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STORY: KENYA / REFUGEES SHELTER PROJECT
TRT: 1:45
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNHCR ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH /NATS
DATELINE: 30 JUNE – 2 AUGUST 2019, KALOBEYEI SETTLEMENT, KENYA
1. Aerial shot, settlement
2. Wide shot, men building house
3. Close up, hands using a handheld ATM card machine
4. Med shot, women in a market
5. Wide shot, people walking in settlement
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Moffat Kamau, Senior Cash Based Intervention, UNHCR:
“The refugees will be able to buy materials from any supplier. Most of the suppliers currently are the host community and also the masons are both the refugees and the host community.”
7. Various shots, people building a house
8. Close up, hands receiving cash from a mobile money agent
9. Wide shot, Florence walking towards her house
10. Close up, Florence removing shoes
11. UPSOUND (English) Florence Idiongo, South Sudanese refugee:
“This is my bed and this bed s for my children. So, really, I am very happy in my house.”
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Florence Idiongo, South Sudanese refugee:
“You can buy clothes for the children and you can also buy a mattress, chairs, curtains inside there and you will feel okay, as now, people relax.”
13. Close up, local Turkana woman and a Somali refugee sitting together
14. Med shot, group of local Turkana women and Somali refugees sitting together
15. Med shot, Florence attending to a baby at the hospital
16. Close up, Florence and a baby
In a shift from the traditional refugee camp planning process, the UN refugee agency UNHCR uses cash assistance to help refugees find more durable solutions such as integration with the host community through its “The Cash for Shelter” project
Since starting the project in 2018, UNHCR has provided refugees in Kalobeyei settlement with cash through regular bank accounts for constructing durable and permanent shelters, to ensure safe and dignified housing while reducing dependency on aid, furthering refugees’ financial inclusion through access to banking services and addressing protection concerns.
SOUNDBITE (English) Moffat Kamau, Senior Cash Based Intervention, UNHCR:
“The refugees will be able to buy materials from any supplier. Most of the suppliers currently are the host community and also the masons are both the refugees and the host community.”
Twenty-five-year-old Florence Idiongo fled South Sudan in 2016 and for two years she and her twelve dependents lived in a plastic tent in Kalobeyei settlement. Conditions were extremely difficult here but thanks to UNHCR’s Cash for Shelter project, she was able to build two permanent houses for her extended family.
SOUNDBITE (English) Florence Idiongo, South Sudanese refugee:
“You can buy clothes for the children and you can also buy a mattress, chairs, curtains inside there and you will feel okay, as now, people relax.”
The project also provides value for money as refugees build the permanent shelters at 11-14 per cent lower costs than the partner agencies. Refugees have ownership of the construction process and they collaborate with their neighbours to build a compound of shelters consisting of 12 to 14 shelters in an average of 22 days. This efficient and effective use of funds allows refugees to spend the remaining money on home improvements or other basic needs, benefitting the local economy and improving social coexistence.
