25 Dec 2009

TSUNAMI +5 OVERVIEW

Since the tsunami struck the Indian Ocean region five years ago, UNICEF and its partners have been bringing the countries of the region improved social services, clean water, and sturdier schools. UNICEF

Posted at: December 25, 2009 12:01 am

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STORY: TSUNAMI + 5 ADVANCER 
TRT: 2:35 
SOURCE: UNICEF 
RESTRICTIONS: NONE 
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / DHIVEHI / INDONESIAN

DATELINE: FILE

SHOTLIST:

FILE - 12, 18 AUGUST 2009, BANDA ACEH, INDONESIA

1. Various Shots, construction workers working on scaffolding of child-friendly court undergoing renovation

FILE - 13, 17 SEPTEMBER 2009, KRABI & PHANG NGA PROVINCES, THAILAND

3. Close up, Sign warning for tsunami hazard zone 
4. Wide shot. sea

FILE - JANUARY 2009, PHANG NGA PROVINCES, THAILAND

5. Wide shot, village flattened by the tsunami 
6. Wide shot. shells of houses destroyed by the tsunami 
7. Wide shot, shoreline in village destroyed by the tsunami

FILE - SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER 2009, AMANTHANAVELY, SRI LANKA

8. Wide shot, mothers and babies waiting for nutritional supplements at the Government Health Centre 
9. Med shot, mother holding baby receiving nutritional supplement

FILE- SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER 2009, KALMUNAI, SRI LANKA

10. Med shot, Students pumping water at Vivekanana Vidalayam Elementary School

FILE - 12, 16 AUGUST, BANDA ACEH, INDONESIA

11. Med shot, students running through schoolyard of Elementary School 34 
13. Close-up, children being led in singing at Posyandu Plus integrated health centre 
14. Close-up, health workers consulting with mothers 
15. Various shots, pregnant woman undergoing pre-natal health check 
16. SOUNDBITE (Indonesian) Ainul Mardiah with daugher Zaidah: 
"Before this place was built, I wouldn't have been able to have a baby."

FILE - 1, 5 NOVEMBER 2009, MEEDHOO ISLAND, MALDIVES

18. Wide shot, Classroom at Primary School 
19. Med shot, Children sitting in circle as teacher reads 
20. Close up, Afnaan Anwar (4) and fellow students participating in pre-school involved in interactive session with the teacher 
21. Close-up, Teacher enacting in child-friendly teaching approaches 
22. SOUNDBITE (Dhivehi) Ahmed Sobah, Teacher: 
"There is a noticeable difference between the previous method of teaching and child-friendly teaching, especially in things like writing skills of the students.  They have improved significantly."

FILE – SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER 2009, KALMUNAI, AMPARA DISTRICT, SRI LANKA

23. Various shot, boys washing hands in latrine facilities built by UNICEF 
24. Close-up, hands soaping and washing 
26. Med shot, householder pumping water at the local pump 
27. Close-up, water streaming into pot

FILE - 13, 17 SEPTEMBER 2009, KRABI & PHANG NGA PROVINCES, THAILAND 
28. Med shot, new toilets at a school

FILE – SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER 2009, THIRUKKOVIL, SRI LANKA

29. Wide shot, large water storage tanks of the Thirukkovil Water Supply Project

FILE - 13, 17 SEPTEMBER 2009, LAMKAEN DISTRICT, PHANG NGA PROVINCE, THAILAND

30. Med shot, tsunami orphan Pimolpan walking with her aunt Sanit Boontam, who now cares for her 
31. Close-up, Pimolpan 
32. Wide shot. exterior of house 
33. Various shots, Pimolpan playing inside house 
34. SOUNDBITE (English) Nantaporn Ieumwananonthachai, Child Protection Officer, UNICEF Thailand: 
"The money that has been spent covers not only the students in this area but will also cover the rest of the country. So students anywhere in Thailand will benefit from it."

FILE – 2008, LAPUTTA TOWNSHIP, MYANMAR

35. Wide shot, Villagers in area flooded by cyclone Nargis 
36. Wide shot, Helicopter landing 
37. Med shot, Villagers waiting for relief supplies from helicopter

FILE – SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER 2009, KARAITIVU, SRI LANKA

38. Various shots, N. Jayawathi and three of her daughters walking along the sand

STORYLINE:

Build back better, this has been UNICEF's mission in its recovery work in the Indian Ocean.

Five years ago, the tsunami that struck the region killed 230 thousand people and washed away homes, schools and communities, many already poor and remote.

The tragedy became an opportunity to bring to the area improved social services, clean water, and sturdier schools.

UNICEF's recovery work is now drawing to a close, and the new facilities are being integrated into everyday life.

In Indonesia, this health centre provides mothers with medical check-ups and other life-saving care.

SOUNDBITE (Indonesian) Ainul Mardiah, with daugher Zaidah: 
"Before this place was built, I wouldn't have been able to have a baby."

School attendance is also up. More than 300 thousand students now learn in new or repaired schools. And more than 30 thousand educators have been trained in child-friendly approaches.

SOUNDBITE (Dhivehi) Ahmed Sobah, Teacher: 
"There is a noticeable difference between the previous method of teaching and Child Friendly teaching, especially in things like writing skills.  The students have improved significantly."

This school in Sri Lanka now has a clean water supply and a Children's Hygiene Brigade.

Clean water has also come to communities as new wells, new toilets and new waterworks.

Building back better also means strengthening the protection of vulnerable children.

After the tsunami, Thailand implemented a system to monitor orphaned children such as Pimolpan who lost her widowed father to the tsunami.

SOUNDBITE (English) Nantaporn Ieumwananonthachai, Child Protection Officer, UNICEF Thailand: 
"The system will also cover the rest of the country. So children everywhere in Thailand will benefit from it."

This has been the pattern - programmes developed after the tsunami have helped countries cope with other crises such as the natural disasters or violent internal conflicts.

While the five-year anniversary of the tsunami will still bring much sadness to people like Jayawathi who lost her four-year old son, the recovery efforts ensure than she and her new daughter have a bright future to look forward to.