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NORTHERN IRAQ / TRANSIT CAMP
STORY: NORTHERN IRAQ / TRANSIT CAMP
TRT: 2.28
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: FRENCH / KISWAHILI / NATS
DATELINE: 17 AUGUST 2014, BADJET-KANDELA, NORTHERN IRAQ
1. Wide shot, camp
2. Various shots, people inside the camp
3. Pan right, UNHCR field officer, Bahzad Amin walking
4. Wide shot, UNHCR field officer, Bahzad Amin walking
5. Various shots, Bahzad Amin visiting a new-born baby
6. UPSOUND (Kurdish) Bahzad Amin, UNHCR Field Officer:
“We are the filed team. How long have you been here? One week?”
7. Med shot, Bahzad Amin leaving the tent
8. UPSOUND (Kurdish) Bahzad Amin, UNHCR Field Officer:
“This is all just to make the process of getting assistance for you faster. Okay brother, thank you so much.”
9. Various shots, food distribution from a lorry
10. Wide shot, road digger machine arriving to the scene
11. Med shot, child holding tent
12. Med shot, Amin walking towards machines to observe the work on the sewage system
13. Various shots, workers digging sewage system
14. UPSOUND (English) Bahzad Amin, UNHCR Field Officer:
“This is a very urgent need for the families after we relocate the families. We have 612 families relocated here as of today, so we are trying to manage better the basic facilities, water delivery, latrines installation and so on.”
15. Wide shot, men working on sewage system
16. Various shots, Bahzad Amin talking to workers
17. UPSOUND (Kurdish) Bahzad Amin, UNHCR Field Officer:
“Regarding these concrete plots.”
18. UPSOUND (Kurdish) Bahzad Amin, UNHCR Field Officer:
“Tomorrow morning we are going to do the concrete”
19. Wide shot, women sitting by the tent
20. Close up, baby being washed
21. Wide shot, women sitting by the tent
22. SOUNDBITE (Kurdish) Bahzad Amin, UNHCR Field Officer:
“There are nine family (members), they spent about 10 days on Sinjar mountain, they told me they left everything behind.”
23. Wide shot, lady pouring water out of tent
24. Med shot, elderly displaced man walking
25. Various shots, young boy having his hair cut on the street
26. Wide shot, women carrying water
The Badjet Kandela camp was empty at the end of July. Today it has a population of more than 11 thousand Iraqis. The former transit camp for Syrian refugees is being reconfigured and expanded to meet the needs of a rapidly expanding displaced Iraqi population.
Just 10 days ago, the camp was half its current size. The camp has been expanded rapidly to meet the latest influx. A thousand tents have been pitched in the past two weeks.
The fighting in Iraq has pushed the number of displaced in Iraq’s Northern Kurdistan region to more than 600 thousand people. As many take temporary residence in unfinished buildings and makeshift shelters, aid agencies are working around the clock to complete tented camps and other options to meet the demand of the latest influx.
Bahzad is one of UNHCR’s field officers in charge of the camp, he is here every day to monitor progress.
His first stop today is to welcome one of the newest camp arrivals.
UPSOUND (Kurdish) Bahzad Amin, UNHCR Field Officer:
“We are the filed team. How long have you been here? One week?”
An infant born two days ago.
The desert conditions are tough on fragile new-borns.
UPSOUND (Kurdish) Bahzad Amin, UNHCR Field Officer:
“This is all just to make the process of getting assistance for you faster. Okay brother, thank you so much.”
Families who fled Sinjar and surrounding areas arrive with nothing. They moved in as tents were going up.
Distributions take place daily to ensure there is enough food and water for everyone.
Next stop for Bahzad is to check on water and sanitation facilities.
UPSOUND (English) Bahzad Amin, UNHCR Field Officer:
“This is a very urgent need for the families after we relocate the families. We have 612 families relocated here as of today, so we are trying to manage better the basic facilities, water delivery, latrines installation and so on.”
It’s a work in progress. By the end of the week 400 families will be sharing 100 latrines.
UPSOUND (Kurdish) Bahzad Amin, UNHCR Field Officer:
“Regarding these concrete plots.”
UPSOUND (Kurdish) Bahzad Amin, UNHCR Field Officer:
“Tomorrow morning we are going to do the concrete”
The families here share similar tragic stories of long journeys and deep loss.
SOUNDBITE (Kurdish) Bahzad Amin, UNHCR Field Officer:
“There are nine family (members), they spent about 10 days on Sinjar mountain, they told me they left everything behind.”
This camp is one of four currently being set up by UNHCR and its partners in this part of Iraq. More are being planned.
Families living in make shift shelters in places nearby will soon be able to have a more secure and comfortable shelter.
A small step to alleviating the pain and suffering they have endured in past days.
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