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STORY: UNHCR / UGANDA REFUGEE RESPONSE
TRT: 4:47
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNHCR FOOTAGE ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 09 MARCH 2021, BIDIBIDI SETTLEMENT, YUMBE DISTRICT, UGANDA
1. Wide shot/ pan of solar panel
2. Med shot, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi with UNHCR, Senior Water and Sanitation and Health officer, Richard Ochaya,
3. Wide shot solar power water facility
4. Wide shot, Grandi and delegation inspect water facility
5. Close up, Grandi
6. Wide shot, solar panels
7. Wide shot, Twajiji primary school
8. Wide shot, in classroom
9. Close up, book
10. Close up, student
11. Various shots, Grandi speaking to student
12. Close up, student
13. Wide shot, Grandi in classroom
14. Med shot, parents at school
15. Wide shot, Grandi speaking to parents
16. Wide shot, construction site - livelihood project
17. Various shots, refugee building shelter
18. Wide shot, women construction workers
19. Wide shot, Grandi and delegation visit construction site
20. Close up, Agnes Batio, South Sudanese refugee and supervisor at construction site
21. Wide shot, Grandi speaking to Agnes at construction site
22. SOUNDBITE (English) Agnes Batio, South Sudanese refugee:
“I took interest because when I was in (South) Sudan, I saw a lady also participating in building and construction, so I took interest and I also need to be like her. I know women have power to do everything, that is why I am taking interest because there are not many women who are doing this.”
23. Various shots, Grandi looking at cloth embroidered by refugee women
24. Close up, refugee businesswoman speaking
25. Wide shot, Grandi walks into building
26. Various shots, Grandi meeting with women
27. SOUNDBITE (English) Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees:
“We visited a building site where refugees and members of the local community, young men and women are trained in construction work, which is useful here and for the South Sudanese will be useful also when they return home, and I can give you many examples. The challenges are big. There is a challenge of insufficient education facilities although of course we are very grateful to the government for hosting refugees in Ugandan facilities but because of that more support needs to be given to the state and to local authorities to expand education facilities.”
28. Close up, woman in mask
29. Various shots, Grandi meeting with women
30. SOUNDBITE (English) Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees:
“Uganda has demonstrated exceptional generosity and hospitality including in these difficult times of COVID-19 where of course movement of people is a very risky situation but still hospitality has continued but livelihoods have decreased because of lack of movement, because of less economic activity, so more help is needed also in that respect.”
31. Various shots, Grandi meeting with women
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi visited Bidibidi - Africa’s largest refugee settlement to reaffirm the agency's commitment to Uganda’s inclusive refugee response.
Uganda’s Bidibidi settlement is home to over 235,000 refugees from South Sudan. It is Africa’s largest refugee settlement with humanitarian and development support for both refugees and the host community.
The settlement is a working example of the Global Compact on Refugees.
Bidibidi hosts the largest solar powered water supply system across refugee hosting regions in Uganda, serving more than 18,000 refugees and Ugandans. Smart investment here has strengthened the response to displacement and eased the burden on host communities through shared resources.
At the Twajiji Primary School, Grandi surveyed new classrooms and teachers’ accommodation built with contributions from the German Development Bank (KfW). UNHCR helps with the daily running of the school, paying the teachers’ salaries.
Grandi met with Agnes Batio, who supervises a team of construction workers from the refugee and host communities. She is a refugee from South Sudan. Agnes learnt construction in Bidibidi and the skill has helped her support her three children.
SOUNDBITE (English) Agnes Batio, South Sudanese refugee:
“I took interest because when I was in (South) Sudan, I saw a lady also participating in building and construction, so I took interest and I also need to be like her. I know women have power to do everything, that is why I am taking interest because there are not many women who are doing this.”
SOUNDBITE (Engllish) Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees:
“We visited a building site where refugees and members of the local community, young men and women are trained in construction work, which is useful here and for the South Sudanese will be useful also when they return home, and I can give you many examples. The challenges are big. There is a challenge of insufficient education facilities although of course we are very grateful to the government for hosting refugees in Ugandan facilities but because of that more support needs to be given to the state and to local authorities to expand education facilities.”
Driving through Bidibidi and Yumbe town, Grandi saw hundreds of electric poles and cables, evidence of a project already underway to connect the settlement to the national grid. Funded by Norway and implemented by Uganda’s Rural Electrification Agency, this initiative is part of a broader collaboration between the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, GIZ and the World Bank to extend the national grid to refugee-hosting areas. When the Bidibidi electric grid goes live, UNHCR is planning to support last mile connection for schools, health centres and markets.
Grandi met with women who represent their communities at the national Refugee Engagement Forum – a platform established in 2018 to ensure the views and concerns of refugees inform strategic discussions and decision-making.
SOUNDBITE (Engllish) Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees:
“Uganda has demonstrated exceptional generosity and hospitality including in these difficult times of COVID-19 where of course movement of people is a very risky situation but still hospitality has continued but livelihoods have decreased because of lack of movement, because of less economic activity, so more help is needed also in that respect.”
Uganda hosts more than 1.45 million refugees, with the vast majority living in rural settlements. Since the launch of the CRRF in 2017, the government has included refugees in the national development plans and endorsed sector plans to improve delivery of social services in refugee-hosting districts, like education, health, water and environment, as well as jobs creation.
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