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Locations & Dates in 2007: Iraq 17-18 Sept., Chad 28 June, Sri Lanka 16 Aug., DRC 14 Nov.
Duration: 7'51'' mins Video Producer: Kamel Zahiri (Iraq), Jon Bjorgvinson (Chad), Ravindra Nishantha Aladeniya (Sri Lanka), Nicholas Oloo (DRC).
Source: ICRC – access all The 7'51'' selection will be distributed worldwide on 06 December 2007 on Associated Press Television News at 12:15 GMT with a repeat at 19:05 GMT as well as on W1 and AsiaSat2 for non AP clients (see below for satellite coordinates) and on Eurovision News Exchange.
For broadcast tapes and information on footage: Virginie Louis, International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva, SHOTLIST IRAQ, GARDASIN CAMP, 50 km from MOSUL, 17-18 September 2007 00 00 Gardasin Camp, north Iraq.
Various inside camp, tents, people close-up children 00 32 Food boxes being unloaded from lorries and given out by International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) officers and Iraqi Red Crescent (IRCS) 00 36 Distribution of food boxes 00 48 women bringing food boxes back to their tents 01 21 Father washing his daughter's face at outside tap, built by the ICRC 01 40 Men washing hands 01 49 Girl sitting on wall of water points 01 57 Woman washing her child Gardasin is one of several camps for the displaced in northern Iraq.
It was set up in June 2007 to house Kurdish families fleeing sectarian violence and threats in the town of Mosul, 50 kilometres away.
Nearly 1,000 people live in the camp, three-quarters of them women and children.
It is set on a desolate plain, burning hot in summer, and with sub-zero temperatures in mid-winter.
Several humanitarian agencies are providing tents, water and food.
The ICRC has provided water supplies for the camp, installed pipes, taps and latrines.
02 02 Interview ICRC Director of Operations, Pierre Kraehenbuehl (ENGLISH) "The ICRC's key priority in 2008 will be to assist and protect people affected in situations of armed conflict around the world and it's translated into the ICRC' s record budget for 2008 with 932 million Swiss francs worldwide" 02 17 "The key endeavours are really to try and remain is some of the most difficult situations around the world and also illustrated through that what we believe to be the added value of a neutral and independent humanitarian approach in obtaining access to populations affected." 02 33 EASTERN CHAD, ADE, 28 JUNE 2007 02 39 Group of women waiting for ICRC distribution 02 44 ICRC member of staff explains local sheik the distribution process 02 51 Child on donkey going to the distribution 02 56 Distribution of sorghum bags 03 09 Amal Ewida, ICRC member of staff, explaining the humanitarian action of the ICRC.
various of women and children waiting for the distribution 03 32 Loading donkeys with sorghum and child climbing up and riding the donkey Displaced families in eastern Chad living about 50 km from the Sudanese border do not have enough food to meet their basic needs.
Their situation is aggravated by the fact that they usually have no access to arable land because of the poor security situation.
In Mid-November, the ICRC provided over 11,000 people with food rations for 60 days (sorghum, beans, vegetable oil, sugar and salt) in Dogdoré, in the eastern district of Dar Sila.
The distribution also eases the burden on the local population, which lives in an area with scarce and remote resources that have been stretched to the limit by the influx of displaced people.
03 53 Interview ICRC Director of Operations, Pierre Kraehenbuehl (ENGLISH) "I think beyond the headlines, beyond the statistics what is really important to bear in mind at all times is what it means for populations to go through conflict situations the way which they are affected, it can be for somebody to be separated from a close relative without any knowledge of what's happening for him or her, to be detained somewhere without contact with anybody outside and requiring the visit of a delegate of the ICRC.
But also one of our key areas of focus has been assisting populations displaced from Sri Lanka for instance, Iraq and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Colombia and other places where we see both efforts to provide immediate assistance but also to help re-established the long term dignity of these populations.
04 34 SRI LANKA, Paninchankerni and Andankullam, Vakkarai District, 16 Aug.
07.
Destroyed houses from March 2007 bombings.
The majority of Paninchankerni village is destroyed.
05 02 Destroyed class room with bullet impacts on walls 05 30 Agricultural tools distribution to returnees in Andankullam village.
