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STORY: OCHA / UKRAINE WOSORNU HUMANITARIAN
TRT: 03:02
SOURCE: OCHA
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT OCHA ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 22 - 26 JANUARY 2024, UKRAINE
22 JANUARY 2024, MYRNE VILLAGE, MYKOLAIV REGION, UKRAINE
1. Pan right, from destroyed buildings to OCHA’s Edem Wosornu and delegation
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Edem Wosornu, Director of Operations and Advocacy, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA):
“We’re standing in Myrne village. Where you can see a lot of destruction. The frontline was just across from there.”
3. Med shot, Wosornu being briefed
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Edem Wosornu, Director of Operations and Advocacy, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA):
“Behind me is evidence of the removal of an unexploded ordnance by the authorities. There’s utter devastation all around us. But what gives us all hope is the people of Ukraine. They are coming back to reconstruct their land. You can see some of the buildings, houses, with newly established roofs.”
5. Tracking shot, Wosornu touring building under construction
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Edem Wosornu, Director of Operations and Advocacy, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA):
“Thirty percent of the inhabitants of this village came back. And they are using all means necessary to restore their homes.”
7. Travelling shot, destroyed buildings
26 JANUARY 2024, KYIV, UKRAINE
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Edem Wosornu, Director of Operations and Advocacy, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA):
“The Ukraine war is a daily reality for the lives of the everyday woman, man, child, elderly. It’s a living reality for them because families are destroyed every day and separated, homes are destroyed every day, livelihoods are disrupted, livelihoods are not regained. There’s loss, there’s destruction, there’s suffering.”
22 JANUARY 2024, MYRNE VILLAGE, MYKOLAIV REGION, UKRAINE
9. Tracking shot, Wosornu touring destroyed building
26 JANUARY 2024, KYIV, UKRAINE
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Edem Wosornu, Director of Operations and Advocacy, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA):
“14.6 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance. Forty percent of the Ukrainian population.”
23 JANUARY 2024, PETROPIL, ZAPORIZHZHIA REGION, UKRAINE
11. Wide shot, Wosornu and delegation walking
26 JANUARY 2024, KYIV, UKRAINE
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Edem Wosornu, Director of Operations and Advocacy, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA):
“We’re bringing people food, we’re bringing people shelter, we’re supporting them in health facilities.”
23 JANUARY 2024, PETROPIL, ZAPORIZHZHIA REGION, UKRAINE
13. Wide shot, Wosornu and delegation walking
26 JANUARY 2024, KYIV, UKRAINE
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Edem Wosornu, Director of Operations and Advocacy, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA):
“It is winter. It is minus five centigrade, minus ten. So, people need winterized shelter. So, we need that. We also need the psychosocial support here; we need education facilities.”
23 JANUARY 2024, PETROPIL, ZAPORIZHZHIA REGION, UKRAINE
15. Wide shot, Wosornu and delegation walking
26 JANUARY 2024, KYIV, UKRAINE
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Edem Wosornu, Director of Operations and Advocacy, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA):
“I cannot believe that there is no media attention in a war that is happening in Europe. I cannot believe that the moral outrage that we all expressed globally is waning. The world cannot forget the people of Ukraine.”
23 JANUARY 2024, PETROPIL, ZAPORIZHZHIA REGION, UKRAINE
17. Med shot, Wosornu being briefed
OCHA Operations and Advocacy Division Director, Edem Wosornu, visited Ukraine where the deterioration of humanitarian needs along the front line and non-stop hostilities continue to cause suffering to millions of people, 10 years into the war.
SOUNDBITE (English) Edem Wosornu, Director of Operations and Advocacy, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA):
“We’re standing in Myrne village. Where you can see a lot of destruction. The frontline was just across from there.”
“Behind me is evidence of the removal of an unexploded ordnance by the authorities. There’s utter devastation all around us. But what gives us all hope is the people of Ukraine. They are coming back to reconstruct their land. You can see some of the buildings, houses, with newly established roofs.”
“Thirty percent of the inhabitants of this village came back. And they are using all means necessary to restore their homes.”
During her mission, Wosornu visited the east and south of the country, as well as the capital Kyiv, meeting with people affected by the war and humanitarian organizations who work round-the-clock to assist them, particularly during the winter.
SOUNDBITE (English) Edem Wosornu, Director of Operations and Advocacy, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA):
“The Ukraine war is a daily reality for the lives of the everyday woman, man, child, elderly. It’s a living reality for them because families are destroyed every day and separated, homes are destroyed every day, livelihoods are disrupted, livelihoods are not regained. There’s loss, there’s destruction, there’s suffering.”
“14.6 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance. Forty percent of the Ukrainian population.”
“We’re bringing people food, we’re bringing people shelter, we’re supporting them in health facilities.”
“It is winter. It is minus five centigrade, minus ten. So, people need winterized shelter. So, we need that. We also need the psychosocial support here; we need education facilities.”
“I cannot believe that there is no media attention in a war that is happening in Europe. I cannot believe that the moral outrage that we all expressed globally is waning. The world cannot forget the people of Ukraine.”
Her visit underlies the importance of principled humanitarian action in Ukraine, including through improved access to all people in need, in all parts of the country.
