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Programme : EPISODE # 118

: SCRIPT FOR SHOWS WITHOUT ANCHOR/PRESENTER NEPAL REBUILDING AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE UKRAINE – TELEVISING DEMOCRACY CHINA ELECTRONIC WASTEBASKET SHOW OPEN, GRAPHIC AND MUSIC (15”)

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Coming up on 21st Century …( 1)

Rebuilding Nepal after the earthquake

In Ukraine – the revolution will be televised

And China – the world’s electronic wastebasket (14”)

VIDEO INTRO 1 – NEPAL REBUILDING AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE

BHUSHAN DAHAL (in english)

“I was amazed by how many schools were destroyed by the earthquake”

NARRATION

In Nepal – there’s a long way to go after the 2015 earthquake

SUSHIL GIRI schoolboy (in Nepali)

“When mummy was alive, life was easy, but then everything changed. Now I have to

do all the work and carry all the burden myself”

NARRATION

Sushil lost his mother – and his school

BHUSHAN DAHAL (in English)

“Our objective has been if we are rebuilding a school, it has to be earthquake proof”

NARRATION

Rebuilding lives and schools in Nepal (49”)

STORY 1 NEPAL: REBUILDING AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE (10’15”)

VIDEO AUDIO

CCTV FOOTAGE OF THE

MOMENT THE

EARTHQUAKE STRUCK

MUSIC and SFX

TEXT ON SCREEN

At 11.56 am on April 25th 2015, a massive earthquake of magnitude 8.1 struck central Nepal, killing over 8,000 people. 25% of the victims were children under 10. Across the country, 8,000 schools were destroyed or badly damaged. TEXT ON SCREEN 18 Months later

TIMELAPSE: PATAN DURBAR SQUARE, KATHMANDU DURING 18 MONTHS AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE

MUSIC

VARIOUS SHOTS - BHUSHAN DAHAL WALKING THROUGH THE SQUARE WIDE GV OF KUNCHOK VILLAGE INTERIOR ‘KIDS OF KATHMANDU’ OFFICE, VARIOUS SHOTS TRACKING SHOT, SUSHIL GIRI AND HIS GRANDFATHER (RAJAN

BHUSHAN DAHAL (in English)

My name is Bhushan Dahal, I'm the project

director of Kids of Kathmandu and right now I'm

leading a project to rebuild 50 schools which

were destroyed by the earthquake. (8”)

I was amazed by how many schools were

destroyed by the earthquake - the only good thing

I can think of is that it happened on the weekend

which was a grace from God to us. (10”)

We are going to a place called Kunchok which is

right here - that was really hard hit by the

GIRI) WALKING DOWNHILL TOWARDS THEIR FIELD

earthquake - 125 people were dead in that VDC

(Village Development Community) and 13 kids

out of 125 were studying in that same school

(14”)

VARIOUS SHOTS, SUSHIL AND HIS GRANDFATHER PLOUGHING A FIELD INTERIOR SHOT, SUSHIL’S HOUSE INTERIOR SHOT, SUSHIL'S BEDROOM

SUSHIL GIRI (schoolboy (in Nepali)

“When mummy was alive, life was easy, but then

my life changed. Now I have to do all the work

and carry all the burden myself.” (16”)

Hello, my name is Sushil Giri and this is my

grandfather. And this is where we live. My father

is working in Saudi Arabia and my mother was

killed in the earthquake

Sometimes I feel really bad. Who did this and

why did it happen to me? And sometimes when

I'm sitting alone I feel like crying” (23”)

TRAVELLING SHOT FROM CAR BHUSHAN DAHAL LOOKING OUT OF CAR WINDOW

BHUSHAN DAHAL WALKS AND TALKS THROUGH

MUSIC

BHUSHAN DAHAL (in English)

“We are in Chautara now - really hard hit by the

earthquake. You can see the destruction here -

small pieces - where the house has been totally

collapsed so you can see this kind of thing all the

way till you reach our school like this is all the

situation that we have.” (13”)

I have been visiting a lot of places like this which

have been really hard hit by the earthquake. As

you can see this community people are still sitting

like this in the tents that you can see here.

