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STORY: SOMALIA / DROUGHT
TRT: 02:34
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / SOMALI / NATS
DATELINE: 10 APRIL 2017, BAIDOA / KISMAAYO, SOMALIA
10 APRIL 2017, BAIDOA, SOMALIA
1. Various shots, delegation speaking to internally displaced
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Peter de Clercq, Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, United Nations:
“We talked about how we can work together towards fighting the drought and to prevent a famine from happening, so as to enable the people get the type of assistance they deserve. We need the cooperation of South West authorities in terms of making sure that this camp is safe; that we can build toilets and latrines here in this camp. So we need that cooperation to work together towards fighting drought and the famine and the acute water diarrhoea and cholera situation.”
3. Wide shot, Baidoa Regional Hospital
4. Med shot, delegation entering hospital
5. Wide shot, patients in a ward
6. Med shot, Ging and de Clercq in hospital ward
7. SOUNDBITE (English) John Ging, Director of Operations, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs:
“There are now over 150,000 people that have newly been displaced in Baidoa because of the drought. So we have come from headquarters of United Nations, and international NGOs, to see the situation and then to rapidly support the response.”
8. Wide shot, elderly woman taking care of her mother
9. SOUNDBITE (Somali) Habiba Ahmed, Baidoa resident:
“This is my mother. She got sick at Goof Gaduud Shabellow. She was suffering from diarrhoea and vomiting. Her health situation is better than yesterday. We got good doctors, better medical check-up, chlorine and oral rehydration salts.”
10 APRIL 2017, KISMAAYO, SOMALIA
10. Wide shot, Kismaayo General Hospital
11. Med shot, mother caring for child in hospital
12. Close up, child
13. Wide shot, Barwaqo on hospital bed
14. Close up, hands
15. SOUNDBITE (Somali) Barwaqo Mohamed Ali, patient:
“I got sick with diarrhoea while looking after a sick child in the hospital. I was admitted in this ward. My health situation is better now. I was admitted suffering from diarrhoea and vomiting but now I am recovering.”
16. Various shots, patient sleeping on hospital bed
UN officials visited Monday (10 Apr) the Somali cities of Baidoa and Kismaayoto to assess the impact on people in the South West and Jubaland States which we hit hardest by the drought.
UN Humanitarian Office's Director of Operations John Ging said there were some 150,000 newly displaced people in Baidoa alone due to the drought. Along with UN humanitarian coordination for Somalia, Peter de Clercq, and other humanitarian organizations’ representatives, Ging met with Somali officials. Peter de Clercq said the meetings revolved around cooperation “towards fighting the drought and to prevent a famine from happening, so as to enable the people get the type of assistance they deserve.”
The delegation also met with internally displaced people in two camps and patients being treated for various drought related illnesses.
In Baidoa, the delegation met many recovering patients including Habiba Ahmed who talked about her mother’s plight. She said her mother was suffering from diarrhoea and vomiting but her health was improving.
At Kismaayo General Hospital the delegation heard from Barwaqo Mohamed Ali about how she fell ill while caring for a child.
Some 6.2 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance in Somalia, with over 700,000 in Jubaland State. Many of those people were displaced and found shelter in Kismaayo.
