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STORY: GAZA / BASMA AMAL CAMP
TRT: 03:02
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ARABIC / ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 27 JULY 2024, SOUTH DEIR AL-BALAH, CENTRAL GAZA
1. Various shots, Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator and delegation arrival, Basma Amal Camp for Displaced Persons with disabilities
2. Various shots, Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator and delegation engaging with children
3. Med shot, Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator and delegation engaging with displaced people
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Amjad Shawa, Director, Palestinian NGO Network:
“There is complex and compounded suffering, but through this partnership established today between three institutions - the Palestinian Red Crescent, the Agricultural Relief, and Our Children Society (Atfaluna) - we were able to establish the first shelter for people with disabilities. This is what we have been able to achieve with our limited resources, but with your effort, resilience, and patience, we can achieve more than this.”
5. Med shot, Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator and delegation walking in camp
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Scott Anderson, Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, United Nations:
“I mean, it’s truly remarkable that some of the most vulnerable people here in Gaza - those with disabilities - now have somewhere safe to be. Lot of more work is required for other people with disabilities, so we’ll continue to move all that forward and help as much as we are able to help.”
7. Walking shot, Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator and delegation walking in camp
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Scott Anderson, Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, United Nations:
“So, look we know that we have to work towards and that’s towards getting a restaurant again for Atfaluna, rebuilding the workshops, and continue into the great work that your organization has done to integrate especially people wo are deaf in the society.”
9. Med shot, Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator and delegation walking in camp
Scott Anderson, Director of UNRWA Affairs and Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator, visited on Saturday (27 Jul) the Basma Amal Camp for persons with disabilities in Deir al-Balah, Central Gaza.
He assessed their conditions and needs and engaged with children through play and singing in their tents.
Anderson toured the tents of the displaced, listening to the problems they face amidst the ongoing conflict.
Amjad Shawa, Director of the Palestinian NGO Network overseeing the camp, welcomed Anderson’s visit and commended UNRWA’s efforts in supporting the Palestinians.
He said, “There is complex and compounded suffering, but through this partnership established today between three institutions - the Palestinian Red Crescent, the Agricultural Relief, and Our Children Society (Atfaluna) - we were able to establish the first shelter for people with disabilities. This is what we have been able to achieve with our limited resources, but with your effort, resilience, and patience, we can achieve more than this.”
The UN Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory said, “I mean, it’s truly remarkable that some of the most vulnerable people here in Gaza - those with disabilities - now have somewhere safe to be. Lot of more work is required for other people with disabilities, so we’ll continue to move all that forward and help as much as we are able to help.”
“So, look we know that we have to work towards and that’s towards getting a restaurant again for Atfaluna, rebuilding the workshops, and continue into the great work that your organization has done to integrate especially people who are deaf in the society.”
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