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Throughout the world, governments and aid organizations have been working around the clock to help the victims of last month’s tsunami. But what is equally amazing, and less well-documented, is the determination of individual young people from Bogota to Jakarta to help in whatever way they can. In this piece we hear from four different kids who are reacting to the Tsunami, some from very close to the worst hit areas.
This piece has not been broadcast on public radio.
This piece is being offered to stations free of charge!
This has two versions, one with an intro recorded, one without.
Throughout the world, governments and aid organizations have been working around the clock to help the victims of last month’s tsunami. But what is equally amazing, and less well-documented, is the determination of individual young people from Bogota to Jakarta to help in whatever way they can. In this piece we hear from four different kids who are reacting to the Tsunami, some from very close to the worst hit areas.
This piece has not been broadcast on public radio.
This piece is being offered to stations free of charge!
This has two versions, one with an intro recorded, one without.
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Piece Description
Throughout the world, governments and aid organizations have been working around the clock to help the victims of last month’s tsunami. But what is equally amazing, and less well-documented, is the determination of individual young people from Bogota to Jakarta to help in whatever way they can. In this piece we hear from four different kids who are reacting to the Tsunami, some from very close to the worst hit areas. This piece has not been broadcast on public radio. This piece is being offered to stations free of charge! This has two versions, one with an intro recorded, one without.
Broadcast History
This piece has not been broadcast on public radio or commercial radio in the US. It may have been picked up by small stations internationally off the UNICEF website, but it has had very little broadcast if any.
Transcript
INTRO-
In the weeks since a massive Tsunami hit in Asia, December 26th, we’ve seen an enormous outpouring of concern from around the world, with donations of money, time and resources from around the globe. And we’ve heard about how children have suffered through death, loss of parents, illness and injury, but we haven’t heard as much about the amazing efforts of young people who want to help since the disaster. There are youth initiatives to raise money and collect toys, clothes, books and school supplies cropping up everywhere - from Bogota, Colombia, to Bucharest, Romania, to the shores of Malysia, Indonesia and Sri lanka. This piece was produced by UNICEF.
OUTRO (recorded in piece)–
All these young people: Rusiri in Sri Lanka, Marisha in Malaysia, Lucy in Romania, and Catalina in Bolivia, have been working hard to help Asia rebuild after the Tsunami. They see the future as t...
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Timing and Cues
This piece times out at 7:27 without the recorded intro, or 8:04 with the intro-included version. Both mp2's are uploaded.
RUNDOWN:
Version without intro:
0:00-7:27
BODY OF THE PIECE "My name is Lucy ... to help solve"
Version with intro:
0:00-0:37-
INTRO "In the weeks since a massive tsunami ... produced by UNICEF"
0:38-8:04-
BODY OF THE PIECE
"My name is Lucy... to help solve"
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Sarah Elzas
Posted on February 25, 2005 at 07:32 AM | Permalink
Review of Kids React to the Tsunami
I think this should go on the air right now, especially since coverage of the tsunami has dwindled. We hear from teenagers whose instinct in December was 'people need help, so I'm going to help them'. This should serve as an inspiration for all of us, in whatever situation. The kids, from as close to the disaster as Malaysia and as far away as Colombia, got involved in the ways they knew how: raising money, going to clinics, etc. Rusirio in Sri Lanka tells us that people around him are afraid to eat fish because they think they have been eating corpses. The fact that an 18 year old like him has the instinct and the drive to go and help people is heartening for the future of his country, and maybe even for the world. This could be aired as-is, or edited down a bit. All the interviews are telephone sound, and the editing is slightly choppy, but the content is very much worth putting on the air.