1. Med shot, Oumi grinding millet
2. Wide shot, Oumi and her family
3. Close up, Oumi's daughter
4. SOUNDBITE (Agustinan) Oumi, Sudanese refugee:
“I left my home because of the war and the fighting. While we were living there we had goats, sheep, cattle. We were farmers. We left everything behind when we ran away. There was infantry, artillery, shooting in the village and a lot of bombardments from planes.”
5. Med shot, Oumi entering a tent
6. Med shot, Oumi feeding her children
7. Various shots, refugees walking
8. Med shot, Oumi preparing some food
9. SOUNDBITE (Agustinan) Oumi, Sudanese refugee:
“We walked through the bush, we didn't follow a road. My husband started to feel bad. He felt so stressed having lost everything. He was thinking about it. He was feeling bad about not being able to take care of the children. He died under one tree on the way.”
10. Med shot, Oumi and her children
11. SOUNDBITE (Agustinan) Oumi, Sudanese refugee:
“When my husband died we left him under the tree. Up to now I still think about and wonder if his body has been eaten by dogs or vultures or hyenas.”
12. Med shot, Oumi preparing the food
13. Various shots, refugees at UN distribution centre
14. Med shot, Oumi tending the fire

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Oumi’s mind drifts to a time gone by, to the ordeals and pains she faced in recent months.

Oumi is from Sudan and now she is a refugee in Yusuf Batil, South Sudan.

SOUNDBITE (Agustinan) Oumi, Sudanese refugee:
“I left my home because of the war and the fighting. While we were living there we had goats, sheep, cattle, we were farmers. We left everything behind when we ran away. There was infantry, artillery, shooting in the village and a lot of bombardments from planes.”

She, her husband and children were on the move for three months. Oumi says that at times they only had leaves to eat. She had no milk for her infant. And another baby was born on the way.

Over 100 Sudanese refugees arrive in this region every day conflict at home and accompanying food shortages give them no choice. They now number over 200,000.

For Oumi, the displacement was particularly tragic.

SOUNDBITE (Agustinan) Oumi, Sudanese refugee:
“We walked through the bush, we didn't follow a road. My husband started to feel bad. He felt so stressed having lost everything. He was thinking about it. He was feeling bad about not being able to take care of the children. He died under a tree on the way.”

Her husband’s death has left Oumi alone to care for her children, but it also left her with a lingering doubt.

SOUNDBITE (Agustinan) Oumi, Sudanese refugee:
“When my husband died we left him under the tree. Up to now I still think about and wonder if his body has been eaten by dogs or vultures or hyenas.”

A haunting thought, but Oumi says she must focus on her children.

Like hundreds of other refugees here UNHCR provides a lifeline to survival. It distributes supplies, other agencies food, others medical care.

And so Oumi looks forward, to the tasks ahead, to surviving. Her life is here she says. At least for now.