STORY: HAITI / TRAUMA
TRT: 2:30
SOURCE: MINUSTAH
RESTRCITIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: CREOLE / NATS
DATELINE: 4 FEBUARY 2010, PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI
SHOTLIST:
1. Wide shot, exterior, Save the Children tent
2. Med shot, children playing inside tent
3. Tilt down, little boy playing with toys
4. Med shot, children playing with toys
5. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Pierre Roger Jerome, Save the Children project manager:
“After a shock or a catastrophe like the one we had, be it natural or not, children are
always very affected. Save the Children have set up a programme allowing children to
come up after a catastrophe or an earthquake of that type.”
6. Wide shot, boy drawing
7. Med shot, boy’s face
8. Close up, drawing
9. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Jean Wilson Strongboy, earthquake survivor:
“Here it is like being at school. We are learning many things.”
10. Wide shot, volunteer marking paper
11. Med shot, boy in tent
12. Med shot, girl drawing
13. Close up, drawing
14. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Jean Wilson Strongboy, earthquake survivor:
“I had planned to go to Accra (neighborhood) to play football. I was still at home when I
felt it shaking. By chance I could go out and avoid having it crumble on me.”
15. Wide shot, girls singing and clapping
16. Med shot, girls’ feet dancing
17. Med shot, girls singing and clapping
18. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Marie Michele Labbe, Psychologist:
“This activity is essential because while we are talking to the children we could notice
how stressed they are. Thank to this activity, they can overcome their sadness even if
they see their parents. Here, they keep playing. They are not sad anymore. In that sense,
the catastrophe doesn’t really have an impact on them. They keep living energetically,
they become happy.”
19. Med shot, girl singing a religious song
STORYLINE:
This refugee camp in the Delmas 33 neighborhood of Port-au- Prince has a small oasis of
serenity for children amid the chaotic surroundings.
Children that survived the earthquake are given toys and activities to try and give them a
sense of normalcy in a very uncertain environment.
SOUNDBITE (Creole) Pierre Roger Jerome, Save the Children project manager:
“After a shock or a catastrophe like the one we had, be it natural or not, children are
always very affected. Save the Children have set up a programme allowing children to
come up after a catastrophe or an earthquake of that type.”
Parents are also sending their children here because so many schools were damaged or
destroyed. Nearly 150 children come to this center every day were they are taught by
volunteers.
SOUNDBITE (Creole) Jean Wilson Strongboy, earthquake survivor:
“Here it is like being at school. We are learning many things.”
Jean Wilson Strongboy went out to play the day of the earthquake. When the ground
began to shake, he watched his house collapse, knowing that his parents were inside.
SOUNDBITE (Creole) Jean Wilson Strongboy, earthquake survivor :
“I had planned to go to Accra (neighborhood) to play football. I was still at home when I
felt it shaking. By chance I could go out and avoid having it crumble on me.”
The stress and vulnerability of these children is of great concern for aid agencies. Taking
the basic steps of routine activities like schooling and play could help reduce stress.
SOUNDBITE (Creole) Marie Michele Labbe, Psychologist:
“This activity is essential because while we are talking to the children we could notice
how stressed they are. Thanks to this activity, they can overcome their sadness even if
they see their parents. Here, they keep playing. They are not sad anymore. In that sense,
the catastrophe doesn’t really have an impact on them. They keep living energetically,
they become happy.”
In addition to the trauma, the children are even more exposed to diseases like typhoid and
diarrhea. Save the Children says that up to 2 million children could be affected by this
disaster.