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STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / RETURNEES HOUSING
TRT: 2.51
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NUER / NATS
DATELINE: 19 DECEMBER 2011, MALAKAL DARUSALAM RETURNEES VILLAGE, SOUTH SUDAN
1. Wide shot, village
2. Med shot, village huts
3. Close up, constructor’s hand hammering a nail
4. Med shot, constructor hammering
5. Wide shot, Galwak working his way into his new house from bike
6. Med shot, Galwak opening door to new house
7. Wide shot, Galwak entering house
8. Med shot, Galwak arranging sticks in his house
9. Close up, Galwak’s hands arranging sticks
10. SOUNDBITE (Nuer) Galwak Tut, Malakal Returnee:
“I am very, very grateful to have this new house. I now feel like I have got my legs back and I can walk again. There is no difference between me and a minister in his big house. Now I own this house, I can sleep well without worrying that I can be evicted.”
11. Wide shot, workers building house
12. Tracking shot, UNHCR Officer Demello walking towards construction site
13. Wide shot, Demello reaches construction site
14. Med shot, Demello in front of house construction
15. Med shot, Demello listening to workers
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Demello Bageni, UNHCR Field Officer, Malakal:
“We knew some of the returnees may not have the land, may not have places to put up; so UNHCR were looking into target those people who are extremely vulnerable, people disabled, with disability and single-head of household.”
17. Wide shot, Galwak arriving to his shop
18. Tilt up, Galwak climbs into shop
19. Close up, cell phone chargers
20. Various shots, Galwak working in shop
21. SOUNDBITE (Nuer) Galwak Tut, Malakal Returnee:
“My family will now be happy in this new house. And when my relatives back in Khartoum come back here, I will house them in this new house before they can get somewhere else to go to.”
22. Wide shot, Galwak closing in his shop
23. Wide shot, Galwak in the village
24. Close up, Galwak’s hands pedalling bike
25. Wide shot, Galwak riding bike
In the world’s newest country, new homes are being built for thousands of returnees.
Many like Galwak Tut arrived at the outskirts of Malakal Town, in South Sudan’s Upper Nile State, with little more than a fierce sense of hope and determination.
When the civil war broke out, Galwak and his family fled northward to Khartoum. Life wasn’t easy, but it was stable until independence for the south became inevitable.
Faced with discrimination and harassment, Galwak decided to move back to the south. Now, he anxiously waits for his new home to be finished.
SOUNDBITE (Nuer) Galwak Tut, Malakal Returnee:
“I am very, very grateful to have this new house. I now feel like I have got my legs back and I can walk again. There is no difference between me and a minister in his big house. Now I own this house, I can sleep well without worrying that I can be evicted.”
In the last fourteen months, more than 360,000 men, women and children have come home from the north.
UNHCR and the government of South Sudan are running a transitional shelter program. In 2011, some 7,000 homes were built for returnees.
SOUNDBITE (English) Demello Bageni, UNHCR Field Officer, Malakal:
“We knew some of the returnees may not have the land, may not have places to put up; so UNHCR were looking into target those people who are extremely vulnerable, people disabled, with disability and single-head of household.”
Galwak saw the new opportunities offered by the new nation, and started his own mobile phone charging business. Clients are plentiful and life is promising for Galwak. He hopes to help his brother and sisters return to South Sudan as well.
SOUNDBITE (Nuer) Galwak Tut, Malakal Returnee:
“My family will now be happy in this new house. And when my relatives back in Khartoum come back here, I will house them in this new house before they can get somewhere else to go to.”
Challenges remain as peace has not reached all corners of this newborn state. Poverty is rampant and there is a dire need for facilities.
Still, there is an atmosphere of hope and plenty of enthusiasm from returnees like Galwak Tut.
