SOUTH SUDAN / PEACEKEEPERS PATROL

A peacekeeping patrol has made the long and dangerous journey to the remote villages of Bangasu and Rimenze in South Sudan to enable the safe delivery of desperately needed humanitarian relief for displaced people trapped by ongoing violence. UNMISS

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:58
• Production Date: 5 September 2017
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN SOUTH SUDAN – UNMISS
• Subject Topical: HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE; HUMANITARIAN CRISIS; PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS
• Geographic Subject: SOUTH SUDAN
• MAMS Id: 1960838
• Parent Id: 1960838
• Alternate Title: unifeed170905f

Description

STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / PEACEKEEPERS PATROL
TRT: 2:58
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 04 SEPTEMBER 2017, BANGASU AND RIMENZE, SOUTH SUDAN

Shotlist

1. Wide shot, vehicles leaving for patrol
2. Right pan, vehicle to muddy road
3. Track shot, makeshift camps
4. Wide shot, IDP gathering
5. Wide shot, water pump
6. Close up, filling water
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Bangasu Camp Leader, James Atoroba:
“It is really very difficult for us to survive in this place because even we run, all our food items were looted, and even all our food items are now spoiled, we are just staying, waiting, who can help us by providing us a little food so we can help our children and women.”
8. Wide shot, cooking in groups
9. Wide shot, church at Rimenze
10. Wide shot, Women walking
11. Wide shot, Group of IDP
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Rimenze Camp Chief, Moses Ruzino:
“Of course we are scared because there is no protection, you know, anyone can just come and enter the camp, as has happened several times back, that the rebels can come in the camp beginning to beat people and to loot from people. That is why we are putting our request to the UN come here to protect the civilians here.”
13. Med shot, peacekeepers
14. Wide shot, vehicle crossing muddy road
15. Wide shot, IDP receiving humanitarian aid
16. Wide shot, Family displaying aid received
17. Med shot , IDP family
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Bangasu Camp Leader, James Atoroba:
“We don’t like to stay just the way we are squeezing ourselves here in the camp. We need protection because we want to go back to our area. We don’t like war in our area. We want all the gunshots to be stopped in our area. We don’t like to see any rebel moving with their gun anywhere or looting people’s property in our area. We need peace.”
19. Right pan, children
20. Med shot, mother holding kid with children

Storyline

A peacekeeping patrol has made the long and dangerous journey to the remote villages of Bangasu and Rimenze in South Sudan to enable the safe delivery of desperately needed humanitarian relief for displaced people trapped by ongoing violence.
Hundreds of South Sudanese men, women and children are sheltering in makeshift camps in the Western Equatorian villages without access to clean water, food, or shelter.

SOUNDBITE (English) Bangasu Camp Leader, James Atoroba:
“It is really very difficult for us to survive in this place because even when we run, all our food items were looted, and even all our food items are now spoiled. We are just staying, waiting, who can help us by providing us a little food so we can help our children and women.”

The group fled after being attacked by various armed groups earlier this year. Family members were killed, their homes were looted, and burnt to the ground. Despite having sought sanctuary at nearby churches, the families still suffer from regular threats, harassment, beatings and looting by both rebel and regular military forces.

SOUNDBITE (English) Rimenze Camp Chief, Moses Ruzino:
“Of course we are scared because there is no protection, you know, anyone can just come and enter the camp, as has happened several times back, that the rebels can come in the camp beginning to beat people and to loot from people. That is why we are putting our request to the UN come here to protect the civilians here.”

Peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) are sending patrols to the area and have even remained overnight to deter violence and provide a protective presence.

For the first time since July, they were also able to facilitate the safe delivery of fresh relief by humanitarian agencies, including cooking pots, tarpaulins, buckets and food.

The people here want to go home but it is simply not safe enough.

SOUNDBITE (English) Bangasu Camp Leader, James Atoroba:
“We don’t like to stay just the way we are squeezing ourselves here in the camp. We need protection because we want to go back to our area. We don’t like war in our area. We want all the gunshots to be stopped in our area. We don’t like to see any rebel moving with their gun anywhere or looting people’s property in our area. We need peace.”

A simple plea from the people of Bangasu and Rimenze who simply want to live their lives in safety and with dignity.