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KASAI / VIOLENCE FOOD INSECURITY
STORY: KASAI / VIOLENCE FOOD INSECURITY
TRT: 3:30
SOURCE: FAO
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: TSHILUBA /FRENCH /NATS
DATELINE: 26-29 JULY 2017, TSHIKAPA, KASAÏ, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
1. Wide shot, fields
2. Various shots, people working in the fields
3. Wide shot, Agnes Lupetu plowing
4. Various shots, burn injuries on her arms and legs
5. SOUNDBITE (Tshiluba ) Agnes Lupetu, 37, internally displaced person: “My six children were burnt alive in my house. My husband fled but I do not know if he is dead or alive. I received some traditional treatment for my injuries in Kamonia.”
6. Close up, Lupetu’s face
7. SOUNDBITE (Tshiluba) Agnes Lupetu, 37, internally displaced person: “My house was burned down by the militiamen. I do not understand how I was able to escape. I spent two days in the bush without treatment. Passers-by found me and took me to Kamonia. To avoid militiamen, we had to take small roads in the bush. After two weeks we arrived at Kamonia”
8. Various shots, Tshitita Godet getting water from the river
9. SOUNDBITE (Tshiluba) Tshitita Godet, 18, internally displaced person: “My parents were killed. The militiamen cut up their bodies on the bed. They put straw, then gasoline before setting fire to the house. I ran away. Some people were decapitated and dismembered. Many parents were unable to take their children with them.”
10. Various shots, Tshitita Godet sitting by the river
11. SOUNDBITE (Tshiluba ) Tshitita Godet, 18, internally displaced person: “My plants are growing well. Soon I could harvest spinach, okra and eggplant to eat. I could sell a part of this. I would buy then salted fish or meat. I could also buy soap and clothes.”
12. Various shots, Lazare Mashala working in the field
13. SOUNDBITE (Tshiluba) Lazare Mashala, hosting family head:
“We encourage displaced people to work. So we can improve our production. If someone gives you money today, it will not satisfy all your needs. It is better to have a source of income.”
14. Wide shot, fields, a sign with details of FAO project
15. Wide shot, woman watering plants in the fields
16. SOUNDBITE ( French ) Moise Muhindo, Head of FAO office in Tshikapa:
“We have limited resources. Enough to support 5,000 families. Now, in and around the town there are 70,000 people in need. That’s 12,000 families. So we have a gap of not being able to provide agricultural support to 7,000 families.”
17. Various shots, people in the field
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said 7.7 million people face acute hunger due to rising violence and displacement in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
The new figure represents a 30 percent increase over the last year, with more than 1 in 10 people living in rural areas suffer from acute hunger.
In the Kasaï region, some 1.4 million people have been forced to flee their homes over the past year.
One of the displaced, Agnes Lupetu, lost all her six children to the flames when her home was razed.
She has visible burn injuries.
SOUNDBITE (Tshiluba ) Agnes Lupetu, 37, internally displaced person:
“My six children were burnt alive in my house. My husband fled but I do not know if he is dead or alive. I received some traditional treatment for my injuries in Kamonia.”
Agnes survived by chance and was helped to safety by passers-by.
SOUNDBITE (Tshiluba) Agnes Lupetu, 37, internally displaced person: “My house was burned down by the militiamen. I do not understand how I was able to escape. I spent two days in the bush without treatment. Passers-by found me and took me to Kamonia. To avoid militiamen, we had to take small roads in the bush. After two weeks we arrived at Kamonia”
Another internal displaced person Tshitita Godet lost her parents and everything in the violence. She had to flee her home.
She walked in the bush for a week until she met her uncle who took her to his family.
SOUNDBITE (Tshiluba ) Tshitita Godet, 18, internally displaced person:
“My parents were killed. The militiamen cut up their bodies on the bed. They put straw, then gasoline before setting fire to the house. I ran away. Some people were decapitated and dismembered. Many parents were unable to take their children with them,” said 18 year-old Tshitita Godet.
Godet started planting after she received a plot of land and vegetable seeds provided by FAO.
She is now planting spinach, okra and eggplants.
Despite his own economic problems, Lazare Mashala agreed to host four displaced families. He said his act is out of his love for his neighbor. He did not want to see people suffer.
He said agriculture is essential to rebuild people’s livelihood.
SOUNDBITE (Tshiluba) Lazare Mashala, hosting family head:
“We encourage displaced people to work. So we can improve our production. If someone gives you money today, it will not satisfy all your needs. It is better to have a source of income.
FAO is providing vegetable seeds and hand tools to rapidly boost food production and increase the availability of nutritious foods among displaced and hosting communities.
SOUNDBITE ( French ) Moise Muhindo, Head of FAO office in Tshikapa:
“ We have limited resources. Enough to support 5,000 families. Now, in and around the town there are 70,000 people in need. That’s 12,000 families. So we have a gap of not being able to provide agricultural support to 7,000 families.”
FAO warned that widespread displacement – some 3.7 million people are displaced in DRC - and a steady flow of refugees from neighbouring countries are putting a strain on already stretched resources.
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