UGANDA / SOUTH SUDAN REFUGEES

As conflict and hunger in South Sudan force more people to flee to Uganda, Ugandans are opening up their homes to refugees. In the Yumbe district, close to Bidibidi refugee settlement, a 70-year-old Ugandan grandmother has given part of her land to a family of South Sudanese refugees. UNHCR

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:03
• Production Date: 2 June 2017
• Asset Language: Arabic
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES - UNHCR
• Subject Topical: FARMING; FOOD; REFUGEES
• Geographic Subject: SOUTH SUDAN; UGANDA
• MAMS Id: 1899641
• Parent Id: 1899641
• Alternate Title: unifeed170602b

Description

STORY: UGANDA / SOUTH SUDAN REFUGEES
TRT: 01:03
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNHCR
LANGUAGE: ARINGA / ARABIC / NATS

DATELINE: 10 MAY 2017, YUMBE DISTRICT NORTHERN UGANDA

Shotlist

1. Wide shot, grandmother Medina walking
2. Tracking shot, refugee girl picking crops in field
3. Tracking shot, refugees farming in field
4. SOUNDBITE (Aringa) Medina Noah, Ugandan Farmer:
“I gave them this land out of kindness. When the crops yield they will be able to harvest them and have food. I have faith that they will.”
5. Med shot, refugee digging in field, other refugees farming in background
6. Med shot, grandmother Medina picking up tree-branches in the field
7. Various shots, refugee digging in field
8. Med shot, Betty Sandi and grandmother Medina shaking hands
9. Pan right, refugee girl handing crops to grandmother Medina
10. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Moro Joel, South Sudanese Refugee: “If someone gives you a piece of land, you feel they are like your mother or grandmother.”
11. Med shot, grandmother Medina working the land
12. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Betty Sandi, South Sudanese Refugee: “When I get food I save some for the grandmother. I would do anything for her.”
13. Pan right, grandmother Medina and refugees walking through a field

Storyline

As conflict and hunger in South Sudan force more people to flee to Uganda, Ugandans are opening up their homes to refugees. In the Yumbe district, close to Bidibidi refugee settlement, a 70-year-old Ugandan grandmother has given part of her land to a family of South Sudanese refugees.

This 70-year-old grandmother from Uganda gave part of her land to a refugee family from South Sudan.

SOUNDBITE (Aringa) Medina Noah, Ugandan Farmer:
“I gave them this land out of kindness. When the crops yield they will be able to harvest them and have food. I have faith that they will.”

The refugees and grandmother Medina work the land together every day. They say her generosity has changed their lives.

SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Moro Joel, South Sudanese Refugee: “If someone gives you a piece of land, you feel they are like your mother or grandmother.”

SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Betty Sandi, South Sudanese Refugee: “When I get food I save some for the grandmother. I would do anything for her.”

Medina says she’ll keep helping for as long as they need it.