People are still having their life in tents like this so

life has been really hard for people and this is just

RUINED HOUSES, THEN RICE FIELDS AND RIVER

an example - there are a lot of places like this in

the country. (22”)

Before the earthquake, Kids of Kathmandu was

focusing on orphans and children with special

needs so now after the earthquake we have

shifted our focus to rebuilding schools. But those

kids are always our priority I visited this school

last month and the principle of the school had

informed me there is a kid called Sushil which he

is a bit worried about. I will be visiting the school

looking at the project but I also want to see what

his situation is. (26”)

SUSHIL SITTING OUTSIDE HIS HOUSE, CUTTING ONIONS THEN SUT TO INTERVIEW SHOT INSIDE, ON CAMERA

SUSHIL GIRI (in Nepali)

Before (mum died) I didn't have to cook, but now I

do - do the housework, but now I do. I used to

have free time but now I don’t. I have to do all the

house work … on my own. (16”)

BHUSHAN (in Nepali):

- Why did you just look so scared (2”)

SUSHIL GIRI (in Nepali)

- I thought that noise was an earthquake (2”)

SUSHIL AND BHUSHAN WALK TOWARD SUSHIL’S FORMER HOUSE (DESTROYED BY THE EARTHQUAKE)

BHUSHAN (in Nepali):

So where were you when the earthquake

happened? (6”)

SUSHIL (in Nepali):

I was over there. I felt a strange wind and dust

started blowing up. So I asked a neighbour what

BHUSHAN AND SUSHIL TALK OUTSIDE THE RUINS OF HIS FORMER HOME BHUSHAN AND SUSHIL TALK OUTSIDE SUSHIL’S CURRENT HOUSE EXTERIOR SUSHIL’S HOUSE AS HE LEAVES FOR SCHOOL INTERVIEW CUTS TO INTERIOR HOUSE SHOT

was happening and he said it was an earthquake.

I came running home and my grandfather and

others were digging in the rubble searching for

my mum. There was a door here with a

bathroom and over here some goats were tied

up. This is where the kitchen was - where my

mother was working. She grabbed my baby

cousin and tried to get out but the doorway fell on

them. My cousin was still alive and screaming but

by the time they got him out, he was dead. (46”)

Sometimes mummy used to say things like;

‘When I die, you will have to cook”. When I

remember those things I have to calm myself

down.

Mummy comes to me in my dreams but when I

try to touch her, she says: “Don't touch me,” and

then she goes. (16”)

BHUSHAN (in Nepali)

How does that make you feel? (2”)

SUSHIL (in Nepali)

I wonder why she is running away from me? Why

can’t I touch her? What wrong have I done?” (5”)

WIDE INTERVIEW SHOT BHUSHAN DAHAL

BHUSHAN DAHAL (in English)

The first time I came here was 15 days after the

original earthquake. When I came here that side

where 3 kids are standing used to be a big school

building there which has like totally gone - totally

collapsed.

Our objective has been if we are rebuilding a

school, it has to be earthquake proof and we try

to make sure that every component is covered to

make it earthquake proof. (21”)

Neil McFarlane on CAM NAME SUPER: Neil McFarlane, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction GRAPHICS (of bracketing to avoid the “concertina” effect) GRAPHICS (to show waving buildings) NEIL McFARLANE on CAM

NEIL McFARLANE, ISDR (in English)

They can’t afford in a very exposed area to not

have safe buildings and schools. In a big

earthquake in a school that hasn’t become

earthquake-safe, then you’re going to have

casualties. You need to have retaining walls that

reinforce your walls but also have brackets that

really support your walls so the ceiling doesn’t

collapse so quickly and allows evacuations. You

need a lot of flexibility in the design so that the

building can move with the earthquake as it’s

happening. And, a place like Nepal hasn’t got

that technology unfortunately, but there are things

you can do at the local level that will help. (45”)

