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At a press conference in South Sudan’s capital Juba, the head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the country David Shearer, released a new report detailing the stories of those who have benefited from the 140 projects completed since 2011 at a cost of US$7.5 million. The projects include rehabilitating schools and hospitals, building safehouses for women exposed to domestic violence as well as repairing police stations and courthouses to strengthen the judicial system. UNMISS
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STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / QUICK IMPACT PROJECTS
TRT: 1:26
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH /NATS

DATELINE: 11 DECEMBER 2018, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN /FILE

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11 DECEMBER 2018, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN

1. Various shots, press conference
2. SOUNDBITE (English) David Shearer, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for South Sudan:
“We all know, and have seen first-hand, the immense suffering caused by the conflict. Many of the basic services that people need to survive and to thrive have been destroyed. The projects are designed to improve living conditions so that those who have been displaced can return home to live safely and with dignity and to bring communities together in the pursuit of peace.”
3. Various shots, presser
4. SOUNDBITE (English) David Shearer, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for South Sudan:
“While UNMISS pays for the projects, we partner with community-based or non-governmental organizations to complete them which also empowers local people, provides jobs and injects money into the economy.”

FILE - 10 AUGUST 2017, MUNUKI, SOUTH SUDAN

5. Wide shot, woman carrying water
6. Close up, fetching water from the well
7. Wide shot,, woman cooking
8. Tilt down, water tank
9. Med sot, women fetching water from the pump
10. Tilt up, fetching water

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At a press conference in South Sudan’s capital Juba, the head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the country David Shearer, released a new report detailing the stories of those who have benefited from the 140 projects completed since 2011 at a cost of US$7.5 million. The projects include rehabilitating schools and hospitals, building safehouses for women exposed to domestic violence as well as repairing police stations and courthouses to strengthen the judicial system.

Shearer said “we all know, and have seen first-hand, the immense suffering caused by the conflict. Many of the basic services that people need to survive and to thrive have been destroyed.”

He said that the Quick Impact Projects, known as QUIPS, “are designed to improve living conditions so that those who have been displaced can return home to live safely and with dignity and to bring communities together in the pursuit of peace.”

Special Representative explained that “while UNMISS pays for the projects, we partner with community-based or non-governmental organizations to complete them which also empowers local people, provides jobs and injects money into the economy.”

Villagers in Munuki used to have to draw water by hand from a well that was often contaminated. Waterborne diseases like cholera were rife. The lack of clean water also caused tension between the community and nearby internally displaced families living on the outskirts of Juba, the capital of South Sudan.

The relationship and the residents’ health improved dramatically when UNMISS funded the drilling of a new water borehole as part of its Quick Impact Project program.

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