SOMALIA / RETURNEES

Twenty four year-old Fadumo had spent her entire life living as a refugee in Kenya. A year ago, she chose to return to Somalia to rebuild her life and her country and the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) with its partner humanitarian agencies helped her to gain new skills and start a successful business. UNHCR

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:14
• Production Date: 13 December 2017
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES - UNHCR
• Subject Topical: REFUGEES
• Geographic Subject: KENYA; SOMALIA
• MAMS Id: 2059125
• Parent Id: 2059125
• Alternate Title: unifeed171213d

Description

STORY: SOMALIA / RETURNEES
TRT: 1:14
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: CREDIT UNHCR ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: SOMALI /NATS

DATELINE: 14-15 NOVEMBER 2017, KISMAYO, SOMALIA /FILE

Shotlist

14-15 NOVEMBER 2017, KISMAYO, SOMALIA

1. Various shots, Fadumo cooking
2. Wide shot, Fadumo sitting with her children
3. Med shot, Fadumo fetching water
4. Wide shot, Fadumo walking with bucket
5. SOUNDBITE (Somali) Fadumo, 24-year-old Somali returnee
“I feel extremely happy that we came back to our country. Peace is slowly returning. We returned to our people. We live in freedom. No one asks you where you are from.”
6. Various shots, Fadumo making tea
7. Med shot, Fadumo and a woman tying fabric
8. Close up, Fadumo dyeing fabric
9. Med shot, Fadumo hanging fabric to dry
10. Wide shot, street traffic
11. Med shot, Fadumo in her shop
12. Med shot, Fadumo showing her fabric to costumer

FILE – DATE UNKNOW – DADAAB REFUGEE CAMP, KENYA

13. Wide shot, people in camp

Storyline

Twenty four year-old Fadumo had spent her entire life living as a refugee in Kenya. A year ago, she chose to return to Somalia to rebuild her life and her country and the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) with its partner humanitarian agencies helped her to gain new skills and start a successful business.

Fadumo (not her real name), received training in tie and dye and now runs her own successful business and is able to support her family.

She is one of over 75,000 Somalis who have chosen to return to Somalia from Kenya’s Dadaab and Kakuma refugee camps.

SOUNDBITE (Somali) Fadumo, 24-year-old Somali returnee
“I feel extremely happy that we came back to our country. Peace is slowly returning. We returned to our people. We live in freedom. No one asks you where you are from.”

There are over one million displaced Somalis around the world and the UNHCR is helping refugees who voluntarily choose to return to Somalia to reintegrate into their communities through projects that build empowerment and self-reliance.