WIDE SHOT, BHUSHAN DAHAL AND K. VEDHARANIYAM, HEAD OF SUB OFFICE (CHAUTARA), INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION FOR MIGRATION, WALKING TOWARDS THE SCHOOL, AND THEN AROUND THE CONSTRUCTION SITE

ACTUALITY, BHUSHAN DAHAL:

So what we did in this school, because in this

VDC there were 125 casualties and 13 were kids

who were students of the same school (12”)

K. VEDHARANIYAM, International Organisation

for Migration (IOM) (In English)

If you look at these urban areas and rural areas,

the schools to public buildings to private buildings

they are in a very bad condition, They were not

demolished so we started by demolishing them

Well after that, then of course the reconstruction

steps has started now - a programme which IOM

initiated under the build back safer or build back

better programme, working through the

government to provide clear knowledge, build

their competencies and skills to build their own

house safer. (33”)

NEIL McFARLANE, ISDR (in English)

There are now modern ways of predicting

earthquakes giving children more time to

evacuate and that’s a very key point in the

prevention message. You can save lives through

good prevention measures and it works. (16”)

SUSHIL’S GRANDFATHER) GYAM BAHADUR

GIRI (in Nepali)

Before (the earthquake) he used to be top of his

class - he always used to be first. But since then,

something has changed.

When the new school is finished with all the new

facilities like computers, I hope his future will be

bright and it will all work out fine. (24”)

SUSHIL (In Nepali)

I feel different (when I go to school), because I'm

busy when I'm there. It helps me forget my

memories and forget my pain. (11”)

KIDS IN SCHOOL NAT SOT SCHOOL

VIDEO INTRO 2 – TELEVISING DEMOCRACY

NARRATION

Ukraine: a country rocked by conflict – and still searching for greater

democracy

OKSANA (In Russian)

“This wasn’t just a change of the political structure - it was a change of the mental

state of Ukraine.”

NARRATION

Turning a camera lens on politics

SERHII (In Russian)

“I come earlier before the start of a session, set up a tripod, pull out the camera from

a backpack. I shoot in a few key directions.”

NARRATION

Can reformers succeed in creating a more open society?

LAZARCHUK (In Russian)

“The approach we propose is for people to take responsibility for their actions, We

want them to take responsibility for the officials they vote for.” (43”)

STORY 2 – UKRAINE TELEVISING DEMOCRACY (9’27”)

VIDEO

AUDIO

FIGHTER JET OVERHEAD TANYA ON CAM

TANYA: (In Russian)

“In the morning we were awakened by the sound

of a fighter jet, by the sound of shots”

HELICOPTER FLY BY

“After that came an assault of a military unit, not

far from our house.” (16”)

TANKS FIRING ROUNDS

NARRATION

In 2014, Tanya fled her home in the city of

Luhansk, in Eastern Ukraine, when a rapidly

escalating conflict gripped the country. (9”)

IDP’s LINING UP

TANYA: (In Russian)

“There were people in uniform in the yard. Of

course, I started to panic, but I tried not to show it

to my children.

We decided to evacuate our children to a safe

place. We packed all the essential things,

documents and left.” (21”)

UKRAINIAN FLAG WAVING ON BUILDING PEOPLE CROSSING STREET

NARRATION

She safely settled her family nearly 300km away

in the city of Chuhuiv also in Eastern Ukraine.

(7”)

MEN BEATING OIL DRUMS PROTESTORS THROWING OBJECTS AT RIOT POLICE

Violence erupted shortly after a revolution in

Ukraine ousted a President who was seen by

many as a symbol of the longstanding corruption

that had plagued the country’s development.

Some hoped for a new democratic dawn, others

feared a descent into disorder and chaos. (19”)

PEOPLE WALKING PAST BRIDGE PEOPLE WATCHING REVOLUTION ON MAIN SQUARE

And support for the revolution was far lower in

eastern Ukraine where Tanya is from. (5”)

CROWD OF PEOPLE TANYA IN HER OFFICE

Although most Eastern Ukrainians were unhappy

with corruption...many like Tanya, feel torn over

the repercussions of the recent revolution –which

is known as the Maidan Revolution, based on the

public square in Kiev where protests took place.

