26 Jul 2010

HAITI / CAMP DISPLACEMENT

The Haitian government and humanitarian agencies undertake an emergency evacuation of some 1,300 people living in dangerous conditions in a flooded camp. MINUSTAH

Posted at: July 26, 2010 4:02 pm

Duration: 02:17

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STORY: HAITI / CAMP DISPLACEMENT
TRT:  2.17
SOURCE: MINUSTAH
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: FRENCH/ CREOLE / NATS
DATELINE: 22 JULY 2010, PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI
 
SHOTLIST:
 
22 JULY 2010, PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI
 
1.	Wide shot, tents in Fleurio camp
2.	Wide shot, child walking among tents with artificial lake in the background
3.	Med shot, IDP arranging her clothes inside her tent
4.	SOUNDBITE (Creole) Rosena Benoit, Internal Displaced Person, resident of Camp Fleurio: "When it is raining my tent gets flooded. I have to install my bed on top of tires and when I sit on it I can see the water flowing."
5.	Tilt up, river carrying sewage onto women washing clothes 
6.	Med shot, women washing clothes
7.	Wide shot, IDPs standing next to a wall, waiting to be relocated
8.	SOUNDBITE (Creole) Marie-Jesula Guerrier, Internal Displaced Person, resident of Camp Fleurio: 
"I don't know where we are going, but I don't have a choice. I have to go"
9.	Wide shot IDPs carrying their belongings
10.	SOUNDBITE (French) Leonard Doyle, International Organization for Migration (IOM) Spokesman: 
"Here it is very dangerous. There are 1,300 people. Babies were even born here. Many of them have infections or Malaria because of the water which is right next here. So this was a very urgent case."
11.	Med shot, IOM staff preparing luggage to be moved
12.	Close up, luggage
13.	Med shot, IDP Marie-Jesula Guerrier, with a walker upon her arrival in Corail camp
14.	Tilt up, walking feet of Guerrier onto her face
15.	Close up, man proceeding with registration
16.	Wide shot, Guerrier and her family being registered
17.	Wide shot, scout volunteers carrying IDPs belongings towards new tents
18.	Pan left, from woman carrying a baby onto man inside a tent
19.	SOUNDBITE (Creole) Harry Lionel Louis, IDP: 
"In our previous place it wasn't good. But here, if they will take care of us, it is going to be all right. Hopefully they are going to give us a house, because these tents are not perfect. It is very windy out here."
20.	Med shot IOM staff giving instructions 
21.	Wide shot IOM staff installing medical tent
22.	Med shot IOM staff installing medical tent
23.	Close up IOM staff fixing metal structure
24.	Pan right, new temporary tents at Corail camp

STORYLINE:

About 1,300 people were relocated over the weekend from a partially flooded makeshift camp during an emergency operation lead by the United Nations International Organization for Migration (IOM).

IOM officials began drawing attention to the unsafe state of Parc Fleurio some time ago. Because of the danger of flooding from a polluted lake, an evacuation was ordered. 
SOUNDBITE (Creole) Rosena Benoit, Internal Displaced Person, resident of Camp Fleurio: "When it is raining my tent gets flooded. I have to install my bed on top of tires and when I sit on it I can see the water flowing."

IOM worked closely with government officials, local authorities and other humanitarian agencies to find a more suitable alternative accommodation for the residents.

SOUNDBITE (Creole) Marie-Jesula Guerrier, Internal Displaced Person, resident of Camp Fleurio: 
"I don't know where we are going, but I don't have a choice. I have to go"

Ahead of the Hurricane Season, these families have been installed in Corail 3, one of four special temporary settlements prepared by the government and International humanitarian organization in a suburb of the Haitian capital.

SOUNDBITE (French) Leonard Doyle, IOM spokesman: "Here it is very dangerous. There are 1300 people. Babies were even born here. Many of them have infections or Malaria because of the water which is right next here. So this was a very urgent case."

The move started on Thursday, 22 July with the 200 most vulnerable people, including pregnant women, children and handicapped persons.

Corail, a wide settlement about 10 km outside Port au Prince is expected to host 200,000 IDPs.

Harry Lionel Louis is a father of two girls, including a 2 month old baby who was born in Fleurio camp.

SOUNDBITE (Creole) Harry Lionel Louis, IDP: 
"In our previous place it wasn't good. But here, if they will take care of us, it is going to be all right. Hopefully they are going to give us a house, because these tents are not perfect. It is very windy out here."

MINUSTAH provided security with Bangladeshi women police and Peruvian UN peacekeepers. Installation of the transitional shelters should be completed over the next weeks in preparation for the Hurricane season.