1 00:00:00,010 --> 00:00:04,010 Text: We cannot eliminate disasters, but we can mitigate risk. We can reduce damage and we can save more lives. 2 00:00:04,010 --> 00:00:08,537 Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary General 3 00:00:08,568 --> 00:00:10,260 Actions: A tree on a hill in a thunderstorm; all the other trees have been felled. 4 00:00:10,260 --> 00:00:12,233 A man arrives with an ax on his shoulder. 5 00:00:12,233 --> 00:00:16,576 He chops the tree down. 6 00:00:16,576 --> 00:00:17,814 The tree falls. 7 00:00:17,814 --> 00:00:19,403 The man runs away to the other side of the hill. 8 00:00:19,403 --> 00:00:25,426 A landslide hurtles down from the top of the hill, catches the chopped tree, drowns a village in mud, reaches a stream. 9 00:00:25,426 --> 00:00:26,910 A woman watches from the other bank, is drowned in mud too. 10 00:00:26,910 --> 00:00:28,641 Parched, cracked earth. 11 00:00:28,641 --> 00:00:29,799 Three huts, a dead buffalo; further back, a woman in a pink dress. 12 00:00:29,799 --> 00:00:31,582 A man tries to pump water into a bucket, gets only a few drops. 13 00:00:31,582 --> 00:00:33,440 Another man, disconsolate, on his doorstep. 14 00:00:33,440 --> 00:00:35,586 A woman carries a bucket to a maize field 15 00:00:35,586 --> 00:00:41,909 where another man pours the last drops of water from a bucket on withered maize. 16 00:00:41,909 --> 00:00:45,313 A skinny she-buffalo - dead buffaloes - a woman walks, carrying a bucket. 17 00:00:45,313 --> 00:00:48,090 A school room: kids sitting, the teacher, standing, carries some books 18 00:00:48,090 --> 00:00:50,478 A crack appears in the wall behind her - kids point and scream. 19 00:00:50,478 --> 00:00:51,267 The teacher drops her books. 20 00:00:51,267 --> 00:00:52,563 School from outside - the "School" sign splits, then falls. 21 00:00:52,563 --> 00:00:54,444 People, panicked, run in the streets of the slum. 22 00:00:54,444 --> 00:00:55,648 Slum houses fall down. 23 00:00:55,648 --> 00:00:58,363 Lights go off in the big modern buildings behind the slum. 24 00:00:58,363 --> 00:00:59,417 A dust cloud hides everything. 25 00:00:59,417 --> 00:01:01,059 Text: since 2000 26 00:01:01,059 --> 00:01:04,009 almost ONE MILLION killed 27 00:01:04,009 --> 00:01:06,058 more than TWO BILLION affected 28 00:01:06,058 --> 00:01:09,031 more than ONE TRILLION dollars lost 29 00:01:09,031 --> 00:01:11,001 TO DISASTERS 30 00:01:11,001 --> 00:01:13,042 but ONLY 31 00:01:13,042 --> 00:01:18,031 1% of international aid money was spent to reduce the impact of disasters 32 00:01:18,031 --> 00:01:22,086 when just 10% would protect development gains 33 00:01:23,046 --> 00:01:25,071 & save 34 00:01:26,205 --> 00:01:30,235 THOUSANDS OF LIVES & BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 35 00:01:30,235 --> 00:01:31,157 Actions: A tree on a hill. 36 00:01:31,157 --> 00:01:31,657 A leaf falls. 37 00:01:31,657 --> 00:01:32,969 A man arrives, carrying an ax. 38 00:01:32,969 --> 00:01:35,665 He chops at the tree. 39 00:01:35,665 --> 00:01:37,330 There are other trees around. 40 00:01:37,330 --> 00:01:39,103 Further down, people are working on an anti-landslide wall. 41 00:01:39,103 --> 00:01:41,215 The tree falls - the man runs away from a thunderstorm, to the other side of the hill. 42 00:01:41,215 --> 00:01:42,819 A landslide is mainly blocked by the wall. 43 00:01:42,819 --> 00:01:45,192 Some rivulets of mud trickle into the village. 44 00:01:45,192 --> 00:01:46,642 A woman is carrying a basket full of vegetables. 45 00:01:46,642 --> 00:01:48,369 Parched, cracked earth. 46 00:01:48,369 --> 00:01:49,157 Three huts, further back, a woman in a pink dress. 47 00:01:49,157 --> 00:01:51,518 A man pumps water into a hose. 48 00:01:51,518 --> 00:01:53,504 In the village, bags labeled "Drought Resistant Seeds". The man on his doorstep looks happy. He's holding a glass of water. 49 00:01:53,504 --> 00:01:54,677 In the maize field, a man is working a watering system fed by the hose shown before. 50 00:01:54,677 --> 00:01:59,573 A woman sprays water on luscious maize plants. 51 00:01:59,573 --> 00:02:02,423 A healthy buffalo, a bag of drought resistant seeds. 52 00:02:02,423 --> 00:02:04,935 Other buffaloes, a teacher carries books. 53 00:02:04,935 --> 00:02:07,123 She enters a classroom. 54 00:02:07,123 --> 00:02:10,552 A crack appears on the wall behind her; children point at it. 55 00:02:10,552 --> 00:02:12,602 School entrance, from outside. The teacher comes out calmly 56 00:02:12,602 --> 00:02:14,452 and directs the children in the evacuation. 57 00:02:14,452 --> 00:02:19,931 View of the city: lots of dust from the earthquake but the school and most houses are still standing. 58 00:02:19,931 --> 00:02:21,789 The dust cloud hides everything. 59 00:02:21,789 --> 00:02:25,046 Text: EVERY 1 dollar spent on preparedness 60 00:02:28,039 --> 00:02:31,050 SAVES 7 dollars in response 61 00:02:31,050 --> 00:02:33,000 ACT NOW 62 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:41,332 ACT NOW, SAVE LATER - UN OCHA - UNDP