(14”)

TANYA ON CAM

TANYA: (In Russian)

“Personally, I feel that if Maidan hadn’t

happened, I would still be living peacefully in my

house, in my quiet town. My family would not

have fallen apart.” (18”)

TANYA IN HER NEW HOMETOWN

NARRATION

Despite the difficult situation Tanya finds herself

in, she still has hope for the future – she's

received training modelled on a United Nations

democracy project and has now found work with

her new home’s city council. (13”)

TANYA WALKING INTO TOWN COUNCIL

OUTSIDE COUNCIL

Her town council, and others like it across

Ukraine, received support from the UN

Democracy Fund to help bring about reform in

the country and give greater voice to its citizens.

(11”)

BUILDING

Many of those councils, like this one in Rivne in

Western Ukraine, are enthusiastic supporters of

reform. (6”)

OKSANA WALKS THROUGH COUNCIL BUILDING

Oksana Furmanets, an official at Rivne’s council,

is personally firmly in favour of the Maidan

revolution. (7”)

OKSANA ON CAM

OKSANA FURMANETS (In Ukrainian)

“Maidan 2013-2014 was the formation of Ukraine.

In my opinion, there was no independent Ukraine

before 2014.

OKSANA ON CAM

“This wasn’t just a change of the political

structure it was a change of the mental state of

Ukraine.“ (15”)

OKSANA PRESIDES OVER COUNCIL SESSION

NARRATION

It’s 10am on a Thursday morning and Oksana

Furmanets is supervising a session of the

regional council in Rivne. (8”)

REPRESENTATIVES ATTENDING COUNCIL SESSION

Public representatives from the surrounding

region have flocked to the city today to vote on a

bundle of new proposals with far reaching effects.

(8”)

OKSANA ADDRESSING THE CROWD

She says the support they’ve received through

the UN Democracy Fund has helped transform

the council. (6”)

OKSANA ON CAM

OKSANA FURMANETS (In Ukrainian)

“Until recently we didn’t often have debates as a

part of the decision-making process in local

government. And, in fact, this project helped us

see that this is a normal process that other local

councils use to manage their own affairs.”

OKSANA ON CAM

“A strategy is being built where each participant

is given the opportunity to express his or her

opinion and to justify it.” (30”)

STREET CAR AND SQUARE IN LVIV

NARRATION

The project was the brainchild of the West

Ukrainian Resource Centre an organization led

by Petro Lazarchuk, which is headquartered in

the city of Lviv in Western Ukraine. (10”)

PETRO LAZARCHUK ON CAM

PETRO LAZARCHUK (in Ukrainian)

“Our project aims to increase the transparency of

local councils in Ukraine. And the project also

aims to increase the participation of citizens in

decision-making at the local level.

PETRO LAZARCHUK ON CAM

The approach we propose is for people to take

responsibility for their actions. We want them to

take responsibility for the officials they vote for,

So they aren’t indifferent to what the officials do.”

(30”)

OKSANA ON CAM

OKSANA FURMANETS (In Ukrainian)

“In my opinion a part of the Ukrainian population

don’t see the processes that happen behind

closed doors, and in the government, as

transparent. And that’s a huge problem.” (17”)

FORMER PRESIDENT YANUKOVYCH

NARRATION

This perceived lack of transparency fueled the

initial anger against ousted President

Yanukovych’s regime when he cancelled a long

awaited cooperation agreement with the

European Union.

REPRESENTATIVES LISTENING TO ANTHEM REPRESENTATIVES IN COUNCIL

Ukrainians have long felt that they have no

control over their politicians, but the democracy

project is helping to shift attitudes. (20”)

OKSANA ON CAM

OKSANA FURMANETS (In Ukrainian)

“There are a large number of people in local

authorities, who grew up, then began their

professional career and political activity during

the time of the Soviet Union.”

