11 Feb 2013

SOMALIA / IDP RELOCATION

In Somalia thousands of internally displaced families are being relocated from settlements with “shocking” sub-standard conditions and high levels of sexual abuse to new sites with better shelter and services. OCHA

Posted at: February 11, 2013 2:21 pm

Duration: 02:57

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STORY: SOMALIA / IDP RELOCATION
TRT: 2.57
SOURCE: OCHA
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: SOMALI / ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 31 JANUARY 2013, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA

SHOTLIST:

1. Various shots, IDP camp in Mogadishu
2. Tracking shot, refugee woman and child with their belongings
3. Wide shot, aerial view of makeshift shelters
4. Wide shot, camp
5. Med shot, man inside tent looking out
6. Med shot, women looking at camera from tent
7. Various shots, woman cleaning utensils
8. Various shots, children in camp
9. Various shots, displaced women and children at the camp
10. Set-up shot, Adimo Mohamed, displaced woman walking to her tent
11. SOUNDBITE (Somali), Adimo Mohamed, IDP:
"Now we are in peace and security. We get food, and water and we don't have any problem."
12. Cutaway, Adimo going into her tent
13. SOUNDBITE (Somali) Adimo Mohamed, IDP:
"I feel so lucky because now our living conditions are so much better! I used to live in a shelter made of old cloths. The wind and the sun used to destroy the structure all the time. Now our shelter is even stronger than concrete. I pray to God to bless the people who gave this shelter to us."
14. Med shot, Adimo entering her tent
15. Various shots, displaced women and children at a water point in the new site
16. Various shots, Kilian Kleinschmidt, UN Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia walking in the camps
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Kilian Kleinschmidt, UN Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia:
"In a gradual way, in a voluntary way [we plan] to relocate the people who are living in these incredibly bad, shocking conditions in many settlements (hundreds of settlements throughout the city) to new temporary settlements, which will stay there for some time to actually bring them out of this state of sub-standards, this state of exploitation, a state of –quite often, unfortunately- abuse, including sexual abuse…so we'll help to provide the space, the shelter, the security and the services in a predictable way"
18. Cutaway, Kilian Kleinschmidt walking in the camp
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Kilian Kleinschmidt, UN Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia:  
"The level of abuse, the level of theft, the level of incredible suffering by the people is [something] we can't even describe. We call it a protection emergency. This has been very, very bad. But now Mogadishu is rising from the ashes, Somalia is finally there at the beginning of a long journey towards stabilization, towards recovery, towards, in fact, recognizing and recovering the rights of its people."
17. Pan right, from Kilian Kleinschmidt to new site
18. Various shots, camp

STORYLINE:

Mogadishu hosts over 250,000 internally displaced people. Many fled to the Somali capital during the famine that afflicted Somalia in 2011. Some have been living in these camps for over 20 years, due to the civil war.

A life of deprivation, insecurity, inadequate shelter, without sanitation, water, or food.
But for around 5,000 displaced families life has changed. With common humanitarian funds, 14 UN agencies and non-governmental organizations worked together with the government on the relocation of thousands of families to new sites. Here, better shelter and services are being provided.

The new shelters mean more protection against the rampant sexual violence still affecting the life of thousands of women and girls.

Women like Adimo Mohamed were feeling extremely insecure in the makeshift shelters where they used to live in.

SOUNDBITE (Somali), Adimo Mohamed, IDP:
"Now we are in peace and security. We get food, and water and we don't have any problem."

Women can finally lock their shelters at night.

SOUNDBITE (Somali), Adimo Mohamed, IDP:
"I feel so lucky because now our living conditions are so much better! I used to live in a shelter made of old cloths. The wind and the sun used to destroy the structure all the time. Now our shelter is even stronger than concrete. I pray to God to bless the people who gave this shelter to us."

Humanitarians are also providing water, sanitation, food and health care in the new site.

Kilian Kleinschmidt is the Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, who worked hard in the last year in Mogadishu trying to make this project a reality.

SOUNDBITE (English) Kilian Kleinschmidt, UN Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia:
"In a gradual way, in a voluntary way [we plan] to relocate the people who are living in these incredibly bad, shocking conditions in many settlements (hundreds of settlements throughout the city) to new temporary settlements, which will stay there for some time to actually bring them out of this state of sub-standards, this state of exploitation, a state of –quite often, unfortunately- abuse, including sexual abuse…so we'll help to provide the space, the shelter, the security and the services in a predictable way."

Thousands more families will soon be hosted in these new sites.

SOUNDBITE (English) Kilian Kleinschmidt, UN Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia:  
"The level of abuse, the level of theft, the level of incredible suffering by the people is [something] we can't even describe. We call it a protection emergency. This has been very, very bad. But now Mogadishu is rising from the ashes, Somalia is finally there at the beginning of a long journey towards stabilization, towards recovery, towards, in fact, recognizing and recovering the rights of its people."

The humanitarian situation in Somalia has significantly improved. The number of people in urgent need of assistance has halved in the last six months. But humanitarians still have a long way to go in their quest to help Somalis live a life of dignity.

Filed under 13. - HUMANITARIAN AID AND RELIEF 13.01.00 - PROTECTION OF AND ASSISTANCE TO REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PERSONS OCHA - UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs SOMALIA.