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PAKISTAN / VIOLENCE DISPLACED
STORY: PAKISTAN / VIOLENCE DISPLACED
TRT: 2:43
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / PASHTO / NATS
DATELINE: 26 FEBRUARY 2011, NAHQI, MOHMAND AGENCY, PAKISTAN
1. Pan left, Valley in Mohamand Agency’s Nahqi village, camps for the displaced are visible
2. Wide shot, Nahqi camp, tents and toilets and arriving displaced families waiting for assistance
3. Pan right, Nahqi camp
4. Med shot, women and children just arrived at the camp and are waiting to be accommodated
5. Med shot, women with children walking towards the tents
6. Med shot, women waiting to get registered at the camp
7. Wide shot, 15 year old Anwar, 14 year old Gulmina and four younger brothers walk towards the tent allotted to them with the help of Child protection Monitors
8. Med shot, Anwar and his siblings inside their tent in the camp
9. SOUNDBITE (Pashto) Anwar, 15 years old:
“My younger siblings have come with me. It is very cold and we are suffering. We want to go back to our home as soon as possible. Things were very bad in the village there was intense shelling and we had to leave. I am finding it very difficult to look after my younger brothers and sister. We feel miserable and want to go back.”
10. Wide shot, women walking to tents behind a UNICEF water tank
11. Close up, Mandajo and her orphaned grandchildren sitting next to the cooking area in the camp, talking to a UNICEF official
12. Med shot, Mandajo and her orphaned grandchildren sitting next to the cooking area in the camp talking to a UNICEF official
13. Close shot, Mandajo’s granddaughters cooking bread for the family
14. Med shot, man filling water in a UNICEF tank
15. Wide shot, girls filling water in their cans from UNICEF water tank
16. Med shot, UNICEF WASH NFIs (non-food items) hygiene kits, buckets and Jerry cans being off loaded from the truck in the camp
17. Wide shot, man walking along a row latrines set up by UNICEF
18. Wide shot, women walking with buckets on their heads
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Muhammad Rafiq, FATA (Federally Administered Tribal Areas) Specialist, UNICEF:
”The conflict which started particularly in 2008 has made their life worse. The recent operation started by the security forces in this area which has displaced more than 5,000 families to this camp ...they’re really in a dire need of social services. We have already seen 13 positive polio cases from this area.”
20. Close up, baby crying
21. Med shot, UNICEF supported Health Visitor examines a two-day old baby girl who was born in a UNICEF supported labour room set up in the health facility in the camp. The Labour Room is functional 24/7 where trained Lady Health visitors conduct deliveries.
22. Med shot, 2 day old baby girl
23. Med shot, boy getting measles vaccination in the camp. UNICEF supported Measles vaccination campaign started in the camp from 22 February 2011
24. Med shot, Doctor administers polio drops to five months old Arshed while his father Nur Moohmmed from Sagai village holds him in his lap
25. Close up, Arshed getting polio drops
26. Med shot, Doctor administers polio drops to five months old Arshed while his father holds him in his lap
27. Med shot, doctor examines Arshed. (Many children like Arshad from FATA do not get vaccinated as areas remain inaccessible due to conflict. In 2011, FATA had 13 polio cases and in 2010 this area had the most Polio cases in Pakistan.)
28. Various shots, Boys playing with ball in the UNICEF supported Child Friendly Space in Nahqai camp
29. Med shot, girls writing in their notebooks at the UNICEF supported Child Friendly Space
30. Close shot, children flipping pages of a colouring book
31. Close shot, nine-year-old Naghmana from village Lakaro Mohamand recites his lesson while holding UNICEF note book
32. Wide shot, children reciting lesson in the open at the school in Nahqi camp
33. Med shot, boy standing next blackboard reciting a lesson
34. Close shot, nine-year-old Naghmana from village Lakaro holds a UNICEF note book
35. Various shots, students writing in their notebooks at the school in Nahqi camp that’s out in the open
The sea of white tents amidst this scenic landscape is hard to miss. The most visible scar on a wounded, war ravaged valley.
This is the Nahqi camp in North West Pakistan’s conflict-hit Mohmand Agency home to more than 3,000 families displaced by the violence in the tribal region.
The fierce fighting between the army and militants intensified over the last few weeks, forcing children like Anwar to flee for their lives and seek shelter here.
Anwar’s father has been missing and their mother stayed back home to guard their belongings.
SOUNDBITE (Pashto) Anwar, 15 years old:
“My younger siblings have come with me. It is very cold and we are suffering. We want to go back to our home as soon as possible. Things were very bad in the village there was intense shelling and we had to leave. I am finding it very difficult to look after my younger brothers and sister. We feel miserable and want to go back.”
For these people, the ordeal doesn’t seem to end with their journey to safety.
Mandajo Jan is here with her orphaned grandchildren. She says keeping the children warm in sub-zero temperatures is a battle in itself.
UNICEF has been working to alleviate the pain and suffering of the displaced by providing them with basic necessities like clean drinking water, food and sanitation facilities.
SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Muhammad Rafiq, FATA (Federally Administerd Tribal Areas) Specialist, UNICEF:
“The recent operation started by the security forces in this area which has displaced more than 5,000 families to this camp they’re really in a dire need of social services. We have already seen 13 positive polio cases from this area.”
Given the vulnerable situation, UNICEF has set up health centres where children are being vaccinated against polio and other diseases.
Arshed is getting his first polio drops. His mother explains that vaccination teams were unable to visit their hometown for the past two years due to the escalating violence.
But today, they have some consolation in knowing that help is at hand.
Children who have been traumatized by years of conflict are now discovering a new world.
Many have never known a life without the sound of gunshots. Nine-year-old Naghmana has never been to school.
Now she’s learning to read and write with the hope that one day, she will able to express herself and share her story.
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