These displaced people have come back to their villages in June 2007 after spending eight months in displaced camps and have to live under temporary shelters.
The ICRC provides the returnees with agricultural tools, bags of fertilizer, bags of paddy seed and vegetable seed, as well as essential household items, hygiene parcels and tarpaulins as well as wood lock and metal sheeting to build shelters.
It also repairs water hand pumps and cleans up open wells.
06 18 Interview ICRC Director of Operations, Pierre Kraehenbuehl (FRENCH) "L'engagement prioritaire du CICR c'est en faveur des populations affectees par des conflits armes et de violence dans le monde qui se traduira en 2008 par un budget record de 932 millions de francs suisse au niveau mondial" 06 30 "Derrière chacune des interventions du CICR, il y a des gens, des êtres humains, des hommes ou des femmes et des enfants affectes par la guerre et c'est la que nous voulons que ce soit pour un prisonnier, une personne déplacée ou une personne séparee de sa famille, faire une difference concrete".
06 45 DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, EASTERN CONGO, SOUTH KIVU, Karasi village.
Various.
Women and men working in manioc fields.
Agricultural project Agronomist and association members of ADEMU (Action pour le Développement de Mubugo) inspect plants in field, weed, and build up mounds In DRC, the ICRC frequently received reports of abductions, executions, rapes and pillage and large number of families have had to flee their homes.
The ICRC distributes a range of essential items (blankets, clothing, soap, cooking kits, hoes) and food (maize, peas, oil and salt) to cover the most urgent needs of people affected by the violence, supporting them in carrying on their sustainable activities such as cultivation of manioc.
07 22 Interview ICRC Director of Operations, Pierre Kraehenbuehl (SPANISH) "Los contextos prioritarios para el CICR seran en el ano 2008 sobre todo Irak, Sudan y Afganistan, pero tambien nos involucramos de manera muy apoyada en Israel y los territorios ocupados, tanto como la Republica Democratica de Congo Sri Lanka Somalia Colombia y algunos otro contextos que para nosotros representa realmente los conflictos mayores y las situaciones mas complicadas al nivel humanitario".
07 51 Ends ICRC appeals for record amount for humanitarian work in 2008 Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is asking donors for more than one billion Swiss francs to fund the organization’s humanitarian work in some 80 countries in 2008.
"The key endeavours really to try and remain is some of the most difficult situations around the world and also illustrated through that what we believe to be the added value of a neutral and independent humanitarian approach in obtaining access to populations affected,” said ICRC Director of Operations, Pierre Kraehenbuehl on launching the ICRC’s annual appeal to donors in Geneva.
The ICRC’s 2008 budget includes a record initial figure of 932.6 million francs for field operations and 161.5 million francs for support provided by the organization’s headquarters in Geneva.
The initial field budget for 2008, at 89 million francs above the corresponding figure presented a year ago, is the highest ever.
Iraq will constitute the ICRC’s largest humanitarian operation, at an expected cost of more than 107 million francs in 2008.
This amount reflects the organization’s renewed commitment to meet acute medical needs in Iraq and to aid large numbers of Iraqis displaced within their own country.
Other major operations include those in Sudan, with a budget of 106.4 million francs, and Afghanistan, where the cost is expected to be 60.3 million francs – 25% higher than the initial budget for 2007.
Despite the immense problems of working in Iraq, Sudan and Afghanistan, such as the difficulty of reaching certain areas owing to the security situation, the ICRC’s independent and neutral humanitarian approach has opened the way for concrete action to help those in need.
The sizeable increase in the overall field budget also reflects a special focus on protecting and assisting internally displaced people.
Acute or worsening violence in many of the countries where the ICRC is working has triggered the internal displacement of hundreds of thousands of civilians, with far-reaching consequences for the whole population.
“One of our key areas of focus has been assisting populations displaced in Sri Lanka for instance, Iraq and the Democratic republic of Congo, Colombia and other places where we see both efforts to provide immediate assistance but also to help re-establish the long term dignity of these populations,” said Mr Kraehenbuehl.
The 7'51'' selection will be distributed on 06 December 2007 on Associated Press Television News Global Video Wire at 12:15 GMT with a repeat at 19:05 GMT as well as on W1 and AsiaSat2 for non AP clients and on Eurovision News Exchange.
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