NIGER / FLOODS

In early September extensive rainfall left parts of the city of Agadez, in Northern Niger destroyed. UNICEF and partners are sustaining their efforts to provide shelter, sanitation and psychosocial support to the affected population. UNICEF

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:45
• Production Date: 25 September 2009
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND - UNICEF
• Subject Topical: DISASTER PREVENTION; DISASTER PREPAREDNESS; DISASTER RELIEF; HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
• Geographic Subject: NIGER
• MAMS Id: U090925f

Description

STORY: NIGER FLOODS
TRT: 2.45
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: HAUSSA/ TAMACHEQ /NATS

DATELINE: 17 SEPTEMBER 2009, AGADEZ TOWN, AGADEZ REGION, NIGER

Shotlist

“KATANGA” SECTOR OF AGADEZ

1.Various shots, devastation caused by floods
2.Wide shot, of camp for flood affected people
3.Med shot, family seating around a makeshift tent
4.Wide shot, families in the camp
5.Wide shot, children drinking water from tap
6.Med shot, children and mothers gathered around tap
7.Wide shot, families waiting for relief
8.Wide shot, Fatima Amadou carrying her kit
9.Wide shot,exterior, Fatima Amadou carrying her kit
10.SOUNDBITE (Tamacheq) Fadima Ahmed, flood victim:
“At first, we suffered from a lack of drinking water. Water from street vendors was really expensive. It was not easy. But now that taps have been installed on this site we are able to get drinking water and use it for personal hygiene.”
11.Wide shot children in a camp gathered around the tap for water
12.Med shot, young girl filling a bottle
13.Med shot, young girl wiping her face with water
14.Med shot, UNICEF family kit items in store room
15.Close up, animator Moustapha Ibrahim sensitizing flood-affected people on diarrhea at Azin primary school
16.Various shots, community volunteer, Moustapha Ibrahim, sensitising Aïcha’s group
17.SOUNDBITE (Haussa) Aïcha Aboubacar, 31 year-old mother:
“Before, I did not know what malaria was. Thanks to the sensitization sessions, I have understood what it is and that you need to bring your child to the health centre.”
Close up Aïcha listening to an community volunteer
Close up, community volunteer, Moustapha Ibrahim, sensitising Aïcha’s group Med shot, animators providing psychosocial support to Reyana Magadji
Wide shot, animators providing psychosocial support to Reyana Magadji
Close up, Reyana Magadji sharing her experience with the group
Med shot, families waiting outside of the distribution room
Wide shot, Fatima Amadou, entering the distribution room
Close up, relief kit
Med shot, of MSF-Spain’s mobile clinic team providing free consultations to flood-affected people
Med shot, doctor giving malaria test to a patient
Med shot, woman and baby waiting for the consultation.

Storyline

Unprecedented rainfalls have washed away most of the mud walled homes and livelihood in Agadez; a region in the northern part of Niger.

The raging floods have affected nearly 80,000 people. Most have found shelter at their relatives’. But many are now left homeless living in some eleven temporary sites.

The Nigerian government along with UNICEF and other partners are working to equip four new sites with water, sanitation facilities and shelters. Affected families are gradually being moved to these sites where they can benefit from adequate relief services and slowly, rebuild their lives.

SOUNDBITE (Tamacheq) Fadima Ahmed, flood vicitm:
“At first, we suffered from a lack of drinking water. Water from street vendors was really expensive. It was not easy. But now that taps have been installed on this site we are able to get drinking water and use it for personal hygiene.”
While no epidemics have been reported, diarrheal diseases and malaria cases are on the rise. Several thousands children under five are particularly at risk of water born diseases.
UNICEF is now coordinating with the government, United Nations (UN) agencies and other partners to ensure that children and women receive access to basic services.
Disseminating life-saving messages to the populations via local radio stations, and outreach workers within the sites help control the spread of preventable diseases.

SOUNDBITE (Haussa) Aïcha Aboubacar, 31 year-old mother of four:
“Before, I did not know what malaria was. Thanks to the sensitization sessions, I have understood what it is and that you need to bring your child to the health centre.”

Messages also focus on protection issues such as the prevention of abuses and violence against children and women. In addition to these awareness sessions, UNICEF is also supporting mobile teams of social workers providing psychosocial support to hundreds of families harshly affected by the disaster.

As part of the humanitarian response, distribution of essential relief items to the affected populations living in Agadez was carried out. Partners like Medecin Sans Frontière Spain, are also providing free health care through mobile clinic services.

Within the coming weeks, the goal is to organise vaccination campaigns, set up child-friendly spaces and screen children for malnutrition.

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