OKSANA ON CAM

“Officials are not used to the fact that their

activities can be public, that they can be

monitored, that they can be controlled.” (25”)

CAMERA SYSTEM

NARRATION

The democracy programme introduced councils

from across Ukraine to a new tool which would

allow their constituents to watch over all political

proceedings.

FOOTAGE FROM RECORDING OF COUNCIL SESSION

The innovation is the online streaming of all

council sessions, a standard practice in western

democracies, but absent in the local councils of

Ukraine. (18”)

OKSANA ADDRESSING REPRESENTATIVES

Oksana says it’s been a great catalyst for

transparency and citizen engagement. (4”)

SERHII ENTERS THE BUILDING

Serhii Delidon, a young activist from the nearby

village of Zorya, was so inspired by the UN

Democracy project, that he began taping his

village council sessions himself. (10”)

VILLAGE ENTRANCE SIGN SERHII AT HIS HOME COMPUTER

…the videos he posts to youtube have a large

and appreciative audience. (5”)

SERHII ON CAM

SERHII DELIDON (In Ukrainian)

“The first sessions, for example, on 12

December, have a lot of views. That is, during the

day this video was watched up to 2 thousand

people. For our village with a population of

11,000 – that makes 20-25% who watched. That

is the peaks are about 1500 - 1800 views per

day. So, these are serious numbers. And most

importantly, it is not only local viewers. It is

viewed in the region and even other countries.

(30”)

SERHII ON CAM “Generally video recording starts like this. I come

early before the start of a session, set up a tripod

and pull out the camera from a backpack. I shoot

in a few key directions. That is, the main direction

- it is here, facing the chairman, the executive

committee. The second direction - a

parliamentary body, which occupies the central

part of the hall. And the third part - a podium,

where speakers make their reports.” (28”)

SERHII INSIDE THE COUNCIL MEETING ROOM

NARRATION

But if Serhi is one day no longer able to film the

sessions, his work won’t live on.

OKSANA AND SERHII SITTING DOWN TO TALK

That’s why Serhii has traveled from his village to

meet with Oksana today, and seek advice on

how to make sure his village council legally

mandates online streaming. (14”)

OKSANA AND SERHII ON CAM

OKSANA FURMANETS (In Ukrainian)

“In fact, the process of legalizing online

broadcasting takes a period of two sessions.

During the first session you prepare a statute for

online streaming and then conduct the most

extensive possible discussion.” (16”)

VILLAGE OF ZORYA

NARRATION

Today, Serhii gets some encouraging news when

a village council member throws her support

behind his project. (6”)

SERHII AND COUNCIL REP ON CAM

COUNCIL REP (In Ukrainian)

“Ok, well, I know that council members will

support this. I’m sure we need to continue these

online broadcasts, because people are waiting,

people want to be united.” (`13”)

VIDEO OF ARREST NARRATION

Directly because of Serhii’s efforts to bring about

greater transparency, two months after we filmed

his work, the head of Zorya council was arrested

on major bribery charges.

TANYA WALKING

As activists like Serhii try to build a new political

system, for Tanya, the focus has been on

building a new life.

CAMERA TANYA RECORDED SESSION OF TOWN COUNCIL IN CHUHUIV

With the help of her new colleagues and with

input from democracy training, she sees better

prospects for herself and her family. (28”)

TANYA ON CAM

TANYA: (In Russian)

“My colleagues supported me in every possible

way. It’s communication that helps when you get

into a different environment.” (10”)

NARRATION

As she settles into her new work, Tanya hopes

these new insights will help her contribute to a

more peaceful and more openly democratic

Ukraine. (9”)

VIDEO INTRO 3 – CHINA – ELECTRONIC WASTEBASKET

NARRATION

In ChIna – a digital mountain – of e-waste

KAISER KUO: (In English) M

We should really be mindful of how nowadays people get rid of their old phones all

the time

NARRATION

The search for solutions – to a growing worldwide problem

KAISER KUO: (In English) M

Sometimes they end up in a cities in coastal China for dismantling. Very, very

unhealthy and unsafe ways. (26”)

STORY 3 CHINA – ELECTRONIC WASTEBASKET (TRT 2’25”)

VIDEO

AUDIO

GUANGDONG PROVINCE RECYCYLING EWASTE

(MUSIC)

NARRATION

In a world of computers, tablets and smart

phones, electronic waste or e-waste is a

becoming a major worldwide problem.

