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How many kids do we know have been separated from their families? well, the issue of children separated from their families or unaccompanied because of the earthquake is something that we re very concerned with here at unicef. we re working together with all our partners to identify and register the children that may be unaccompanied and separated. we are referring them, if they are injured or need urgent medical care, to hospitals. they are also being referred to interim care shelters, where they are provided a safe and protective environment. we ve brought recreation kits, education kits. we also have at one of the shelters a psychosocial counselor, who conducts psychosocial activities with the children. and most importantly, they re in a safe, protective environment. and then the family tracing and family reunification program will begin. at this time, we don t know how many children are separated from their parents, but with the ....
Is working, literally, around the clock to try and address this problem. we are pulling out all the stops. we re going to be here for the long term. there are a lot of things to be done. we re working in the areas of nutrition, water and sanitation, education, health, child protection. there s so much to be done, but people are doing everything possible and all the resources are being maximum maximized. larry: and you get a sense of good things happening? absolutely. i was, today, at one of the interim care shelters, where children who have been unaccompanied sore separated from their parents have been brought a boy that we brought just a couple of days ago, he was very subdued and sad, didn t want to talk too much. i saw him again this morning. he was happy, he told me he had new friends. ....
How many kids do we know have been separated from their families? well, the issue of children separated from their families or unaccompanied because of the earthquake is something that we re very concerned with here at unicef. we re working together with all our partners to identify and register the children that may be unaccompanied and separated. we are referring them, if they are injured or need urgent medical care, to hospitals. they are also being referred to interim care shelters, where they are provided a safe and protective environment. we ve brought recreation kits, education kits. we also have at one of the shelters a psychosocial counselor, who conducts psychosocial activities with the children. and most importantly, they re in a safe, protective environment. and then the family tracing and family reunification program will begin. at this time, we don t know how many children are separated from their parents, but with the government estimating there s more than 150,000 peo ....
Take care of their families and the families can stay together. that s the most important thing, larry. larry: kent, the problem seems, like, move humongous. it seems like overwhelming. do you ever get that feeling? no, i don t, larry. unicef and partners, everybody is working, literally, around the clock to try and address this problem. we are pulling out all the stops. we re going to be here for the long term. there are a lot of things to be done. we re working in the areas of nutrition, water and sanitation, education, health, child protection. there s so much to be done, but people are doing everything possible and all the resources are being maximum maximized. larry: and you get a sense of good things happening? absolutely. i was, today, at one of the interim care shelters, where children who have been unaccompanied sore separated ....
Larry. larry: kent, the problem seems like humongous. it seems like overwhelming. do you ever get that feeling? no, i don t, larry. unicef and partners, everybody is working, literally, around the clock to try and address this problem. we are pulling out all the stops. we re going to be here for the long term. there are a lot of things to be done. we re working in the areas of nutrition, water and sanitation, education, health, child protection. there s so much to be done, but people are doing everything possible and all the resources are being maximum maximized. larry: and you get a sense of good things happening? absolutely. today i was at one of the interim care shelters where children who have been unaccompanied or separated from their parents brought. a boy we brought a couple of ....