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HAITI / RELOCATION OF IDPS
STORY: HAITI / RELOCATION OF IDPS
TRT: 3.22
SOURCE: MINUSTAH
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: CREOLE / NATS
DATELINE: 11NOVEMBER 2011, PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI
1. Med shot, Nicole Joseph arranging personal belongings
2. Wide shot, shelter of Nicole Joseph
3. Close up, book
4. Med shot, daughter of Nicole reading in the tent
5. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Nicole Joseph, IDP:
“I didn’t sleep during the night, because I was afraid. When the sun arose, it got very hot in the tent. We got infections; the children had pimples on their skin. Also girls got raped; robbers destroyed the tents in order to take away all we have. I am so happy to go back home!”
6. Med shot, interior IDP camp Place Boyer
7. Med shot, IDP in the camp Place Boyer
8. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Claire-Lydie Parent, Mayor of Petion Ville, Port-au-Prince:
“When the financial help arrived, IOM managed it. We continued the activities that we were doing. The new government has a program called 16/6, fortunately many of our areas could benefit from this project. This is the reason why we are moving on with the relocation work at Place St. Pierre in Petion Ville."
9. Wide shot, Mayor’s office Petion Ville
10. Med shot, landlords lining up to receive rent payment
11. Tilt down, IOM project Assistant
12. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Melissa Vaval, IOM Project Assistant
“Today the house owners receive their pin with which they can get the money from the bank. Then, the beneficiaries, those who are living at the moment under the tents, will dismantle their tents. They will also receive a voucher and money to leave the tent.”
13. Med shot, landlords signing contract for one year rent
14. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Itrankel Dieujust, Home Owner:
“The authorities called me in order to identify me and to give access to my house for the new tenant. They will pay me the rent of 12 months for the new tenant. “
15. Wide shot, car in a street near the IDP Camp Place Boyer
16. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Claire-Lydie Parent, Mayor of Petion Ville, Port-au-Prince:
“The relocation that we are doing today helps the IDP’s to find an apartment and to get assistance even afterwards when they are in the new house. I think it’s a good sign; this is a real support of the international community. It’s also a good sign for the Haitians to better understand the help they receive coming from the international community.”
17. Med shot, Nicole arriving in the new house
18. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Nicole Joseph, IDP:
“I am going to put all in order like it was before when I was in my previous house. I am going to install a wardrobe. I will do my house so beautiful!”
19. Nicole’s children playing in the new house
20. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Luca Jeune, Nicole Joseph’s Son
“I feel good because I am not any longer under a tent. I am at home I am very glad, I am at ease, under the tent it was hot, and it was dirty. Now I feel well!”
21. Med shot, Nicole’s child helping his mother to arrange the new house
After having spent almost two years in the Place Boyer Camp in Petion Ville, these are the last moments in Nicole’s and her children’s life under a tent.
They had fled to this camp after the earthquake that wrecked the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince in January 2010. Nicole’s previous home in Morne Lazarre was badly cracked during the tremor and declared unsafe.
What Nicole leaves behind are memories of an extremely difficult life.
SOUNDBITE (Creole) Nicole Joseph, IDP:
“I didn’t sleep during the night, because I was afraid. When the sun arose, it got very hot in the tent. We got infections; the children had pimples on their skin. Also girls got raped; robbers destroyed the tents in order to take away all we have. I am so happy to go back home!”
Nicole shared her tent with ten other people. More than 4,000 people lived in Place Boyer, where there has also been a high incidence of cholera.
Resettling of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) started at the end of September. At the moment there are still around 700 people remaining in the camp.
The Mayor of Petion Ville’s relocation project is financed by USAID and managed by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).
SOUNDBITE (Creole) Claire-Lydie Parent, Mayor of Petion Ville, Port-au-Prince:
“When the financial help arrived, IOM managed it. We continued the activities that we were doing. The new government has a program called 16/6, fortunately many of our areas could benefit from this project. This is the reason why we are moving on with the relocation work at Place St. Pierre in Petion Ville. “
The Relocation of IDPs is done within the framework of a project called “16/6” involving 6 camps and the rehabilitation of 16 districts in the capital. IOM determines whether houses are safe, afterwards interested tenants go and visit these places. In the case they agree with the owner, the contract is signed.
SOUNDBITE (Creole) Melissa Vaval, IOM Project Assistant
“Today the house owners receive their pin with which they can get the money from the bank. Then, the beneficiaries, those who are living at the moment under the tents, will dismantle their tents. They will also receive a voucher and money to leave the tent.”
On average, an owner receives 12,000 Gourdes (us$300) for a one year rental of a room.
SOUNDBITE (Creole) Itrankel Dieujust, Home Owner:
“The authorities called me in order to identify me and to give access to my house for the new tenant. They will pay me the rent of 12 months for the new tenant. “
The authorities are so far satisfied with the relocation process.
SOUNDBITE (Creole) Claire-Lydie Parent, Mayor of Petion Ville, Port-au-Prince:
“The relocation that we are doing today helps the IDP’s to find an apartment and to get assistance even afterwards when they are in the new house. I think it’s a good sign; this is a real support of the international community. It’s also a good sign for the Haitians to better understand the help they receive coming from the international community.”
Nicole and her children are on their way to go to their new residence in Peguy Ville, another community of Port-au-Prince. She received 1,000 Gourdes (us$25) for the moving. A new life has begun for her and her children.
SOUNDBITE (Creole) Nicole Joseph, IDP:
“I am going to put all in order like it was before when I was in my previous house. I am going to install a wardrobe. I will do my house so beautiful!”
SOUNDBITE (Creole) Luca Jeune, Nicole Joseph’s Son
“I feel good because I am not any longer under a tent. I am at home I am very glad, I am at ease, under the tent it was hot, and it was dirty. Now I feel well!”
The main challenge now for Nicole is to find work, so that when the year expires, she will be able to pay the rent and remain in her new house together with the family.
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