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STORY: UNMISS / FLOOD SUPPORT
TRT: 06:46
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 22 JULY 2023, THONG, SOUTH SUDAN
1. Wide shot, local boat passing by
2. Med shot, peacekeepers on unloading boats from truck
3. Med shot, peacekeepers lined up watching boat being unloaded
4. Med shot, two peacekeepers pumping up boat
5. Close up, boot pressing pump - outside boat
6. Close up, boot pressing pump - inside boat
7. Med shot, Boat sliding into water
8. Wide-shot, peacekeepers getting into boats
9. Close up, peacekeeper holding UN flag
10. Med shot, Kids with UN flag
11. Close up, reeds on boat bow
12. Med shot, peacekeeper’s boat side on
13. Med shot, peacekeeper’s boat side on from behind with zoom to motor
14. Wide shot, peacekeeper’s boat passing by submerged powerline
15. Wide shot, peacekeeper’s boat front on through water
16. Close up, on peacekeeper in boat slight zoom to mid shot
17. Med shot, bow of peacekeeper’s boat with view of other peacekeeper’s boat
18. Med shot, peacekeeper fixing boat propeller in water
19. Mid shot, bow of boat going straight
20. Close up, passing submerged Tukul
21. Med shot, view of back of peacekeeper’s boat
22. Med shot, peacekeeper’s boat swerves to right
23. Wide shot, peacekeeper’s boat landing on shore with kids in foreground
24. Med shot, peacekeeper’s stopped on land
25. Wide shot, view of beach
26. Close up, returnees on truck
27. SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) Gatulak Shackdet, Thong resident, South Sudan
“Thong, Thong is a good area of arable land with a lot of community. But now after the water community are sitting idle, only doing river work in order to feed their young or feed the family.”
28. Med shot, peacekeepers walking into village
29. Med shot, peacekeepers walking into village front on
30. Med shot, peacekeeper fistbumping kid
31. Wide shot, SPLA-IO office with kids
32. SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) Gatulak Shackdet, Thong resident, South Sudan:
“That [flooding] is why you see the situation now. The community are eating only waterlily and fish which is not enough, even. There is no good food and the community are suffering. Indeed. In terms of for farming, they [people of Thong] don't have enough land to cultivate their crops. And that is the main issue for if there is a food, if there is food, things will be alright. But if there is no food, the community will stay in disarray.”
33.Wide shot, small area of land used to make charcoal
34. Med shot, fish cooking on fire
35. Close up, overview of fish cooking
36. Med shot, dried fish
37. SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) Gatulak Shackdet, Thong resident, South Sudan:
“We spent almost two year here. The community are requesting all the organizations to do their support in order to get something because the area there is a no cultivation. The area you see there is no enough land to cultivate the crops.”
38. Wide shot, kids and peacekeeper
39. Med shot, kids holding babies
40. Wide shot, family washing clothes
41. Med shot, peacekeeper shaking hands with group of kids
42. Wide shot, peacekeeper medic standing in village
43. Close up, peacekeeper helmet watching over kids
44. SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) Gatulak Shackdet, Thong resident, South Sudan
“Yeah, I'm very, really, glad to see them [the peacekeepers], for they are not only the peacekeepers, but the whole of the community helpers. They help community. Yeah, I do welcome them. And it is in great need or I do welcome them. I say the almighty God will be with them and will always remind them that there is a Thong, area called Thong. Let’s go again and visit, Thong”
45. Wide shot, peacekeepers on shore
46. Med shot, kids watching from shore
47. Wide shot, whole community on beach
48. Wide shot, local boat
Unity State, South Sudan, is enduring the brunt of the climate crisis in the world's youngest country. Currently, the region is facing its fourth consecutive year of widespread flooding, transforming entire communities into islands scattered across the floodwaters.
Thong, a community cut off from food, trade, and medical supplies for over two years, was recently visited by a riverine patrol of peacekeepers from Mongolia serving with The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). This visit marked the first contact by any UN or humanitarian organization since 2022.
SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) Gatulak Shackdet, Thong resident, South Sudan
“Thong, Thong is a good area of arable land with a lot of community. But now after the water community are sitting idle, only doing river work in order to feed their young or feed the family.”
Residents, who once covered the 7-kilometer journey to town on foot, are now stranded with only a few boats shared by a community of 5,000.
SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) Gatulak Shackdet, Thong resident, South Sudan
“That [flooding] is why you see the situation now. The community are eating only waterlily and fish which is not enough, even. There is no good food and the community are suffering. Indeed. In terms of for farming, they [people of Thong] don't have enough land to cultivate their crops. And that is the main issue for if there is a food, if there is food, things will be alright. But if there is no food, the community will stay in disarray.”
Malnutrition is a grave concern for many, and due to their isolation, access to aid or medical support is significantly limited.
SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) Gatulak Shackdet, Thong resident, South Sudan
“We spent almost two year here. The community are requesting all the organizations to do their support in order to get something because the area there is a no cultivation. The area you see there is no enough land to cultivate the crops.”
Reaching communities like Thong has proven difficult, and many humanitarian organizations have failed to reach them at all, leading to concerns within the community of being left behind.
SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) Gatulak Shackdet, Thong resident, South Sudan
“Yeah, I'm very, really, glad to see them [the peacekeepers], for they are not only the peacekeepers, but the whole of the community helpers. They help community. Yeah, I do welcome them. And it is in great need or I do welcome them. I say the almighty God will be with them and will always remind them that there is a Thong, area called Thong. Let’s go again and visit, Thong”
However, UNMISS remains dedicated to making all affected communities accessible, regardless of the challenges. Patrols like this pave the way for further humanitarian assistance from partners and the South Sudan government.
