SOUTH SUDAN / TAMBURA RETURNEES
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STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / TAMBURA RETURNEES
TRT: 03:15
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: AZANDE / ENGLISH /NATS
DATELINE: 26 JANUARY 2023, TAMBURA, SOUTH SUDAN
SHOTLIST:
1. Various shots, camps for internally displaced persons, Lazaro
2. SOUNDBITE (Azande) Angelina Lazaro, displaced person:
“I don’t have a house. I don’t even have a plastic sheet I can erect for shelter when I return. I lost my husband during the conflict. I am alone, so who can construct a house for me?”
3. Wide shot, returnee sitting with her family
4. SOUNDBITE (Azande) Mary Sebit, returnee:
“I fled to nearby army barracks. Life there was very difficult. There was nothing to eat. I realized that if I continued to stay there, my life with my children would not be ok, so I decided to come home with all my children.
5. Wide shot, camp for internally displaced persons
6. SOUNDBITE (Azande) Mary Sebit, returnee:
“We are not asking for food, but let them at least bring us seeds and tools for planting them. That would help us.”
7. Wide shot, UNMISS team assessing situation of returnees
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Thomas Bazawi, Protection, Transition and Reintegration Officer, United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS):
“They have decided to go back home to reconnect with their sources of livelihood to be able to send their children to school and resume their farming activities.”
9. Wide shot, UNMISS team assessing situation of returnees
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Thomas Bazawi, Protection, Transition and Reintegration Officer, United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS):
“As you can see behind me, these makeshift tents are almost empty. There are no people around. UNMISS as a peace partner, will work to support the government. More specifically, we are asking the government to identify areas of high concentration of returnees, and we will see how we can support them with the little funding that we have for Quick Impact Projects in terms of filling some of the service gaps that the returnees may be facing. We will also advocate on behalf of the community in different forums.”
11. Wide shot, UNMISS team assessing situation of returnees
STORYLINE:
A steady stream of spontaneous returnees has been making their way home as a local peace initiative in Western Equatoria State’s Tambura area, supported by the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), has resulted in relative calm and security.
Make-shift tents sheltered thousands of internally displaced persons seeking refuge from fighting in Tambura and its surroundings.
Several thousand have returned to their nearby home villages in recent weeks.
Despite their challenges, returnees say that home is where they want to be now that relative peace has been restored.
However, some displaced persons still hesitate to return to their origins as they need something to return to.
Angelina Lazaro, a displaced woman in Tambura, said, “I don’t have a house. I don’t even have a plastic sheet I can erect for shelter when I return. I lost my husband during the conflict. I am alone, so who can construct a house for me?”
On the other hand, Mary Sebit returned to her village in November last year when she heard that calm and security prevailed again.
She eagerly awaits the rainy season to begin to resume farming.
She said, “I fled to nearby army barracks. Life there was very difficult. There was nothing to eat. I realized that if I continued to stay there, my life with my children would not be ok, so I decided to come home with all my children. We are not asking for food but let them at least bring us seeds and tools for planting them. That would help us.”
A UNMISS assessment team visiting the areas of returnees witnessed the challenges that the home-comers are facing.
Thomas Bazawi, UNMISS Protection, Transition and Reintegration Officer, said, “They have decided to go back home to reconnect with their sources of livelihood to be able to send their children to school and resume their farming activities. As you can see behind me, these makeshift tents are almost empty. There are no people around. UNMISS as a peace partner, will work to support the government. More specifically, we are asking the government to identify areas of high concentration of returnees, and we will see how we can support them with the little funding that we have for Quick Impact Projects in terms of filling some of the service gaps that the returnees may be facing. We will also advocate on behalf of the community in different forums.”
TRT: 03:15
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: AZANDE / ENGLISH /NATS
DATELINE: 26 JANUARY 2023, TAMBURA, SOUTH SUDAN
SHOTLIST:
1. Various shots, camps for internally displaced persons, Lazaro
2. SOUNDBITE (Azande) Angelina Lazaro, displaced person:
“I don’t have a house. I don’t even have a plastic sheet I can erect for shelter when I return. I lost my husband during the conflict. I am alone, so who can construct a house for me?”
3. Wide shot, returnee sitting with her family
4. SOUNDBITE (Azande) Mary Sebit, returnee:
“I fled to nearby army barracks. Life there was very difficult. There was nothing to eat. I realized that if I continued to stay there, my life with my children would not be ok, so I decided to come home with all my children.
5. Wide shot, camp for internally displaced persons
6. SOUNDBITE (Azande) Mary Sebit, returnee:
“We are not asking for food, but let them at least bring us seeds and tools for planting them. That would help us.”
7. Wide shot, UNMISS team assessing situation of returnees
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Thomas Bazawi, Protection, Transition and Reintegration Officer, United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS):
“They have decided to go back home to reconnect with their sources of livelihood to be able to send their children to school and resume their farming activities.”
9. Wide shot, UNMISS team assessing situation of returnees
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Thomas Bazawi, Protection, Transition and Reintegration Officer, United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS):
“As you can see behind me, these makeshift tents are almost empty. There are no people around. UNMISS as a peace partner, will work to support the government. More specifically, we are asking the government to identify areas of high concentration of returnees, and we will see how we can support them with the little funding that we have for Quick Impact Projects in terms of filling some of the service gaps that the returnees may be facing. We will also advocate on behalf of the community in different forums.”
11. Wide shot, UNMISS team assessing situation of returnees
STORYLINE:
A steady stream of spontaneous returnees has been making their way home as a local peace initiative in Western Equatoria State’s Tambura area, supported by the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), has resulted in relative calm and security.
Make-shift tents sheltered thousands of internally displaced persons seeking refuge from fighting in Tambura and its surroundings.
Several thousand have returned to their nearby home villages in recent weeks.
Despite their challenges, returnees say that home is where they want to be now that relative peace has been restored.
However, some displaced persons still hesitate to return to their origins as they need something to return to.
Angelina Lazaro, a displaced woman in Tambura, said, “I don’t have a house. I don’t even have a plastic sheet I can erect for shelter when I return. I lost my husband during the conflict. I am alone, so who can construct a house for me?”
On the other hand, Mary Sebit returned to her village in November last year when she heard that calm and security prevailed again.
She eagerly awaits the rainy season to begin to resume farming.
She said, “I fled to nearby army barracks. Life there was very difficult. There was nothing to eat. I realized that if I continued to stay there, my life with my children would not be ok, so I decided to come home with all my children. We are not asking for food but let them at least bring us seeds and tools for planting them. That would help us.”
A UNMISS assessment team visiting the areas of returnees witnessed the challenges that the home-comers are facing.
Thomas Bazawi, UNMISS Protection, Transition and Reintegration Officer, said, “They have decided to go back home to reconnect with their sources of livelihood to be able to send their children to school and resume their farming activities. As you can see behind me, these makeshift tents are almost empty. There are no people around. UNMISS as a peace partner, will work to support the government. More specifically, we are asking the government to identify areas of high concentration of returnees, and we will see how we can support them with the little funding that we have for Quick Impact Projects in terms of filling some of the service gaps that the returnees may be facing. We will also advocate on behalf of the community in different forums.”
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