SOMALIA / BLOOD DRIVE

The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) officers organised a blood donation drive in support of victims of the recent terror attack in Mogadishu. AMISOM

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:03:00
• Production Date: 17 October 2017
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: AFRICAN UNION MISSION IN SOMALIA – AMISOM
• Subject Topical: MEDICAL SCIENCES; PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS; TERRORISM
• Geographic Subject: SOMALIA
• MAMS Id: 2005460
• Parent Id: 2005460
• Alternate Title: unifeed171017e

Description

STORY: SOMALIA / BLOOD DRIVE
TRT: 03:00
SOURCE: AMISOM
RESTRICTIONS: CREDIT REQUIRED
LANGUAGE: SOMALI / ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 16 OCTOBER 2017, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA

Shotlist

1. Wide shot, AMISOM officers at the blood donation drive
2. Close up, cotton wool
3. Med shot, AMISOM Force Commander donating blood
4. Close up, AMISOM Force Commander donating blood
5. Close up, hand
6. Close up shot, blood pack
7. Med shot, an officer undergoing a checkup before donating blood
8. Close up shot, officers looking on
9. Med shot, officers undergo a checkup before donating blood
10. Med shot, an officer donating blood
11. SOUNDBITE (Somali) Lt. Gen. Osman Noor Soubagleh, Force Commander, AMISOM:
“As AMISOM, it’s a good and simple thing to donate blood; but we are also ready to sacrifice our blood and lives.”
12. Close up, hand
13. Close up, blood pack
14. Wide shot, an officer donating blood
15. SOUNDBITE (Somali) Lt. Gen. Osman Noor Soubagleh, Force Commander, AMISOM:
“I want to send a message to Somalis that Al-Shabaab is an enemy of the people and of humanity. You must understand that. If such persons were normal, they would not have targeted the ordinary population. One should not think that Al-Shabaab is fighting AMISOM or the Somali security soldiers or other troops in the country. Instead, Al-Shabaab is the enemy of all existing Somalis.”
16. Close up, medical equipment
17. Wide shot, an officer donating blood
18. Close up shot, blood pack
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Lt. Col. Dr. Boniface Mandishona; Force Medical Officer:
“As we speak right now we are in the process of collecting blood at Force Headquarters for those who have been injured. Yesterday we were at the stadium collecting blood. We have cleared our hospital so that we are ready to receive more patients from the civilian side if the need is required.”
20. Wide shot, a staff officer donating blood
21. Med shot, a staff officer donating blood
22. Close up, hand
23. Wide shot, staff officers at the blood donation drive

Storyline

The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) officers on Monday (16 Oct) organised a blood donation drive in support of victims of the recent terror attack in Mogadishu.

Last Saturday, Al-Shabaab detonated a truck full of explosives at a busy junction in Mogadishu city, killing innocent civilians. Hundreds of residents injured in the blast are admitted in various hospitals in Mogadishu and many are in urgent need of blood.

Lt. Gen. Osman Noor Soubagleh who led the drive at the AMISOM Force Headquarters urged both officers and civilians to turn up in large numbers and donate blood in aid of the bomb victims.

The AMISOM Force Commander condemned the act of targeting innocent members of the public, and termed Al-Shabaab an enemy of humanity.

SOUNDBITE (Somali) Lt. Gen. Osman Noor Soubagleh, Force Commander, AMISOM:
“I want to send a message to Somalis that Al-Shabaab is an enemy of the people and of humanity. You must understand that. If such persons were normal, they would not have targeted the ordinary population. One should not think that Al-Shabaab is fighting AMISOM or the Somali security soldiers or other troops in the country. Instead, Al-Shabaab is the enemy of all existing Somalis.”

Lt. Col. Dr. Boniface Mandishona, the Force Medical Officer, said his office has formulated a medical support plan in response to the crisis.

SOUNDBITE (English) Lt. Col. Dr. Boniface Mandishona; Force Medical Officer:
“As we speak right now we are in the process of collecting blood at Force Headquarters for those who have been injured. Yesterday we were at the stadium collecting blood. We have cleared our hospital so that we are ready to receive more patients from the civilian side if the need is required.”

Also, AMISOM has carried out a medical needs assessment and made a request to the African Union Commission in Addis Ababa as well as the United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS) for medical supplies and other necessary materials to aid the victims recover from the blast.