Title: Palawan
Duration: 1:19 minutes
Description:
A video showing the different efforts that Shell has done to help fight Malaria in the Philippines
Palawan Transcript
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Close up shots of green threads being woven together on a loom
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More than 15 years ago, Shell set out to fight one of the biggest threats in the country
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Camera zooms out to show the top view of the loom. A person continues to weave the threads on the loom as embroidered text appears on the fabric.
[Text displays]
Malaria outbreak
[Background music plays]
Bright, uplifting music
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Close up shots of different moving parts of a sewing machine are shown as the green thread is being sewn.
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With numerous efforts to prevent and eliminate it
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Scene zooms in to the green fabric being sewn. Embroidered text is seen on the fabric.
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2,435 medical facilities
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Scene cuts to hands holding the finished fabric which are revealed to be mosquito nets. The mosquito nets are already folded and stacked as the hands place them inside a box. As the box fills, letters printed on the nets form a text.
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21,313 health workers trained
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The boxes containing the mosquito nets are then closed and sealed off with packing tape. As the packing tape is placed along the box’s flap, text is revealed.
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3.2 million diagnosed through microscopy
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The sealed boxes are then stacked and stamped. The camera pans to the stamp.
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370,180 anti-malaria kits for pregnant women
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Workers are seen carrying the boxes and loading them into a truck. The scene cuts to shots of trees and the sky as the truck drives away.
The scene cuts to a shot of the box being opened. A delivery receipt is seen on top of the stack of mosquito nets inside the box.
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2.2 million houses sprayed with insecticides
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The scene cuts to a person in a lab coat and gloves handing over a folded mosquito net to another person. The mosquito net is revealed to bear a text on it.
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8.4 million kulambo distributed
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The scene changes to a shot of a black thread being pulled through the hole of the mosquito net. A knot in the thread, bearing a resemblance to a mosquito, gets stuck on the hole.
A hand pulls out the knot and the scene cuts to a black embroidered bar.
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755 deaths (1999)
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The hand continues to pull on the thread and the embroidery unravels to reveal some text behind it.
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Down to 7 deaths (2016)
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The scene cuts to a nail being hammered into a wooden post. A piece of rope is hung on the nail. The camera zooms out to reveal that the mosquito net has been installed inside a small family nipa hut.
The father, mother, and child go inside the mosquito net as they prepare to sleep. The camera pans to show the walls of the nipa hut with numbers being projected on them.
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12.4 million lives touched
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The camera then pans to a top shot of the family comfortably lying under the mosquito net.
The scene then cuts to a time lapse video of the nipa hut on stilts over a body of water. The lights of the houses line the horizon as a clouds float in the sky.
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Let’s continue our journey towards a #MalariaFree Philippines
[Video footage]
The Shell logo appears
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Shell. Kasabay sa biyahe ng buhay
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The logo of the Department of Health appears against a white background.
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In partnership with the Department of Health
