29 Jul 2010

GAZA / KITE FLYING RECORD

More than six thousand children in Gaza, attending Summer Games organized by the UN Relief and Works Agency, smash their own world record for the number of kites flown simultaneously. UNRWA

Posted at: July 29, 2010 4:59 pm

Duration: 03:07

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STORY: GAZA / KITE FLYING RECORD
TRT: 3.07
SOURCE: UNRWA 
RESTRICTIONS: NONE LANGUAGE: ARABIC/ NATS

DATELINE: 29 JULY 2010, GAZA STRIP

SHOT LIST: 
1.	Pan left, beach with markers
2.	Close up, markers
3.	Close up, UN flag
4.	SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Palestinian Girl No 1:
"Seriously, it is a beautiful that the UN gave us this chance to feel happy while we are under siege."
5.	 Various shots, buses arriving
6.	Various shots, kids carrying kites descending from buses
7.	Wide shot, kids sitting down by their markers
8.	SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Palestinian Boy No 1:
"Last week we went to the airport for bouncing and we broke a new Guinness record, and this week we came here to set a new world record by flying kites"
9.	Pan left, kites ready to fly
10.	SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Palestinian Girl No 2:
"We thank the UNRWA and the UN for helping the children who are living under the siege to express their feelings and to have good times."
11.	Wide shot, kites taking flight
12.	Various shots, girl maneuvering kite
13.	Wide shot, kites flying
14.	Close up, four kites in flight
15.	Various shots, thousands of kites being flown
16.	Various shots, kids maneuvering their kites
17.	SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Palestinian Girl No 3:
"I am so happy because we broke two new records in one week, and we raise the slogan: Creativity is not impossible, and we are children like other children around the world, we want to be happy and to learn, and for that we decided to challenge the world by breaking new records in bouncing and flying kites. I hope that we will win, because we have a strong spirit and we don't know anything called impossible despite of the difficulties we faced, and a new generation will raise the Palestinian flag and always we will have a strong spirit."
18.	Med shot, group of kids holding kites screaming to camera

STORYLINE:

Fresh from their basketball record last week, today (29 July), thousands of children in Gaza attending UNRWA's Summer Games smashed their own world record for the number of kites flown simultaneously.

Over three thousand "UNRWA Summer Games" children had broken the existing kite record a year ago.

A total of 6,302 kites, made by the children themselves, were hoisted in the air in a well organized and spectacular public display, easily beating last year's record.

SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Palestinian Girl No 1:
"Seriously, it is a beautiful that the UN gave us this chance to feel happy while we are under siege."

On Thursday last week, over 7,200 children attending UNRWA Summer Games in Gaza bounced basketballs simultaneously for five minutes, doubling the previous world record. If, as seems likely, this is verified by the Guinness Book of World Records, it will be another record.

SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Palestinian Boy No 1:
"Last week we went to the airport for bouncing and we broke a new Guinness record, and this week we came here to set a new world record by flying kites"

For the past month, people from all corners of the globe have been invited to express their encouragement and hope on the website www.facebook.com/unrwa.

SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Palestinian Girl No 2:
"We thank the UNRWA and the UN for helping the children who are living under the siege to express their feelings and to have good times."

UNRWA's Summer Games, conducted for the fourth year with the full support and involvement of the community, is the largest recreation programme for Gaza's children, providing a diversified set of activities including sports, swimming, arts and crafts, theatre and drama.

SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Palestinian Girl No 3:
"I am so happy because we broke two new records in one week, and we raise the slogan: Creativity is not impossible, and we are children like other children around the world, we want to be happy and to learn, and for that we decided to challenge the world by breaking new records in bouncing and flying kites. I hope that we will win, because we have a strong spirit and we don't know anything called impossible despite of the difficulties we faced, and a new generation will raise the Palestinian flag and always we will have a strong spirit."

The Summer Games commenced on 12 June and will run through 5 August, providing 1,200 summer camps for over 250,000 refugee children across the Gaza Strip.

The games are made possible with contributions from the Finnish Government, the European Commission and UNRWA's largest donor, the United States.