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Text: We cannot eliminate disasters, but we can mitigate risk. We can reduce damage and we can save more lives.

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Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary General

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Actions: A tree on a hill in a thunderstorm; all the other trees have been felled.

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A man arrives with an ax on his shoulder.

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He chops the tree down.

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The tree falls.

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The man runs away to the other side of the hill.

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A landslide hurtles down from the top of the hill, catches the chopped tree, drowns a village in mud, reaches a stream.

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A woman watches from the other bank, is drowned in mud too.

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Parched, cracked earth.

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Three huts, a dead buffalo; further back, a woman in a pink dress.

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A man tries to pump water into a bucket, gets only a few drops.

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Another man, disconsolate, on his doorstep.

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A woman carries a bucket to a maize field

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where another man pours the last drops of water from a bucket on withered maize.

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A skinny she-buffalo - dead buffaloes - a woman walks, carrying a bucket.

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A school room: kids sitting, the teacher, standing, carries some books

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A crack appears in the wall behind her - kids point and scream.

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The teacher drops her books.

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School from outside - the "School" sign splits, then falls.

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People, panicked, run in the streets of the slum.

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Slum houses fall down.

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Lights go off in the big modern buildings behind the slum.

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A dust cloud hides everything.

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Text: since 2000

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almost ONE MILLION killed

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more than TWO BILLION affected

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more than ONE TRILLION dollars lost

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TO DISASTERS

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but ONLY

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1% of international aid money was spent[br]to reduce the impact of disasters

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when just 10% would protect development gains

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& save

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THOUSANDS OF LIVES & BILLIONS OF DOLLARS

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Actions: A tree on a hill.

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A leaf falls.

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A man arrives, carrying an ax.

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He chops at the tree.

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There are other trees around.

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Further down, people are working on an anti-landslide wall.

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The tree falls - the man runs away from a thunderstorm, to the other side of the hill.

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A landslide is mainly blocked by the wall.

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Some rivulets of mud trickle into the village.

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A woman is carrying a basket full of vegetables.

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Parched, cracked earth.

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Three huts, further back, a woman in a pink dress.

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A man pumps water into a hose.

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In the village, bags labeled "Drought Resistant Seeds". The man on his doorstep looks happy. He's holding a glass of water.

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In the maize field, a man is working a watering system fed by the hose shown before.

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A woman sprays water on luscious maize plants.

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A healthy buffalo, a bag of drought resistant seeds.

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Other buffaloes, a teacher carries books.

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She enters a classroom.

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A crack appears on the wall behind her; children point at it.

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School entrance, from outside. The teacher comes out calmly

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and directs the children in the evacuation.

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View of the city: lots of dust from the earthquake but the school and most houses are still standing.

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The dust cloud hides everything.

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Text: EVERY 1 dollar spent on preparedness

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SAVES 7 dollars in response

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ACT NOW

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ACT NOW, SAVE LATER - UN OCHA - UNDP