SOUTH SUDAN / IDP CAMP MISSING CHILDREN

When the shooting started in Juba last month, Mary Nyapel, was sleeping in her house near the national army’s headquarters in the capital. A few hours later, her husband was killed in front of her and her five children. Some of them ran away. UNMISS

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Production Date: 24 January 2014
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN SOUTH SUDAN – UNMISS
• Subject Topical: PEACE AND SECURITY; REFUGEES; DISPLACED PERSONS
• Geographic Subject: SOUTH SUDAN
• MAMS Id: U140124d

Description

STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / IDP CAMP MISSING CHILDREN
TRT: 1:31
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/ NUER/ NATS

DATELINE: JANUARY 24, 2014, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN

Shotlist

1. Wide shot, crowded protection area at UNMISS camp
2. Med shot, children
3. Wide shot, water point
4. Med shot, group of children
5. Med shot, Marry Nyapel and family
6. SOUNDBITE(Nuer) Marry Nyapel,IDP:
“My husband was killed in front of our children, when the children saw this they run away from the house thinking that both of their parents (us) were killed. It was hard for our children to see the blood of their father."
7. Med shot, Bado Datar – UNMISS Child Protection Officer talking to some children
8. SOUNDBITE(English) Bado Datar, UNMISS Child Protection Officer:
“We are also involved in reunification of the children separated from their families; on family tracing we work closely with different partners on the ground the NGO’s and other humanitarian actors.”
9. Med shot, women and children
10. SOUNDBITE(Nuer) Marry Nyapel,IDP:
“After the killing of my husband, I spent 3 days without seeing my children, I did not know where they were, but a UNMISS staff brought me here and later on I was reunited with my children.”
11. Close up, cooking traditional food
12. Med shot, woman cooking

Storyline

When the shooting started in Juba last month, Mary Nyapel, was sleeping in her house near the national army’s headquarters in the capital. A few hours later, her husband was dead.

SOUNDBITE (Nuer) Marry Nyapel,IDP:
“My husband was killed in front of our children, when the children saw this they run away from the house thinking that both of their parents (us) were killed. It was hard for our children to see the blood of their father."

Marry survived, but with injuries to both legs.

SOUNDBITE(Nuer) Marry Nyapel,IDP:
“After the killing of my husband, I spent 3 days without seeing my children, I did not know where they were, but a UNMISS staff brought me here and later on I was reunited with my children.”

According to a UNICEF report from 5 January, 210 separated or unaccompanied children had been identified in UN camps in Juba. While most of them have been reunited with their families the report noted that there were 87 cases of missing children.

The UN mission (UNMISS), UNICEF and the non-governmental organization, “Non-Violent Peace Force” are working together to respond to different child protection challenges.

SOUNDBITE (English) Bado Datar, UNMISS Child Protection Officer:
“We are also involved in reunification of the children separated from their families, on family tracing we work closely with different partners on the ground the NGO’s and other humanitarian actors.”

UNMISS and UNICEF also organized an advocacy programme this week to raise awareness on issues of recruiting children into armed forces and reporting on grave child rights violations.