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Act Now, Save Later

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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
    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
Title:
Act Now, Save Later
Description:

Why do we spend so little money preparing for disasters when they cost so much to respond to after the event?
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Video Language:
English
Duration:
02:42

English, British subtitles

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