16 Jan 2013

PHILIPPINES / POST TYPHOON SANITATION

As residents recover from last month’s typhoon UNICEF and partners are supplying water and hygiene kits to the most affected families, and installing temporary latrines. UNICEF

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STORY: PHILIPPINES / POST TYPHOON SANITATION
TRT: 3.02
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: TAGALOG / NATS

DATELINE: 23 DECEMBER 2012, COMPOSTELA VALLEY, PHILIPPINES

SHOTLIST:

1. Wide shot, passing by affected area
2. Med shot, children on a bike passing by affected area
3. Med shot, ruins with child running in
4. Pan right, from child looking ahead to a young man dealing with tin walls
5. Tilt down, from boy getting water from well to bidons
6. Pan right, from man standing close to creek to full view of the creek
7. SOUNDBITE (Tagalog) Arvin Catienza, sanitary inspector:
"As part of my job, I ensure the potability of water because if there's a disaster it always happens that there are outbreaks of diarrhoeal diseases."
8. Wide shot, people been shown how to use hygiene kits
9. Close up, bidons
10. Various shots, distribution of hygiene kits by UNICEF staff
11. Tilt up, from wood to construction of latrines
12. Wide shot, distribution of kits
13. Set up shot, Bernie Sambere
14. SOUNDBITE (Tagalog) Bernie Sambere, mother, 7 months pregnant:
"The rain and wind was very strong a lot of things were falling, but I kept on running. I fell because there were a lot of coconuts falling. I was always stumbling on my knees, I was afraid that something might happen to the baby and I was alone. "
15. Tilt down, from Bernie Sambere to bidons
16. SOUNDBITE (Tagalog) Bernie Sambere, mother, 7 months pregnant:
As to going to toilets, I cry almost every night, I don't think I can take living here anymore. It smells bad and the garbage. I cry at night."
17. Wide shot, building latrines
18. Pan right, from forest to young boy coming out of a latrine
19. Wide shot, people cueing for hygiene kits
20. Various shots, Arvin Catienza explaining how to use the kits, the Hyposol solution
21.  Various shots, G-Boy carrying a hygiene kit
22. Various shots, G-Boy showing how to use the Hyposol solution
23. Close up, G-Boy's dad drinking water
24. Pan left, people with their hygiene kits
25. Tilt up, from bidons to woman carrying them 
26. Med shot, mother and children carrying bidons
27. Med shot, two young women by a creek in the village

STORYLINE:

After typhoon Bopha swept across the southern Philippines last month, destroying homes and uprooting trees and crops, the affected families of Compostela Valley have taken up residence in any place they can find. Some stay in what is left of their homes, whilst others gather in public buildings.

In such situations, clean water and sanitary toilets can be in short supply.

SOUNDBITE (Tagalog) Arvin Catienza, sanitary inspector:
"As part of my job, I ensure the potability of water because if there's a disaster it always happens that there are outbreaks of diarrhoeal diseases."

Since the scale of the damage became clear, UNICEF working closely with the Philippine government, has been supplying water and hygiene kits to the most affected families, and installing temporary latrines. In times such as these, this is a life saving intervention.

Bernie Sambere, who is 7 months pregnant, had a lucky escape on the night of the storm.

SOUNDBITE (Tagalog) Bernie Sambere, mother, 7 months pregnant:
"The rain and wind was very strong a lot of things were falling, but I kept on running. I fell because there were a lot of coconuts falling. I was always stumbling on my knees, I was afraid that something might happen to the baby and I was alone. "

She now lives in the town gymnasium with her two year old son and husband. She struggles to reach the toilets at night.

SOUNDBITE (Tagalog) Bernie Sambere, mother, 7 months pregnant:
As to going to toilets, I cry almost every night, I don't think I can take living here anymore. It smells bad and the garbage. I cry at night."

As a priority, UNICEF with NGO partners A Single Drop of Safe Water and Oxfam, are setting up temporary latrines, in well- lit areas, so they are safe and secure for all family members.

Because the technology and design is simple and appropriate, the latrines don't smell and crucially, they don't need water to operate.

In Compostela town, another group of affected families wait patiently to receive their water and hygiene kits. The sanitary inspector takes time to explain to the waiting crowd how to use the Hyposol solution to purify the water.

In the crowd is 10 year old G-Boy. His family eagerly await the supplies, and G-Boy expertly demonstrates the use of Hyposol to ensure the water is safe for drinking, while the rest of the family listen patiently. And Dad certainly approves of the taste.

Whilst families have a long journey ahead, rebuilding their homes and lives, at least for now they don't have to worry about safe drinking water, and having the basics to keep themselves clean.

Filed under PHILIPPINES UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund.