(8 Feb 2008) SHOTLIST
6 February 2008
1. Various of people in central Kabul
2. Mid of a veiled woman walking
3. Various of Afghan children warming their hands over a fire
7 February 2008
4. Various set ups of the Head of Afghanistan National Disaster Management commission, Abdul Matin Edrak working in his office
5. SOUNDBITE: (Dari) Abdul Matin Edrak, Head of Afghanistan National Disaster Management commission:
"According to our reports which we got in the last three days, so far around 654 people have died, 84 are injured, around more than a hundred thousand animals have died due to harsh winter this year and around a hundred houses have been destroyed."
6. Wide shot of tents set up for homeless Afghans
7. Various shots of Rafiullah Najila and her children getting into their house
8. Family taking off shoes, wiping snow off
8. Various shots of Rafiullah Najila's son inside the house, lighting the heater
9. Close up of little girl crying
10. Wide shot of Najila and her children sitting around the heater
11. SOUNDBITE: (Dari) Rafiullah Najila, Resident of Kabul:
"When I saw we have nothing in the house in this cold weather my little daughter came out on the snow and she was crying. I thought, I wish some one would come and take my daughter I would not care if I get money or not at least she will survive."
12. SOUNDBITE: (Dari) Rafiullah, Najila's elder son:
"Sometimes I ask myself why we are living in this cold place I wish I had a good house, so I could stay warm and live a good life."
13. Wide of family sitting around the heater
14. Mid of Rafi lighting fire
15. Close up of fire burning
STORYLINE:
Bitter cold weather, snow storms and avalanches have killed at least 654 people this winter season, an Afghan official said.
In the latest tally compiled this week, an additional 84 people have suffered injuries, and more than 100,000 cattle have died because of the harsh winter this year, said Abdul Matin Edrak, head of the Afghanistan National Disaster Management Commission.
Afghanistan is one of the poorest countries in the world and is largely mountainous, suffering temperatures that plunge well below zero in the winter.
Afghans in remote villages are typically able to heat their mud-brick homes only by burning animal dung or wood, if the family can afford it.
Snowfall closed many roads linking the capital to districts and remote areas, making it difficult for emergency aid workers to reach those in need.
In the capital, Kabul, where temperatures are dropping, dozens of families are camping in tents in the streets, dependent on handouts of clothing and food.
A family in Kabul, Rafiullah Najila and her three children, who are living in a Internally Displaced People (IDP) compound is one of the many families fighting the weather conditions.
Najilia's husband died one year ago and now she is the sole bread winner.
But now, in state of helplessness, she is ready to give her children to anyone who can look after them.
"When I saw we have nothing in the house in this cold weather my little daughter came out on the snow and she was crying. I thought, I wish some one would come and take my daughter I would not care if I get money or not at least she will survive," said Najila.
"Sometimes I ask myself why we are living in this cold place I wish I had a good house, so I could stay warm and live a good life," said Najila's elder son.
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