DR CONGO / DISPLACED

The recent fighting in Democratic Republic of the Congo’s North Kivu province displaced tens of thousands of civilians who are seeking help in camps like Mugunga I. UNHCR

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:50
• Production Date: 13 December 2012
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES - UNHCR
• Subject Topical: HUMANITARIAN RELIEF; REFUGEES; DISPLACED PERSONS
• Geographic Subject: DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
• MAMS Id: U121213e

Description

STORY: DR CONGO / DISPLACED
TRT: 1.50
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: FRENCH / KISWAHILI / NATS

DATELINE: 6 DECEMBER 2012, MUGUNGA IDP CAMP, GOMA

Shotlist

1. Various shots, crowds at IDP camp
2. Med shot, three people with distraught expressions
3. Close up, IDP children
4. Med shot, IDP women running
5. Various shots, Furaha and Antovette walking
6. Close up, Antovette's baby crying
7. Med shot, Antovette and Furaha sitting with their children
8. Close up, Furaha's sad expression
9. Close up, IPD child
10. SOUNDBITE (Kiswahili) Dusabe Antovette, Displaced Person:
“When they attack they would ask for our telephones, clothes and even carried away our goats. Every day they attack us.”
11. Close up, Furaha crying
12. SOUNDBITE (Kiswahili) Nyamfura Furaha, Displaced Person:
“We have been staying hungry, sleeping hungry and even our children are about to die of hunger. We have been feeding them on water alone.”
13. Med shot, camp President talking to new arrivals
14. SOUNDBITE (French) Paustin Mahoro, Camp Leader:
“In brief I can say that the IDPs who are arriving here have problems finding any kind of shelter or hut.”
15. Wide shot, IDP child walking in the rain
16. Wide shot, makeshift shelter
17. SOUNDBITE (Kiswahili) Muhoro Emeranse, Displaced Person:
“We can’t sleep well here. It’s too cold with nothing to cover. We have nothing to feed our children.”
18. Wide shot, camp
19. Close up, young man
20. Wide shot, IPDs walking in the rain
21. Close up, child eating
22. Wide shot, Antovette and Furaha sitting with their children

Storyline

Twelve kilometres west of Goma town in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Mugunga I camp holds 30,000 internally displaced people (IDPs).

Hope is not easily found here.

Some people have gone days without food and women spend most of their time struggling to feed their families.

Still people arrive every day.

Dusabe Antovette came to Mugunga I with her sister in-law Nyamfura.

After their village was attacked by armed rebels, they took a few belongings and hid in a nearby bush with their 16 children.

They don’t know where their husbands are, or if they are even alive. They walked ten days in the bush to get here.

SOUNDBITE (Kiswahili) Dusabe Antovette, Displaced Person:
“When they attack they would ask for our telephones, clothes and even carried away our goats. Every day they attack us.”

The challenge here is surviving.

SOUNDBITE (Kiswahili) Nyamfura Furaha, Displaced Person:
“We have been staying hungry, sleeping hungry and even our children are about to die of hunger. We have been feeding them on water alone.”

The camp leader says he is overwhelmed by the influx.

SOUNDBITE (French) Paustin Mahoro, Camp Leader:
“In brief I can say that the IDPs who are arriving here have problems finding any kind of shelter or hut.”

The rainy season only aggravates the situation. Shelters for the new arrivals are makeshift and bare.

SOUNDBITE (Kiswahili) Muhoro Emeranse, Displaced Person:
“We can’t sleep well here. It’s too cold with nothing to cover. We have nothing to feed our children.”

A precarious calm is returning to Goma town.

The recent take-over and then withdrawal of M23 rebels leaves life very uncertain for those who have been so often terrorized and displaced.

The conflict in this area of DRC has lasted on and off for 17 years.