CHAD / NIGERIAN REFUGEE FAMILY

Thousands of Nigerian refugees fled to Chad nearly two years ago after raids by Boko Haram militants. Since 2013, over 2.7 million people have been displaced across northeastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger due to the Boko Haram insurgency. UNHCR

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:04
• Production Date: 3 November 2016
• Asset Language: Arabic
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES - UNHCR
• Subject Topical: REFUGEES
• Geographic Subject: CHAD; NIGERIA
• MAMS Id: 1766139
• Parent Id: 1766139
• Alternate Title: unifeed161103e

Description

STORY: CHAD / NIGERIAN REFUGEE FAMILY
TRT: 02:04
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNHCR
LANGUAGE: ARABIC / HAUSA / NATS

DATELINE: 12 OCTOBER 2016, BAGA SOLA , CHAD

Shotlist

1. Wide shot, Hawali Oumar lifting nets
2. Med shot, Hawali sorting out nets
3. Close up, Hawali’s face
4. Med shot, reflection of Hawali in the water
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Hawali Oumar, Nigerian Refugee:
“I was heading out at four am. I wondered why my father hadn’t returned from his morning prayers. I heard gunfire. Boko Haram attacked my town. They killed my father.”
6. Wide shot, Dar Es Salaam refugee camp
7. Wide shot, Hawali entering tent
8. Med shot, Hawali and his family looking at books in their tent
9. Close up, Hawali’s daughter, Mariam Mohamed’s face
10. Med shot, Hawali seated with his daughter and other children
11. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Hawa Abakar, Nigerian Refugee:
“It was very difficult. I was walking around searching for her. I didn't know what to do. I felt helpless. We stayed for a long time without any news about her.”
12. Wide shot, Hawa seated in a tent with Mariam
13. Close up, Mariam’s face as she sifts flour
14. Close up, Mariam’s hands sifting flour
15. SOUNDBITE (Hausa) Mariam Mohamed, Nigerian Refugee:
“I was thinking about my parents. I didn’t know whether they were alive or not.”
16. Wide shot, Hawa eating with Mariam and the other children
17. Close up, Mariam drinking porridge
18. Med shot, Mariam looking on with Hawa in background
19. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Hawa Abakar Nigerian Refugee:
“When we heard she was alive, I felt very very happy.”
20. Med shot, Hawa and Mariam sorting through flour
21. Wide shot, Hawali on his canoe
22. Med shot, Hawali on his canoe

Storyline

Early morning fishing on Lake Chad.

Hawali earns (USD) ten dollars a week selling fish to supplement the aid his family receives.

There’s a calm here he thought he’d lost forever. Two years ago in Nigeria, terror came to his doorstep.

SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Hawali Oumar, Nigerian Refugee:
“I was heading out at four am. I wondered why my father hadn’t returned from his morning prayers. I heard gunfire. Boko Haram attacked my town. They killed my father.”

His family ran in different directions. They found their way to a refugee camp in Chad, but lost sight of their 18-year-old daughter Mariam.

They thought she was dead.

SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Hawa Abakar, Nigerian Refugee:
“It was very difficult. I was walking around searching for her. I didn't know what to do. I felt helpless. We stayed for a long time without any news about her.”

But Mariam had survived, escaping to Cameroon.

SOUNDBITE (Hausa) Mariam Mohamed, Nigerian Refugee:
“I was thinking about my parents. I didn’t know whether they were alive or not.”

Nearly two years went by – and then --- they found each other.

SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Hawa Abakar Nigerian Refugee:
“When we heard she was alive, I felt very,very happy.”

Happy to be together happy to be alive, but longing for home --- they know it’s not safe to go back.