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STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / RETURNEES
TRT: 3:33
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / ARABIC
DATELINE: 17 -22 AUGUST 2011, RENK, SOUTH SUDAN
1. Wide shot, returnees arriving on a bus
2. Wide shot, exterior of Mina Camp
3. Med shot, interior of Mina Camp
4.SOUNDBITE (English) Deng Akuei Kak, Commissioner Renk County:
“We still receive a lot of returnees from the Northern states. Now we have a lot of problems like
Sanitation and health and foods and shelters.”
5. Med shot, Medair Clinic Mina Camp
6. Med shot, tents Mina Camp
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Beatrice Mdwigah, Medair Health Manager:
“Here we have a small clinic which started running 3 weeks ago and why the clinic started is because there are so many returnees and they needed medical attention. We can anticipate measles outbreak because people are staying together. So to prevent measles outbreak we are giving the children measles vaccine and also giving the children under 5 years mosquito nets.”
8. Med shot, patients at Medair Clinic
9. Med shot, child at Medair Clinic
10. Close up, child at Medair Clinic
11. Wide shot, Renk Hospital Malnutrition Clinic
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Samuel Patti, UNICEF Project Officer, Health and Nutrition:
“Malnutrition is really an issue in the Renk County especially this time because of the high influx of returnees. There started to be shortage of food in the market but most of the farmers were from the North.”
13. Close up, child with malnutrition
14. Med shot, Dr Patti with child
15. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Amira Khamis, Renk Hospital, Nutrition Program:
“The main reason why the rate of malnutrition is on the increase is the recurrence of chronic diarrhea. This is mostly due to the water and poor sanitation. Also they have seen that some of the children are weaned before they reach 18 or 24 months. They are weaned at an earlier stage, like a year. These children suffer from malnutrition severely. These are the main reasons they have discovered an increase in malnutrition.”
16. Med shot, nurses with mother
17. Close up, nurse weighing child
18. Close up, weighing scale
19. Close up, child
20. Med shot, woman using water purifier
21. Close up, water purifier
22. Wide shot, Oxfam clean water distribution pump sign
23. Med shot, Oxfam clean water distribution pump
24. Med shot, People using clean water tap
25. Med shot, People queuing for water
26. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mary Nyaba, Returnee, Mina Camp:
“There is a problem with water, everywhere is overcrowded, and we cannot get access to water. We have been here for one month now and the water issue is a real problem.”
27. SOUNDBITE (English) Emmanuel Aban Nyilek, UNICEF WASH Officer:
“For Mina site, we have so far completed 20 latrines. And the tented latrines are 15. There are also hand-washing facilities adjacent to the latrines so that they access the unit. And this line is the line that we aligned for latrine construction along the camp in Mina here.”
28. Wide shot, Latrines
29. Med shot, Latrines
30. Med shot, Latrines interior
31. Close up, Latrines Inside
32. Wide shot, Children at CFS
33. Close up, Children at CFS
34. Close up, Child at CFS
35. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Adam Issa, Social Worker:
“These places have helped children cope with emergencies because when we came children could only sit in their huts or play in the water. UNICEF has helped us a lot because at least now children come and play here and they socialize and interact and make friends.”
36. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Angelina Achol, returnee
“This place provides us with shade so when it is too hot we can sit in there. Also when we want to learn
they bring some lessons for us.”
37. Med shot, returnee bus
38. Med shot, returnee bus
39. SOUNDBITE (English) David Igulu, UNICEF Chief of Field Office Malakal:
“The current season is the rainy season and one of those critical things that is required for example at rain is the issue of shelter. We do foresee that as the congestion takes some time to take form. People will be staying for a longer time. So that means for UNICEF that we have to raise enough funds to support the activities to keep them running and to get it for any additional numbers of returnees as they come.”
40. Med shot, returnees with their possessions
41. Med shot, returnees with their possessions
42. Med shot, children in Mina Camp
43. Wide shot, Mina Camp, low angle
44. Wide shot, Oxfam clean water distribution pump sign
With returnees flooding into Renk in South Sudan from its northern neighbour, UNICEF, in collaboration with its partners, has been crucial in providing basic shelter and services for those arriving at a town isolated by heavy rains and lack of infrastructure.
SOUNDBITE (English) Deng Akuei Kak, Commissioner Renk County:
“We still receive a lot of returnees from the Northern states. Now we have a lot of problems like
Sanitation and health and foods and shelters.”
As many of those arriving are children, their health is one of the key priorities for UNICEF. A key part of that is the Immunization programme.
SOUNDBITE (English) Beatrice Mdwigah, Medair Health Manager:
“Here we have a small clinic which started running 3 weeks ago and why the clinic started is because there
are so many returnees and they needed medical attention. We can anticipate measles outbreak because people are staying together. So to prevent measles outbreak we are giving the children measles vaccine and also giving the children under 5 years mosquito nets.”
Malnutrition is another serious condition that UNICEF has to wary of.
SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Samuel Patti, UNICEF Project Officer, Health and Nutrition:
“Malnutrition is really an issue in the Renk County especially this time because of the high influx of returnees. There started to be shortage of food in the market but most of the farmers were from the North.”
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Amira Khamis, Renk Hospital, Nutrition Program
“The main reason why the rate of malnutrition is on the increase is the recurrence of chronic diarrhea. This is mostly due to the water and poor sanitation. Also they have seen that some of the children are weaned before they reach 18 or 24 months. They are weaned at an earlier stage, like a year. These children suffer from malnutrition severely. These are the main reasons they have discovered an increase in malnutrition.”
One of the biggest health concerns is dirty water and unhygienic conditions in the camp. UNICEF and its partners have been providing clean water and latrines to combat this problem. However matching the supply with the rate at which returnees are arriving is a big challenge.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mary Nyaba, Returnee, Mina Camp:
“There is a problem with water, everywhere is overcrowded, and we cannot get access to water. We have been here for one month now and the water issue is a real problem.”
SOUNDBITE (English) Emmanuel Aban Nyilek, UNICEF WASH Officer:
“For Mina site, we have so far completed 20 latrines. And the tented latrines are 15. There are also hand-washing facilities adjacent to the latrines so that they access the unit. And this line is the line that we aligned (?) for latrine construction along the camp in Mina here.”
After dealing with the urgent requirements UNICEF has been helping children to cope with the Trauma of the experience. By building Child Friend Spaces they have already helped more than 2000 children.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Adam Issa, Social Worker:
“These places have helped children cope with emergencies because when we came children could only sit in their huts or play in the water. UNICEF has helped us a lot because at least now children come and play here and they socialize and interact and make friends”
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Angelina Achol, returnee:
“This place provides us with shade so when it is too hot we can sit in there. Also when we want to learn
they bring some lessons for us.”
SOUNDBITE (English) David Igulu, UNICEF Chief of Field Office Malakal:
“The current season is the rainy season and one of those critical things that is required for example at rain is the issue of shelter. We do foresee that as the congestion takes some time to take form. People will be staying for a longer time. So that means for UNICEF that we have to raise enough funds to support the activities to keep them running and to get it for any additional numbers of returnees as they come.”
As the number of returnees in Renk continues to grow more effort and resources will be required from UNICEF and its partners to continue the delivery of humanitarian assistance to the effected population.
