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SOUTH SUDAN / BOR ELIZABETH JOSEPH

The story of Elizabeth Joseph, mother of nine, who fled to the UNMISS compound in Bor after her husband was killed in the fighting. “My stay here is like a prisoner, because I cannot go out. We don’t really know for how long this will continue and we do not know how our lives would be.” UNMISS
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STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / BOR ELIZABETH JOSEPH
TRT: 2:32
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ARABIC / NATS

DATELINE: 07 FEBRUARY 2014, BOR, SOUTH SUDAN

1. Wide shot, protection of civilian area in Bor
2. Wide shot, water point
3. Close up, water pipes
4. Shot, Elizabeth fetching water
5. Med shot, a child sitting
6. Med shot, Elizabeth outside her make shift tent
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Elizabeth Joseph, IDP in Bor:
“On the 17th when the crisis broke out in town we thought it was a simple Political issue. But now the civilian who is not carrying any gun is coming to the UN camp for protection. That is the reason we came here for protection.”
8. Wide shot, people walking
9. Med shot, Elizabeth preparing food
10. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Elizabeth Joseph, IDP in Bor:
“Since December we have not received our salaries, but those who run to Juba got their salaries. We don’t have any money and the UN gave us this flour, but the children refuse to eat it because they are used to drinking milk. Now, they are frustrated.”
11.Med shot. Elizabeth cooking
12. Close up, cooking pot
13. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Elizabeth Joseph, IDP in Bor:
“My stay here is like a prisoner, because I cannot go out. We don’t really know for how long this will continue and we do not know how our lives would be.”
14. Med shot, children walking
15. Wide shot, children
16. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Elizabeth Joseph, IDP in Bor:
“My appeal to this organization is to help us find a solution because as a civilian we don’t know for sure how long the crisis will last. But my main appeal is to end the crisis in order to save our children; they are our future generation. “
17. Wide shot, children

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Storyline

When shooting started in the Jonglei State capital Bor, Elizabeth Joseph thought it would soon calm down. It did not. It continued unbearably and soon, civilians in the town were being killed. These included Elizabeth’s husband and his friend, who were killed in front of their house.

Elizabeth grabbed her nine children and fled to UNMISS where thousands of civilians were headed to seek protection.

SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Elizabeth Joseph IDP in Bor:
“On the 17th when the crisis broke out in town we thought it was a simple Political issue. But now the civilian who is not carrying any gun is coming to the UN camp for protection. That is the reason we came here for protection.”

Life in the UNMISS protection area is safe, but for people like Elizabeth who had a good job and salary in a government office in Bor and lived in a decent, comfortable home, it is a far cry from the life she knew before. It’s harder for her children, who used to attend one of the best schools in town.

“The children are not used to this kind of life,” said Elizabeth. “They used to go to school, eat healthy food and were play freely in our neighborhood.”

SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Elizabeth Joseph, IDP in Bor:
“Since December we have not received our salaries, but those who run to Juba got their salaries. We don’t have any money and the UN gave us this flour, but the children refuse to eat it because they are used to drinking milk. Now, they are frustrated.”

Elizabeth’s story is just one of many that show the real price of conflict in South Sudan. Lives have been disrupted, hope has been shattered. Elizabeth could go back to her house which is just a stone-throw away from the protection site, but she is worried for her life. Some boys from the camp were killed when they went outside.

It is not easy. Often times, Elizabeth feels frustrated, angry unhappy and helpless.

SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Elizabeth Joseph, IDP in Bor:
“My stay here is like a prisoner, because I cannot go out. We don’t really know for how long this will continue and we do not know how our lives would be.”

Her only resort, right now it seems, is to appeal to the UN.

SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Elizabeth Joseph IDP in Bor:
“My appeal to this organization is to help us find a solution because as a civilian we don’t know for sure how long the crisis will last. But my main appeal is to end the crisis in order to save our children; they are our future generation.”

Almost 750,000 people are displaced. At least 743,400 people are internally displaced, with 85,200 seeking physical protection within United Nations peacekeeping mission compounds. An additional 130,400 South Sudanese have fled to neighboring countries.

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