SOMALIA / FAMINE EXODUS

One quarter of Somalia's people has been uprooted by decades of war and the worst drought in 60 years and now famine has just been declared in the south. More than 160,000 Somalis have fled into the region so far this year, but 1.5 million others do not have the means to go so far. UNHCR

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:14
• Production Date: 20 July 2011
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES - UNHCR
• Subject Topical: REFUGEES; DISPLACED PERSONS
• Geographic Subject: SOMALIA
• MAMS Id: U110720f

Description

STORY: SOMALIA / FAMINE EXODUS
TRT: 1.14
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: SOMALI / NATS

DATELINE: 18 JULY 2011, GALKAYO, SOMALIA

Shotlist

1. Pan left, settlement in Galkayo, Somalia
2. Various shots, woman making makeshift shelter
3. Med shot, Tukaay Siyaadow Isaak, internally displaced Somali
4. SOUNDIBTE (Somali) Tukaay Siyaadow Isaak, Internally Displaced Somali:
“Our livelihood depended on the rain. And the rain stopped. The livestock and whatever else we had, died because of the drought. How can we survive? So we ran for our own survival.” 5. Various shots, woman making makeshift shelter
6. SOUNDBITE (Somali) Tukaay Siyaadow Isaak, Internally Displaced Somali:
“We just followed our destiny to come here. And we now depend on aid from others.” 7. Med shot, group of children

Storyline

Somalia is a country on the move – with one quarter of its people uprooted by decades of war and the worst drought in 60 years. Now famine has just been declared in the south. More than 160,000 Somalis have fled into the region so far this year. But 1.5 million others do not have the means to go so far. Stuck within the country, they run in different directions – towards food, to where there is relative peace. Tukaay fled Baidoia in central Somalia with eight children in tow.

SOUNDIBTE (Somali) Tukaay Siyaadow Isaak, Internally Displaced Somali:
“Our livelihood depended on the rain. And the rain stopped. The livestock and whatever else we had, died because of the drought. How can we survive? So we ran for our own survival.” They travelled for 20 days and 600 km for this – a life patched together by cardboard. Home is now a makeshift tent in

Galkayo, in Bulo Kontrol settlement for internally displaced people.

SOUNDBITE (SOMALI) Tukaay Siyaadow Isaak, Internally Displaced Somali:

“We just followed our destiny to come here. And we now depend on aid from others.”

UNHCR is increasing aid deliveries within Somalia. But without a breakthrough in security and funding, hungry and war-weary Somalis will continue to move.