years old
”I usually eat once a day. Sometimes I go to sleep without eating anything. Sometimes I go to my godmother to ask for something to eat.”
26. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Ricardo Rocourt, 12 years old:
”When I grow up, I want to be president, so I can help out the country.”
SOUNDBITE (Creole) Miratson Guerrier, 13 years old:
”My name is Miratson. I am 13 years old. I live in Port-au-Prince. If i could talk to the president of Haiti, I would ask him to clean up the country and re-open the schools. Because we have six people inside the tent, it’s very difficult to sleep and to walk in the tent. And we’re sleeping in the mud and there’s no place to go to the bathroom. We have to find a place in the mud outside because the latrines are in horrible shape. I was coming home from school and my family was cooking food. When the earthquake hit, I jumped down on the other side of the house. This is how I survived. My brother went under a wall and the wall fell and crushed his head and he died. This is not the first time I’ve been back to our destroyed home. My family comes back here to wash our clothes, because we can’t find enough water at the camp. It’s hard living in the tent because we have very little water to drink, food is in short supply, and we have no place to take a bath. I feel miserable sometimes because where we are in the camp, when it rains during the night we have to climb up on something to stay dry because when it rains the ground turns to mud. What would make me happy in the future? All I want is a house where I can go to sleep, food to eat, water to drink, a place to go to school, and a yard to play in. This is what would make me happy again.”
SOUNDBITE (Haitian Creole) Ricardo Rocourt, 12 years old:
”My name is Ricardo. I am 12 years old and I live in Port-au-Prince. The day of the earthquake, I was outside my house and my mother was on the front porch, so we weren’t injured. But my seven-year-old brother was getting lessons at school and he was killed. What’s the most difficult thing? I’ve lost a lot of friends – friends I used to visit and play at their houses. This is what’s difficult for me. When my mother leaves the camp, sometimes she leaves food but not every day. Sometimes there’s no food. she still has a job, but they had to cut her paycheck in half. I usually eat once a day. Sometimes I go to sleep without eating anything. Sometimes I go to my godmother to ask for something to eat. When I grow up, I want to be president, so I can help out the country.”
