UNHCR / CAR SUDANESE REFUGEES AID

STORY: UNHCR / CAR SUDANESE REFUGEES AID
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SOURCE: UNHCR
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LANGUAGES: FRENCH / ENGLISH / ARABIC/ NATS

DATELINE: 24 MAY 2023, AMDAFOCK, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

SHOTLIST:

1. Wide shot, refugees gathered around a tree
2. Med shot, refugees seated on ground
3. Wide shot, Sunset at site hosting refugees
4. SOUNDBITE (French) Bobo Kitoko, Data Management Associate, UNHCR:
“So these people will be quickly relocated and we are running after time so that the rain doesn't find them here in Amdafock. Otherwise, it will be difficult.”
5. Close up, Jerricans to be filled with water
6. Med shot, women waiting in line to get water
7. Med shot, People collecting around water barrel
8. SOUNDBITE (French) Bobo Kitoko, Data Management Associate, UNHCR: “The needs are many, for food, shelter and also water, and we are trying to provide water with what we can find locally. This means we are using horse carts that transport 400 liter tanks of water.”
9. Med shot, Pastor Ismaïl Ibrahim Mykaz Toto talking to his wife
10. Med shot, Toto fanning his wife and baby during registration
11. Various shots, Mother holding baby
12. Med shot, Toto holding baby and walking with his wife
13. Med shot, Toto and his family entering makeshift shelter
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Pastor Ismaïl Ibrahim Mykaz Toto, Sudanese Refugee:
“We came here, we’re just looking for a good place. If we find a good place, a safe place, yeah, we will stay in. And also we don't know the time the war will stop. So that's why we left. We don't know when it will stop. This is very, very hard fighting. So if we are here in Central Africa or in any country, [it’s because] we left. Yeah.”
15. Various shots, Women pre-registering at the border
16. Med shot, woman getting fingerprints taken
17. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Halima Hamid Adam, Sudanese refugee:
“We crossed the border on foot and walked for many kilometers, when we got to the main road we found a trader who brought us here in his vehicle.”
18. Med shot, men unloading Core Relief Items from truck
19. Wide shot, men digging latrines
20. Med shot, men carrying poles
21. Wide shot, men building shelters
22. Wide shot, people walking in site hosting refugees/ wind blowing dust
23. Med shot, people gathered in shelters under the rain
24. Med shot, elderly man walking towards shelters/ wind blowing tarpaulin

STORYLINE:

Over 13,000 people have arrived in Am-Dafock in the Central African Republic to escape conflict at home. Majority of new arrivals are women and children from Nyala who say they faced several difficulties on the way to Am Dafock, such as threats by armed men, extortion of goods, physical aggression and sexual violence.

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) have been distributing core relief items, water and food to new arrivals. Biometric registration also began last month and continues as more people cross the border into Chad.

UNHCR and its partners are supporting the government’s efforts to provide a protection response focused on the urgent needs of Sudanese refugees arriving in Am-Dafock and on the needs of Central African refugees returning home. Emergency teams are identifying and referring people with specific needs for protection, counseling or medical assistance.

Several emergency missions have taken place despite challenges in reaching the area, due to its remoteness and the fragile security situation.

Over 36 households have been relocated to a safer site where families can easily access services. Priority for relocations is being given to biometrically registered refugees and to the most vulnerable.

Construction works for more family shelters, latrines and showers are ongoing.