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SOUTH SUDAN / WAU CIVILIAN PROTECTION
STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / WAU CIVILIAN PROTECTION
TRT: 02:34
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 27 SEPTEMBER 2017, WAU, SOUTH SUDAN
27 SEPTEMBER 2017, WAU, SOUTH SUDAN
1. Pan right, Wau protection of civilians site
2. Wide shot, Wau protection of civilians site
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ashley Mclaughlin, International Organization for Migration (IOM):
“Most IDPs (internally displaced persons), you know, the majority have told us that security is their main concern. They’re in the POC (protection of civilians) site because they don’t feel safe going home and staying in their houses at night and that’s really our primary concern. You know, security is why people are in these POC sites. We are providing humanitarian assistance the best we can, but ideally better security, peace in the country is what is going to motivate people to go home and resume their lives as before.”
4. Wide shot, protection of civilians site being reorganized
5. Med shot, compactor flattening ground
6. Wide shot, new shelters
7. Wide shot, new latrines
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Ashley Mclaughlin, International Organization for Migration (IOM):
“You’ll notice that the influx in April, the 13,000 people, they’re now living in an area that was before a contingency area, an area used for food distribution,an area used for emergency influxes; that is now full. Within a matter of a week, all of these people came in. So, it’s really quite a dire situation. As the rainy season progresses, it’s a concern, you know, the spread of malaria, you worry about fire breaks for poorly organized areas; so the main concern at the moment is reorganizing the POC site and the shelter in a way that people have access to humanitarian services, that it is safer, that we can continually rehabilitate drainage infrastructure and these type of things. As well as if a fire or something of the like does happen, UNPOL, peacekeepers, and humanitarians have access to mitigate these incidents.”
9. Zoom out, from watchtower to construction of shelters
10. Med shot, UN vehicle on patrol
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephen Kirn, Protection Of Civilians Site Coordinator, United Nations Police (UNPOL):
“We are increasing our foot patrols and vehicle patrols inside the POC site. We are opening additional access points for the IDPs to come in and out and for the search operations for the items that are being brought into the POC site. And we also maintain an area around the POC site where we patrol just to ensure that no criminal activity comes inside the POC site.”
12. Wide shot, children
13. Med shot, girl
The United Nations and its partners are reorganizing the most congested protection of civilian (POC) site in South Sudan in an effort to improve security and living conditions for some 39,000 people.
The Wau POC site currently provides only one to five square metres of space per person compared to the 30 square metres seen as the ideal in an emergency setting. The site was established when civil war broke out in 2016. However, in April this year, a fresh outbreak of violence prompted a sudden surge of people seeking sanctuary.
SOUNDBITE (English) Ashley Mclaughlin, International Organization for Migration (IOM):
“You’ll notice that the influx in April, the 13,000 people, they’re now living in an area that was before a contingency area, an area used for food distribution,an area used for emergency influxes; that is now full. Within a matter of a week, all of these people came in. So, it’s really quite a dire situation. As the rainy season progresses, it’s a concern, you know, the spread of malaria, you worry about fire breaks for poorly organized areas; so the main concern at the moment is reorganizing the POC site and the shelter in a way that people have access to humanitarian services, that it is safer, that we can continually rehabilitate drainage infrastructure and these type of things. As well as if a fire or something of the like does happen, UNPOL, peacekeepers, and humanitarians have access to mitigate these incidents.”
The reorganization process involves moving groups of 1500 internally displaced people at a time to a new area while their shelters are dismantled, the land levelled, and new drainage and shelters built.
SOUNDBITE (English) Ashley Mclaughlin, International Organization for Migration (IOM):
“Most IDPs (internally displaced persons), you know, the majority have told us that security is their main concern. They’re in the POC (protection of civilians) site because they don’t feel safe going home and staying in their houses at night and that’s really our primary concern. You know, security is why people are in these POC sites. We are providing humanitarian assistance the best we can, but ideally better security, peace in the country is what is going to motivate people to go home and resume their lives as before.”
UN Police (UNPOL), peacekeepers and 200 volunteers who have formed a community watch group provide security at the camp. Those numbers are being boosted to cope with the population increase. An additional 90 members of a Formed Police Unit will join the existing 60-strong UNPOL contingent.
SOUNDBITE (English) Stephen Kirn, Protection Of Civilians Site Coordinator, United Nations Police (UNPOL):
“We are increasing our foot patrols and vehicle patrols inside the POC site. We are opening additional access points for the IDPs to come in and out and for the search operations for the items that are being brought into the POC site. And we also maintain an area around the POC site where we patrol just to ensure that no criminal activity comes inside the POC site.”
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) said it is seeking to establish a new approach to shift the protection and humanitarian focus over time from camps back to the community. The new model of cooperation would involve peacekeepers and humanitarians working together intensively with local authorities, police, and national security services to provide a secure and supported environment in communities so people can feel confident enough to return to their homes.
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