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DR CONGO / IDPS
STORY: DR CONGO / IDPS
TRT: 3.35
SOURCE: UNHCR/MONUC
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: FRENCH / NATS
DATELINE: 30, 31 OCTOBER 2009, KIWANJA IDP CAMP, NORTH KIVU PROVINCE, DR CONGO
1. Pan left, from UNHCR sign to road
2. Pan right, Kiwanja IDP camp
3. Close-up, IDPs
4. Med shot, woman and children outside hut
5. Close shot, children outside huts
6. Close up, beans
7. Close up, women preparing beans
8. Wide shot, woman chopping potatoes
9. Med shot, man seated outside hut
10. Wide shot, children playing rope game
11. Med shot, UNHCR official talking to woman in bandages
12. Med shot, women and children outside camp
13. SOUNDBITE (French) Francesca Fontanini, External Relations Officer, DRC:
“Once we know the number of the beneficiaries who are in need of aid, then we can be able to effectively plan for supplies as well as on the number of humanitarian aid workers based in North Kivu Province.”
14. Med shot, people walking in the camp
16. Med shot, UN surveillance tower
17. Various shots, IDPs in the camp
18. Tracking shot, driving at night
19. Close up, police truck at night
20. Close up, policeman at night
21. Wide shot, INDBATT 2XV sign at night
22. Close up, blue helmet soldier at night
23. Med shot, INDBATT 2XV perimeter fence at night
24. Pan left, counting and registration officials at night
26. Pan left, official spraying red ink onto hut at night
27. Close up, screening with ink procedure at night
28. Close up, register at night
29. Close up, official spraying red ink onto hut at night
30. Close up, applying ink onto kid’s finger at night
31. Close up, data center sign on jacket
32. Close up, register
33. Med shot, counting process
34. Wide shot, counting process
53. Med shot, government officials
54. Close up, official
55. Closes up, verifying tools
The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) went to the Kiwanja IDP (Internally Displaced People) camp in North Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) over the weekend to carry out an evaluation and assessment exercise to find the exact number of IDPs living in the camp. It is estimated that more than 7,000 internally displaced people are living there.
Armed with torches, spray and identification ink, the data collecting officials went from hut to hut counting and registering the residents. Security was provided by MONUC’s Indian Brigade, the Congolese army (FARDC) and the Congolese national police (PNC).
The registration exercise was conducted during the night so that officials could find real statistics of the people who actually live and sleep in the camp.
The operation enables UNHCR to plan for supplies and to provide the appropriate number of humanitarian staff in the North Kivu region. The exercise was organized by UNHCR, United Nations technical support (UNOPS) and other humanitarian agencies.
North Kivu hosts an estimated 980,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) – more than any other province in the strife-torn nation. UN agencies and over 70 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are operating in the province to deliver much-needed assistance.
According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), aid workers in the area currently able to reach at least 70 percent of those in need.
Numerous waves of fighting over the years have produced around 2.2 million IDPs in DRC. An estimated 1.7 million people remain displaced in the provinces of North and South Kivu, with more than 400,000 persons having fled their homes since the beginning of the year.
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