UNHCR / UKRAINE DISPLACED GIRL

Mukachevo State University is one of many facilities in western Ukraine that has opened its doors to provide accommodation for displaced persons, including six-year-old Milana. UNHCR

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:43
• Production Date: 11 March 2022
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES - UNHCR
• Subject Topical: CONFLICT SITUATION; DISPLACED PERSONS
• Geographic Subject: UKRAINE
• MAMS Id: 2718518
• Parent Id: 2718518
• Alternate Title: unifeed220311f

Description

STORY: UNHCR / UKRAINE POLAND REFUGEE GIRL
TRT: 1:43
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNHCR ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: UKRAINIAN / NATS

DATELINE: 06-09 MARCH 2022, ZAKARPATTIA OBLAST, UKRAINE / KORCZOWA, POLAND

Shotlist

09 MARCH 2022, ZAKARPATTIA OBLAST, UKRAINE

1. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Milana, child:
“I painted here ‘dad’ with different pencils and felt-tip pens.”
2. Wide shot, Milana and her family in a bedroom
3. Med shot, Milana looking at the camera
4. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Milana, child:
“(We came in) two cars and we even took our dogs.”
5. Med shot, the word ‘love’ painted on wall
6. Wide shot, two people walking down hallway
7. UPSOUND (Ukrainian):
“Who is it for, this painting?”
8. UPSOUND (Ukrainian) Milana, child:
“For my dad.”
9. UPSOUND (Ukrainian) Milana, child:
“We miss him.”
10. Close up, Milana showing her drawing

06 MARCH 2022, KORCZOWA, POLAND

11. Various shots, Ukrainians crossing the border into Poland with their luggage

09 MARCH 2022, ZAKARPATTIA OBLAST, UKRAINE

12. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Oleksandra, Milana's mother:
“We wanted to go to Zhytomyr first, but we left it just in time.”
13. Tilt up, clothes drying rack and Milana’s family in a bedroom
14. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Milana, child:
“(When I go back, I will go to visit my grandma. I have two grannies, and also I have a grandpa and my father Yevgenii.”
15. Wide shot, exterior of university where Ukrainians are sheltering
16. Med shot, room inside the university with clothes donations

Storyline

Mukachevo State University is one of many facilities in western Ukraine that has opened its doors to provide accommodation for displaced persons, including six-year-old Milana.

Milana drew a picture with a heart for her father and hopes that the family will soon return home and be reunited.

SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Milana, child:
“I painted here ‘dad’ with different pencils and felt-tip pens.”

With nearly two million people forcibly displaced within Ukraine, UNHCR and its partners are responding to the dire humanitarian needs with shelter and other forms of aid.

Oleksandra, arrived to the dormitory with her daughters Milana and Polina, and mother, Natalia, at the start of the military offensive on 24 February. They fled their home in the eastern city of Kramatorsk, Donetsk, when – like many others –they woke to the sound of shelling.

SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Milana, child:
“(We came in) two cars and we even took our dogs.”

Oleksandra’s husband returned to their home to fight after driving his family to safety. She said she was worried about him. She added that, due conscription to the army, all men aged 18 to 60 must serve.

UPSOUND (Ukrainian):
“Who is it for, this painting?”

UPSOUND (Ukrainian) Milana, child:
“For my dad.”

UPSOUND (Ukrainian) Milana, child:
“We miss him.”

In the span of 15 days, the military offensive in Ukraine has triggered the fastest-growing displacement crisis in Europe since World War II. It is estimated that at least 1.85 million people have been newly displaced inside the country, with many fleeing west to escape fighting in the eastern, southern and northern regions. A further 2.5 million people have crossed borders into neighbouring countries.

Staff from UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, are present in key locations in eastern, central and western Ukraine to respond to the rising humanitarian needs. Together with its partners, the agency has delivered relief items for displaced families and others affected by the conflict, including blankets, hygiene kits, jerry cans, and shelter materials to reinforce homes damaged in the fighting.

In addition to existing warehouses in Kyiv, Sloviansk and Luhansk, UNHCR has relocated humanitarian supplies to new stockpiles in Vinnytsia, Uzhhorod, Chernivtsi, and two in Lviv to enable immediate dispatch to areas in need.

To help people like Oleksandra, UNHCR is working closely with local authorities to significantly expand the temporary reception capacity for internally displaced people (IDPs) and identify buildings for rehabilitation to serve as collective centres for longer-term stays. This will be one of UNHCR’s main areas of engagement in the emergency response to the displacement crisis. Finding a secure place to live is among the top priorities for people who have been forcibly displaced or whose homes have been destroyed.

UNHCR also said it was scaling up programmes to help provide vital services such as legal aid, psychosocial support, child protection services and measures to prevent and respond to gender-based violence. A multi-purpose cash assistance programme is being set up to help displaced people meet basic needs, such as paying rent.

SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Milana, child:
“(When I go back, I will go to visit my grandma. I have two grannies, and also I have a grandpa and my father Yevgenii.”

UNHCR’s local NGO partner NEEKA is supporting the centre at the university by providing warm clothes, food, water and much-needed equipment for the kitchens, including freezers and microwaves.