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STORY: UN / GREAT GLOBAL GAZA BOUNCE ADVANCER
TRT: 2.22
SOURCE: UNRWA / UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: JULY 2010, GAZA, OPT / JUNE 2010, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
JULY 2010, GAZA, OPT
1. Various shots, bouncing basketball training
JUNE 2010, NEW YORK CITY / PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General, United Nations:
“As-salamu alaykum! Hello! I’m Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations. And I want to congratulate the children of Gaza for taking part in this great event. You are showing the world that if you are given the opportunity. You can be number one! Last year, you broke the record for kite flying. We were all so inspired to see thousands of you, the next generation in Gaza, flying kites you made and reaching for the sky.
What a message to the world. Now, show us what you can do with thousands of basketballs! I’ll join in from New York.
[Bounces ball.] I thank the United Nations staff in Gaza for organizing the Summer Games and for helping the children of Gaza show that they can bounce back from adversity and be the best in the world. I wish you all good luck… Go for it, Gaza!” [Throws ball as if towards basket.]
JULY 2010, GAZA, OPT / ANIMATED PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
4. Various shots, animated PSA “Great Global Gaza Bounce”
FILE - 2009 GAZA, OPT
5. Various shots, kite flying event
On Thursday 22 July, thousands of children in Gaza will attempt to smash the world record for the number of basketballs bounced simultaneously. The “Great Global Gaza Bounce” event is part of the “Summer Games” organized by the United Nations (UN) Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) involving some quarter of a million children across the Gaza Strip.
In a video message recorded specially for the world record, the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon said, “I want to congratulate the children of Gaza for taking part in this great event. You are showing the world that if you are given the opportunity you can be number one.”
The current world record for simultaneously bouncing basket balls was set during the Hoosier Basketball Celebration in Indiana in September 2007. The number of balls bounced was just over three thousand. UNRWA hopes to double that record.
Not content with smashing just one world record. The kids of Gaza will attempt just a week later to break their own world record set during Summer Games last year for the number of kites flown simultaneously.
