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UNHCR / ETHIOPIA REFUGEES WATER RESOURCES
STORY: UNHCR / ETHIOPIA REFUGEES WATER RESOURCES
TRT: 05:22
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNHCR ON SCREEN
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NUER / NATS
DATELINE: 19 – 20 AUGUST 2023, GAMBELLA, ETHIOPIA
1. Close-up, hands turning wheel
2. Wide shot, various of men at water plant
3. Close-up, hands turning tap
4. Med shot, Men working on plumbing
5. Close-up, jerrican fetching water
6. Wide shot, girls carrying jerricans of water
7. Close-up, hands opening tap
8. WS Woman fetching water
9. Close-up, hands holding pipe
10. SOUNDBITE (Nuer) Ariet, Gambela resident:
“Before, it was very difficult because we fetched water from the river and it was not clean, especially during the dry season. The water can get very dirty, and it was not even good for drinking, but because there were not enough sources of clean water, we drank it. Now with clean water, it is very exciting, and it helps a lot.”
11. Close-up, Jerrican fetching water
12. Wide shot, Woman carrying jerrican of water
13. Wide shot, Woman washing trough in river
14. Wide shot, legs walking through water
15. Wide shot, girls walking through river
16. Wide shot, various of man preparing fishing trap
17. Close-up shot, various of woman washing clothes in a trough
18. Med shot, woman hanging clothes
19. Wide shot, women fetching water
20. Med shot, woman holding jerrican fetching water
21. Wide shot, various more women fetching water
22. Close-up, Jerrican fetching water
23. Med shot, various of girls carrying jerricans of water
24. Close-up, various of man pointing at a map
25. Wide shot, various of men in water plants
26. Wide shot, various of women fetching water
27. SOUNDBITE (English) Patrick Okello, Representative, UNHCR Ethiopia:
“It serves about 230,000 refugees in three refugee camps and about 30,000 host community members are benefiting from the same service.”
28. Wide shot, various of women fetching water
29. Wide shot, men walking in water plants
30. Wide shot, children playing in field
31. SOUNDBITE (English) Patrick Okello, Representative, UNHCR Ethiopia:
“This project is very crucial for the refugees and host community who are actually living together. It brings about peaceful coexistence between refugees and host community. But beyond that, it is changing the lives of the people in terms of improving their health and life well-being and also in terms of building their livelihood.”
32. Med shot, girl carrying jerrican of water
33. Various shots, women fetching water
34. Wide shot, women and children fetching water
35. Med shot, Ariet speaking and gesturing
36. Med shot, Ariet and other women fetching water CLIP: Rachael, South Sudanese refugee (female, English) “Whenever we share the same water with the host community, there is no discrimination. They don't discriminate that these are refugees and these are host community.”
37. Med shot, various of men walking through water plants
38. Med shot, boy drinking water
39. Med shot, various of women fetching water
40. Close-up, Children smiling
41. SOUNBITE (English) Rachael, South Sudanese refugee:
“If we do have education, access to education now, it is good for host community to get access to education. Like if we are being provided with livelihood provided by DC even their community can get. Because we share the same challenge, we share the same effects.”
42. Med shot, woman clapping and smiling
43. Med shot, women carrying jerricans of water
Refugees and host communities benefit from a water project in Gambella, Ethiopia. The project supplies clean piped water to over 220,000 people in the community, most of whom are refugees and aims to strengthen cohesion between refugees and their hosts. UNHCR
In Itang, southeast Ethiopia, access to safe, reliable and affordable drinking water has been made easy for refugees and host communities. The Itang Town Water Utility project provides a permanent alternative to trucking water in protracted crises, allowing communities to have constant supply of water.
The project supplies clean piped water to over 220,000 people in the community, most of whom are refugees. Women and girls who often fetch water in households no longer have to travel long distances to find water The water plant also aims to strengthen cohesion between refugees and their hosts. WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) is an important part of humanitarian response, helping prevent disease and providing refugees with regular water supply.
Humanitarian and development organizations set up the Itang Water Project in 2014 A joint investment to bring safe water to communities across the district The water is pumped from boreholes near Baro River to a community reservoir. The project is being replicated to other sites hosting refugees in Ethiopia and other countries.
Underground pipes, pump water to over 260,000 people. Patrick Okello, representative of UNHCR Ethiopia said, “This system currently supplies water to both host community and refugees. It serves about 230,000 refugees in three refugee camps and about 30,000 host community members are benefiting from the same service. This project is very crucial for the refugees and host community who are actually living together.”
He continued, “It brings about peaceful coexistence between refugees and host community. But beyond that, it is changing the lives of the people in terms of improving their health and life well-being and also in terms of building their livelihood.”
For refugees, it helps them feel included and gives them access to a vital resource. Rachael, South Sudanese refugee said, “Whenever we share the same water with the host community, there is no discrimination. They don't discriminate that these are refugees and these are host community.”
The project is now run as a utility by local authorities with support from humanitarian agencies and there are plans to expand and reach more people.
Rachel said, “If we do have education, access of education now, it is good for host community to get access to education. Like if we are being provided with livelihood provided by DC even their community can get. Because we share the same challenge, we share the same effects.”
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