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DR CONGO / VENEMAN PANZI HOSPTIAL
STORY: DR CONGO / VENEMAN PANZI HOSPITAL
TRT: 2.00
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / FRENCH / KINYARWANDA
DATELINE: 27-28 AUGUST 2009, BUKAVU & GOMA, EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
27 AUGUST, BUKAVU, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
1. Pan left, Bukavu
2. Wide shot, Bukavu Centre with anti-sexual violence billboard
3. Med shot, two women
4. Med shot, Panzi Hospital sign
5. Med shot, survivors sitting in Panzi Hospital yard
6. Wide shot, Panzi Hospital surgery recovery room
7. SOUNDBITE (French) Dr. Denis Mukwege, Founder and Director of Panzi Hospital:
“I think that this spirit of destroying the woman, me, I think, destroying the genital organs of the woman, I find it to be a deliberate will to destroy life at it’s origin. And I think men have to understand that the disappearance of the woman, will be their own downfall. So one must take much more responsibility for these acts of terrorism, which risk to destroy our very humanity.”
8. Med shot, UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman listening to doctors at Panzi Hospital
9. Med shot, Mukwege and Veneman with recovering survivor
28 AUGUST 2009, GOMA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
10. Wide shot, Heal Africa Hospital front with sign
11. Various shots, Veneman visiting hospital
12. Close up, sign
13. Med shot, women at centre
14. Med shot, survivor recovering
15. SOUNDBITE (Kinyarwanda) “Sifa” Survivor at Heal Africa:
“Here we have been very welcomed, and taken care of. They helped us and taught us too. But we need to also go home – and there, where we live, there is no peace. I can go back there, and it can happen again. Every day, every day, we hear of another woman taken by force, even children."
27 AUGUST, BUKAVU, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
16. Med shot, Panzi Hospital nurses singing “peace, peace, peace”
17. Close up, woman clapping with “vagina warrior: until the violence stops” t-shirt
18. Med shot, woman survivor clapping with singing nurses in background
19. Med shot, survivor leading others in singing and dancing
20. Close up, child
The eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has been embroiled in conflict for more than a decade, but violence has increased lately between militia groups and government forces.
Violent rape is a weapon of war and it has destroyed the lives of thousands of women and their families.
The UNICEF-supported Panzi Hospital is a haven for women suffering from the effects of traumatic sexual violence. It treats nearly 4,000 women a year.
SOUNDBITE (French) Dr. Denis Mukwege, Panzi Hospital Founder and Director:
“I think, destroying the genital organs of women, I find it to be a deliberate will to destroy life at it’s origin. And I think men have to understand that the disappearance of the woman, will be their own downfall. So one must take much more responsibility for these acts of terrorism, which place our humanity at risk.”
When UNICEF Executive Director Ann Veneman visited the hospital and spoke with doctors and their patients, she encouraged them to stay strong and to support each other.
Across Lake Kivu in the city of Goma, Veneman visited the Heal Africa centre which provides medical and psychological support to thousands of the women and children victims of sexual violence.
This woman was raped in front of her husband and two children.
SOUNDBITE (Kinyarwanda) “Sifa” Rape Survivor at Heal Africa:
“Here we have been very welcomed, and taken care of. They helped us and taught us too. But we need to also go home – and there, where we live, there is no peace. I can go back there, and it can happen again. Every day, we hear of another woman taken by force, even children.”
Despite the on-going violence, the victims and their caretakers at Panzi hospital can sing of peace and celebrate the fact they have been given a chance at a new life.
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