And China is in the frontline – since it’s one of

the globe’s leading producers of electrical and

electronic equipment. (16”)

Guangdong (GWANG DUNG) province has

seen huge changes – long submerged in

poverty, it’s recently seen a boom by becoming

a center for recycling e-waste – and created

multimillion dollar businesses. (14”)

FACTORY SCENES The City of Guiyu (GWAY), has been

described as the world’s electronic

wastebasket. 80 percent of the people here

now earn a living by ripping apart old

electronics, especially mobile phones and

computers. (15”)

KAISER ON-CAM

KAISER KUO: (In English) M

“We should really be mindful of how nowadays

people get rid of their old phones all the

time.”(5”)

KAISER INTRO IMAGES

BAIDU COMPAMY

NARRATION

Kaiser Kuo (KYSIR QWOH) is a Director with

Baidu, China’s largest Internet search engine

company. (7”)

KAISER ON-CAM ILLEGAL RECYCLING, COAST WATERWAY

KAISER KUO: (In English) M

“Sometimes they end up in cities in coastal

China where they are dismantled. It is very,

very unhealthy…and unsafe ways.. not only

exposes people doing the disassembly to

toxins, to dangerous chemicals, but also

pollutes the air and ground water.” (17”)

BAIDU WORKERS CREATING APPS

NARRATION

Baidu with its extensive reach – 60 million

users in any given month - worked with the

United Nations Development Programme to

come up with an innovation that could help

reduce the improper disposal of electronic

waste….(14”)

KAISER WALKS US THROUGH APP.

NATSOT – DEMONSTRATION APP

KAISER: (In English) M

“We type in a sign. It gives me a choice of

different electronic products that I might want

to recycle. If I decide to recycle this

refrigerator here, this old refrigerator, all I need

to do is pick the size of the refrigerator, the

date that I would like it to be picked up and

then take a photo of it. Now I select the place

where I am and one of the companies will

come and pick it up.” (25”)

EWASTE IN CHINA

NARRATION

Along with the US, China produces a third of

the world’s e-waste. The Chinese Ministry of

Environment is encouraging all manufacturers

to follow effective re-cycling procedures.

PEOPLE ON MOBILE DEVICES

But China is still set to become the world’s

largest generator of e-waste by 2017 – so the

search for solutions is more urgent than ever.

(24”)

CREDITS. (55”)

21st

Century

A production of United Nations Television

Department of Public Information

NEPAL: REBUILDING AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE

Produced by

David Gough

Thomas Maddens

Music directed by

David Gough

Videographer

Thomas Maddens

Editor

David Gough

Additional Editing

Benjamin Lybrand

Translator Bhushan Dahal

Special Thanks

Kids of Kathmandu, Asia Friends Network

IOM The People of Kunchok Village

US Geological Survey

UKRAINE: TELEVISING DEMOCRACY

Produced by Christian Borys

Videographer

Yura Melko

Editors Yura Melko

Ben Lybrand

Narrator Francis Mead

Additional Footage

Serhi Delidon Radio Free Europe

Special Thanks

West Ukraine Resource Centre

CHINA – ELECTRONIC WASTEBASKET

Produced by Mary Ferreira

Videographer Yuanchen Liu

Editors

Jacqueline Li Renee Yang

Narrator

Francis Mead

Special Thanks Tianjin TV

UNDP Beijing

Post Production Editor Ben Lybrand

Post Production Coordinator

Lebe Besa

Line Producer Maggie Yates

Executive Producers Gill Fickling

Francis Mead

Executive-in-Charge Chaim Litewski