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STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / IDP CAMP FLOODING
TRT: 2.23
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / DINKA / NATS
DATELINE: 16 -18 MAY 2014, MINGKAMAN, SOUTH SUDAN
16 MAY 2014, MINGKAMAN, SOUTH SUDAN
1. Wide shot, distribution centre at Mingkaman Camp
2. Wide shot, tents surrounded by rain water
3. Various shots, children playing in pools of water around IDP tents
4. Close up, Rebecca Diang Achiek, displaced person, undressing her grand-daughter
5. Various shots, Rebecca preparing to bath her granddaughter
6. Various shots, Rebecca bathing her grand-daughter
7. Med shot, Rebecca walking out of her tent
8. SOUNDBITE (Dinka) Rebecca Diang Achiek, Displaced Person:
“People dump garbage in the water and it starts to smell. We are worried that the children and I might get sick. There are mosquitoes here as well.”
9. Various shots, young people walking though water
10. Wide shot, people in flooded field
11. Wide shot, woman washing clothes in rain water
12. Med shot, baby sleeping
13. Wide shot, Panchol Garang Kwech talking to woman
14. SOUNDBITE (Dinka) Panchol Garang Kwech, Displaced Person:
“The first problem is the lack of proper latrines. The rains have made things much worse. My children have to walk very far just to go to the toilet. I am very concerned about their safety.”
15. Close up puddle
16. Med shot, girls jumping across puddle
18 MAY 2014, MINGKAMAN, SOUTH SUDAN
17. Various shots, Fehmi Kondirolli, UNHCR field officer helping displaced woman pack and carry plastic sheeting and bamboo poles
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Fehmi Kondirolli, UNHCR Field Officer:
“To the international community to support as soon as possible with the funds because the IDPs in Mingkaman are in a very bad situation and if rainy season comes the roads will be blocked, the assistance cannot be deployed to the population and they will be starving.”
16 MAY 2014, MINGKAMAN, SOUTH SUDAN
19. Various shots, people and animals in flooded camp
Nearly 100,000 people are living in cramped, overcrowded camps in Mingkaman, in Rivers State, South Sudan. Whenever it rains, tents become flooded causing already fragile sanitation conditions to worsen.
UNHCR and its partners are providing assistance to internally displaced people in remote areas like Mingkaman but much more needs to be done.
The conflict in the East African country has forced at least 1.2 million people to flee from their homes. Over 400,000 are seeking refuge in camps and UN bases across the country.
The camp is located in a low-lying area which floods every time it rains.
The past few months have been tough for 40-year-old, Rebecca Diang Achiek. She fled from Bor, a town about 20 kilometres away when fighting began.
She came to Mingkaman with her six children and her two-month-old grand-daughter.
Rebecca uses clean water from a well nearby to look after her family. But she is anxious about the stagnating flood water next to their tents.
SOUNDBITE (Dinka) Rebecca Diang Achiek, Displaced Person:
“People dump garbage in the water and it starts to smell. We are worried that the children and I might get sick. There are mosquitoes here as well.”
Mingkaman is over-crowded. The camp has one of the largest populations of internally displaced people in the country.
Aid agencies here are doing what they can. They have dug several wells and latrines.
But with so many people, providing everyone with basic necessities like clean water and sanitation is a challenge.
Panchol Garang Kwech has been living here since January.
SOUNDBITE (Dinka) Panchol Garang Kwech, Displaced Person:
“The first problem is the lack of proper latrines. The rains have made things much worse. My children have to walk very far just to go to the toilet. I am very concerned about their safety.”
Aid workers fear the poor sanitation conditions could trigger an outbreak of water borne diseases.
Fehmi Kondirolli is part of the UNHCR emergency response providing much needed aid in Mingkaman.
SOUNDBITE (Dinka) Fehmi Kondirolli, UNHCR Field Officer:
“To the international community to support as soon as possible with the funds because the IDPs in Mingkaman are in a very band situation and if rainy season comes the roads will be blocked, the assistance cannot be deployed to the population and they will be starving.”
UNHCR and its partners plan to move the displaced to a new location that has more improved amenities.
Panchol lost everything when he fled the conflict. He and his family hope that with better water and sanitation, they can begin to rebuild their lives.
