26 Jan 2010

HAITI / CASH FOR WORK

Thousands of Haitians are working for UNDP’s 'cash-for-work’ programme to sustain the local economy and clean up the streets of Port-au-Prince. MINUSTAH

Posted at: January 26, 2010 3:05 pm

Duration: 02:00

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STORY: HAITI / CASH FOR WORK
TRT: 2.00
SOURCE: MINUSTAH 
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: FRENCH / CREOLE / NATS

DATELINE: 25 JANUARY 2010, PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI

SHOTLIST

1. Wide shot, people in Carrefour neighborhood in Port-au-Prince sweeping up the rubble as part of the UNDP 'cash-for-work' program 
2. Med shot, workers sweeping 
3. Wide shot, destroyed home 
4. Wide shot, workers in front of a destroyed building 
5. Med shot, worker wearing scarf on face 
6. Med shot, worker shoveling in a wheelbarrow 
7. Wide shot, destroyed house pan to workers 
8. SOUNDBITE (French) Patrick Massenat, Cash-for-Work supervisor and local leader: 
"We will have about 3000 people working in the cash-for-work program. We've started today with 1000 people, and we'll be rotating them out. They get paid every day, the equivalent of about US$3." 
9. Med shot, women digging through rubble 
10. Med shot, man with nose covered digging 
11. Wide shot, man scooping muck from the street 
12. Wide shot, men with rubble 
13. Med shot, laundry hanging on a destroyed house 
14. Wide shot, destroyed house 
15. Med shot, wheelbarrows 
16. Med shot, workers in scarves 
17. Med shot, women passing rubble hand to hand 
18. Wide shot, man throwing garbage in a truck 
19. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Lenny Gibson, Resident: 
"I like this project for two reasons. Not just because we can make a little money. But we have to clean things up. I already lost my child. I don't want to lose anyone else due to poor sanitation." 
20. Wide shot, people working in assembly line near rubble 
21. Med shot, man with megaphone directing workers 
22. Med shot, man with megaphone and workers 
23. Med shot, license plate of UNDP car in front of work site

STORYLINE: 
Thousands of Haitians are working for the United Nation Development Programme's (UNDP) 'cash-for-work' programme to sustain the local economy and clean up the streets of Port-au-Prince following the earthquake that devastated this tiny island nation.

Haitians are paid a legal minimum wage of (USD) $3.00 or 150 gourdes for half a days labor. Local factory workers are paid that same rate for a full days work.

SOUNDBITE (French) Patrick Massenat, 'Cash-for-Work' supervisor and local leader: 
"We will have about 3,000 people working in the cash-for-work program. We've started today with 1,000 people, and we'll be rotating them out. They get paid every day, the equivalent of about US$3."

Job creation aimed at rebuilding infrastructure remains key in UNDP's efforts to scale up programmes like these intended to inject money into the affected Haitian economy. The programme also empowers Haitians to take charge of their lives and country.

SOUNDBITE (Creole) Lenny Gibson, Resident: 
"I like this project for two reasons. Not just because we can make a little money. But we have to clean things up. I already lost my child. I don't want to lose anyone else due to poor sanitation."

Through the removal of rubble and debris, entire neighbourhoods blocked off to public transportation will now have access to emergency vehicles like ambulances and the police.

UNDP recently issued a flash appeal calling for US$35.6 million for immediate recovery priorities, including debris clearance, rehabilitation of basic infrastructure, and cash-for-work reconstruction activities.