NIGER / LOWCOCK VISIT DISPLACED

The new United Nations humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock visited the N’Gagam displacement site in Niger on Sunday in an effort raise the global profile of the Lake Chad Basin crisis, which is affecting some 17 million people in the region. OCHA

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:43
• Production Date: 11 September 2017
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS - OCHA
• Subject Topical: DISPLACED PERSONS
• Geographic Subject: NIGER
• MAMS Id: 1963818
• Parent Id: 1963818
• Alternate Title: unifeed170911b

Description

STORY: NIGER / LOWCOCK VISIT DISPLACED
TRT: 02:43
SOURCE: OCHA
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 10 SEPTEMBER 2017, N’GAGAM SITE FOR DISPLACED, DIFFA REGION, NIGER

Shotlist

10 SEPTEMBER 2017, N’GAGAM SITE FOR DISPLACED, DIFFA REGION, NIGER

1. Wide shots, people walking in N’Gagam IDP site
2. Med shot, girls laughing in front of a fence
3. Med shot, Lowcock arriving at site
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Mark Lowcock, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator:
“Well, I wanted to come here and meet the people who have fled from their homes to the camps here and hear their story. And what the people told me is that the humanitarian assistance provided by all the agencies, the UN agencies, the NGOs, behind the government, and supported and coordinated by us in OCHA, is making a difference.”
5. Med shot, Lowcock speaking with a group of displaced women
6. Med shot, Lowcock speaking with displaced woman
7. Med shot, displaced woman speaks to Lowcock
8. Close up, displaced woman speaking in local language
9. Close up, women listening
10. Med shot, displaced man speaking
11. Wide shot, group of displaced men speaking to Lowcock
12. Med shot, displaced men speaking to Lowcock
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Mark Lowcock, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator:
“Now what they really want is to go home, and in order for that to happen, there needs to be security, and they need a chance to build new lives. And what I promised them is that I would take their story to the General Assembly of the UN, next week, and I would tell the leaders gathered there, what these people have told us; and in particular, that these people believe that we can make a difference, for them.”
15. Med shot, group of women and children sitting in front of their shelter
16. Wide shot, women walking away

Storyline

The new United Nations humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock visited the N’Gagam displacement site in Niger on Sunday (10 Sep) in an effort raise the global profile of the Lake Chad Basin crisis, which is affecting some 17 million people in the region.

Lowcock is traveling to Niger and Nigeria from 9 to 12 September in his first visit in his new capacity. At the N’Gagam displacement site, located in Niger’s south-eastern Diffa region, the humanitarian chief met with groups of displaced women and men to get a first-hand assessment of the difficulties they face. He promised them he would take their story to the UN General Assembly next week, and tell the leaders gathered there “that these people believe that we can make a difference, for them.”

Niger’s south-east is facing an unprecedented security crisis and humanitarian emergency since the first wave of Boko Haram attacks in 2015. Two years of insecurity and recurrent attacks have uprooted hundreds of thousands of civilians, often forced to flee multiple times, and overstretched limited basic services and resources. Almost 250,000 people remain displaced in Diffa province, most of them staying with host families. Some 400,000 people in the province, more than 1 in 2, are food insecure.

Lowcock began his roles as Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator on the first of September.