OCHA / HAITI FLETCHER VISIT

UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher visited Haiti, where he met with authorities, partners and affected families. OCHA

• Video Length: 00:08:20
• Production Date: 10 September 2025
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: THOMAS FLETCHER
• Corporate Name: OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS - OCHA
• Subject Topical: INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS
• Geographic Subject: HAITI
• MAMS Id: 3445863
• Parent Id: 3445863
• Alternate Title: unifeed250910a

Description

STORY: OCHA / HAITI FLETCHER VISIT
TRT: 08:20
SOURCE: OCHA
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT OCHA ON SCREEN
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / CREOLE / NATS

DATELINE : 09 SEPTEMBER 2025, PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI

Shotlist

09 SEPTEMBER 2025, MTPTC IDP SITE - PORT AU PRINCE
The site hosts close to 5,000 IDPs, including 39 per cent of children, who fled the violence that erupted last February in the metropolitan area of Port au Prince. It is located in the building and surroundings of the Ministry of Public Work and Telecommunication (MTPTC)

1. Wide shot, woman fetching water
2. Wide shot, ERC Fletcher talking to her
3. Wide shot, ERC Fletcher and delegation walking through site
4. Wide shot, ERC Fletcher entering a roofed structure
5. Wide shot, pan right to ERC Fletcher
6. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Roudy Jean, displaced person:
“We need to be able to live in a normal way, like in the rest of the world.”
7. Wide shot, pan left, belongings of Roudy Jean amid water runoff
8. Medium shot, ERC Fletcher and Roudy Jean
9. Various shots, the camp
10. Medium shot, ERC Fletcher talking to Cashmina Jean-Michel, displaced person
11. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Cashmina Jean-Michel, displaced person:
“At 5am, there was a lot of shooting, I lost everything, my belongings, my business—but the safety of my children was my absolute priority. I had no choice but to get them and run immediately.”
12. Various shots, Cashmina fetching water at the displacement site
13. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Cashmina Jean-Michel, displaced person:
“I once owned a beauty salon and employed staff, but I lost everything. Today, I live in a very cramped space in misery, where I can only keep one of my children, while the others must stay with friends.”
14. Various shots, Cashmina fetching water at the displacement site
15. Various shots, Cashmina and her daughter in their tent
16. Wide shot, muddy soil in the camp
17. Wide shot, Innocent Fagneau, vice-president of the IDP site, walking through the site
18. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Innocent Fagneau, vice-president of the MPTPC IDP site:
“Now, with the quantity of people we currently have, this space was not designed for this use.”
19. Wide shot, Innocent Fagneau walking and talking to an IDP at the site
20. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Innocent Fagneau, vice-president of the MPTPC IDP site:
“There’s also a food problem at this site. The quantity of food we receive to distribute we, for example we finish the amount by noon. But what about 3 or 4 pm? People should still be able to eat something.”
21. Wide shot, ERC Fletcher walking through the site
22. SOUNDBITE (English) Tom Fletcher, Emergency Relief Coordinator:
“So, what I’m hearing is from people who are just desperate for dignity. They’re desperate to live their lives like anyone else. And they’ve been displaced multiple times. I mean, many of the families say displace at least two or three times by violence. They didn’t want to be here. They want to rebuild their lives. They want education for their kids. They want to get the health care they need. They want clean water, and they want hope. Ultimately, they want hope. And that’s what they’re missing at the moment.”
23. Wide shot, woman washing clothes
24. Wide shot, ERC Fletcher walking through the site
25. SOUNDBITE (English) Tom Fletcher, Emergency Relief Coordinator:
“It's just not enough. This is not enough. I'm furious. And I'm ashamed, actually, on behalf of the world, that we cannot find it in ourselves to be more compassionate, to be more kind, to recognize what people here are going through. I can't believe that we're struggling so much to raise the funds necessary to support these families as they try to rebuild their lives. We cannot imagine what they've been through, but we have to be here for them. We have to do better.”

09 SEPTEMBER 2025, OCCED’H YOUTH CENTER - PORT AU PRINCE
The center specifically targets adolescents and youth from communities affected by armed violence, as well as those living in sites for internally displaced people (IDPs) in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area, where access to education and training opportunities is extremely limited. The center offers practical and vocational training.

26. Wide shot, van with students arriving at OCCED’H Youth Center
27. Various shots, the training sessions
28. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Luca Chrislie, President of OCCED’H:
“Here at the Center, we have 269 little girls and about a hundred boys in the center. So, at the OCCED'H Youth Center, we offer various professional activities to these children.”
29. Wide shot, Phanie Sagesse, at work
30. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Phanie Sagesse, OCCED’H student:
“I love to develop my creative skills, and if you take leathercraft seriously and put all your heart in what you are doing, it can help you achieve economic independence.
31. Various shots, youth learning trades
32. SOUNDBITE (English) Tom Fletcher, Emergency Relief Coordinator:
“We can find ways to push back against this crisis, against a sense of despair and deterioration. Because here, you know, these young people: they are cutting hair, they're doing manicures, they're learning to pedicure, they're making bracelets, they are learning to fix motorbikes. But ultimately, they're rebuilding their lives.”
33. Various shots, youth learning trades
34. SOUNDBITE (English) Tom Fletcher, Emergency Relief Coordinator:
“We can see that people can build back their communities as well, not just as individuals, but as a society, as Haiti. And ultimately, that's why we have to be here. That's why the world must be here, helping them to rebuild from always despair from the ruins of their lives.”
35. Various shots, youth learning trades

Storyline

UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher visited Haiti, where he met with authorities, partners and affected families.

The visit highlighted urgent humanitarian needs and reaffirmed the commitment of the UN and its partners to support Haitians amid escalating insecurity and limited access to essential services.