COTE D’IVOIRE / DISPLACED

With the recent post election violence in Cote d'Ivoire, hundreds of thousands of people fled their homes. In Duekoue, many have found shelter in the Catholic mission where it is overcrowded with more than 28,000 people, many afraid to go back home. UNICEF

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:14
• Production Date: 6 May 2011
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND - UNICEF
• Subject Topical: PEACE AND SECURITY; HUMANITARIAN RELIEF; REFUGEES; DISPLACED PERSONS
• Geographic Subject: COTE D'IVOIRE
• MAMS Id: U110506b

Description

STORY: COTE D’IVOIRE / DISPLACED
TRT: 2:14
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: FRENCH

DATELINE: 1 -5 MAY 2011, NIAMBLY, DUEKOUE, LIGALEU, COTE D’IVOIRE

Shotlist

4 MAY 2011, DUEKOUE, COTE D’IVOIRE

1. Med shot, UN chopper flying

1 MAY 2011, NIAMBLY, COTE D’IVOIRE

2. Med shot, woman and man walking shot through a shattered sign
3. Pan left, destroyed houses in the village

3 MAY 2011, DUEKOUE, COTE D’IVOIRE

4. Med shot, people inside Catholic Mission guarded by UN peacekeepers
5. Med shot, people lined waiting for distribution
6. Close up, people waiting in line
7. Pan left, people waiting in line, UN HCR tents at the back
8. Med shot, Beatrice sitting down under the tent in the middle of her children
9. Pan right, Beatrice’s children
10. SOUNDBITE (French) Beatrice Maho, mother of 9, displaced:
“If we’re lucky we have someone who comes by and present their condolences and give us a little money that I give to my children to eat. Most of the time, we spend here on the floor mat, we try and make a living but we have nothing to eat.”
11. Med shot, young children waiting in line
12. Tilt up, ACF personnel weighing a young girl
13. Med shot, ACF personnel measuring young boy’s arm
14. Med shot, ACF personnel serving nutritional porridge to young children
15. SOUNDBITE (French) Jean Herman Boue, ACF’s canteen supervisor:
“It’s unfortunately not enough. We would like to complete this porridge portion with some fruits but with the situation here we can’t find any in the city market. We’d like to give children more for their well being.”

DANANE, COTE D’IVOIRE, MAY 4th 2011

16. Wide shot, people in the camp
17. Med shot, people around the kitchen area doing the washing up and showering
18. Tilt up, UNICEF’s 5000 liters bladder
19. Close up, young girl showering

LIGALEU, COTE D’IVOIRE, MAY 4th 2011

20. Pan right, ACF car driving and parking in the village
21. Med shot, villagers walking towards gathering area
22. Pan left, villagers waiting for ACF’s personnel to distribute the hygiene kits
23. Med shot, man carrying down UNICEF labelled cartons of supplies
24. Tilt up, hygiene kit with soaps basin to man holding bucket giving good practice counselling
25. SOUNDBITE (French) Odilon Clement Hounmavo, Distribution supervisor, ACF: “There was a sanitation issue prior to the crisis in those villages, the increase of the population exacerbates those issues.”
26. Tilt down, village

4 MAY 2011, DANANE, COTE D’IVOIRE

27. Close up, young girl in front of UNICEF built latrines

Storyline

With the recent post election violence in Cote d’Ivoire, hundreds of thousands of people had to flee their homes.

In Duekoue in Western Cote d’Ivoire, many have found shelter in the Catholic Mission.

Today, the place is overcrowded, with more than 28 000 people who have come here to get away from the ongoing violence.

Most of them are still afraid to go back home.

Among the displaced is Beatrice, who lost her husband in the violence. She now lives alone in the camp with her nine children.

SOUNDBITE (French) Beatrice Maho, mother of 9, displaced:
“If we’re lucky we have someone who comes by and present their condolences and give us a little money that I give to my children to eat. Most of the time, we spend here on the floor mat, we try and make a living but we have nothing to eat.”

Here, more than 2,500 children under five are in need of assistance.

UNICEF’s partner Action Contre la Faim (ACF) monitors children’s health and provides them with a portion of nutritional porridge everyday day.

SOUNDBITE (French) Jean Herman Boue, ACF’s canteen supervisor:
“It’s unfortunately not enough. We would like to complete this porridge portion with some fruits but with the situation here we can’t find any in the city market. We’d like to give children more for their well being.”

Health and sanitation is another top priority. UNICEF works to ensure hygiene standards are met, cleaning hands with chlorine after the toilet and providing clean water to the displaced.

In the town of Danane, 150 kilometers north of Duekoue, UNICEF and its partners have built latrines and provide clean and drinkable water.

UNICEF is also providing aid in remote villages throughout the region. In Ligaleu, close to the Liberian border, displaced villagers have recently returned to find their houses almost completely empty, except for people from neighboring villages who are taking shelter in them.

To help families that have lost everything, ACF brings hygiene kits right to their doorsteps and provides information on hygiene practice.

SOUNDBITE (French) Odilon Clement Hounmavo, Distribution supervisor, ACF: “There was a sanitation issue prior to the crisis in those villages, the increase of the population exacerbates those issues.”

Even though the crisis is receding in Cote d’Ivoire, many people are still hiding in remote areas, making them very hard to reach for humanitarian organizations.