KENYA / DADAAB CAMP SOMALI REFUGEES
01-Mar-2023
00:05:51
Unprecedented drought, hunger and conflict compounded by the impact of climate change have pushed over 110,000 Somalis into Kenyan camps that are already struggling to cope with the same drought that is affecting the region. UNHCR
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STORY: KENYA / DADAAB CAMP SOMALI REFUGEES
TRT: 05:51
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNHCR ON SCREEN
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / SOMALI / NATS
DATELINE: 27 JANUARY 2023, DADAAB, KENYA
TRT: 05:51
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNHCR ON SCREEN
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / SOMALI / NATS
DATELINE: 27 JANUARY 2023, DADAAB, KENYA
SHOTLIST
1. Various shots, displaced families at camp
2. Med shot, Shamsa Amin Ali, Somali asylum-seeker and her family
3. Close up, Shamsa’s children
4. SOUNDBITE (Somali) Shamsa Amin Ali, Somali Asylum-seeker:
“The day I could not find any more grains to harvest, is the day I decided to flee to Kenya. There was nothing else to cook for my children. They would cry and cry. At some point, I thought, instead of watching my children die of hunger, I should just take my life.”
5. Various shots, animal bones on ground
6. Wide shot, Shamsa cleaning plate
7. Med shot, Shamsa checking on food cooking in pot
8. SOUNDBITE (Somali) Shamsa Amin Ali, Somali Asylum-seeker:
“I won’t go back to Somalia. The challenges continue, there is still drought. I lost my animals, the farm dried up and my house collapsed.”
9. Various shots, Shamsa and other displaced people walking with Joung-Ah Ghedini-Williams, UNHCR
Head of Global Communications
10. Med shot, Ghedini-Williams and Shamsa, walking out of Shamsa’s temporary housing structure
11. Med shot, Shamsa talking to Ghedini-Williams
12. Wide shot, Shamsa talking to children
13. Med shot, Shamsa seated with children
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Joung-Ah Ghedini-Williams, Head of Global Communications, UNHCR:
“I just met Shamsa, she’s 38-years-old and a mother of 10 children, but she has another seven children who she is caring for after their mother passed away. She arrived here in Dadaab, Kenya 18 months ago, from Somalia. She told me that seven years of drought has taken a toll on her and her family.”
15. Med shot, Ghedini-Williams meeting Shamsa’s mother, Muslima
16. Close up, Muslima looking on
17. Med shot, Muslima weaving mat, family seated
18. Wide shot, Girl looking on
19. Various shots, Muslima weaving seated on mat talking to other women
20. Various shots, displaced people looking on
21. Various shots, Guuray Hifaw Abdi, Somali Asylum-seeker walking
22. Med shot, Guuray entering shelter
23. SOUNDBITE (Somali) Guuray Hifaw Abdi, Somali Asylum-seeker:
“The situation in Buale is terrible. All that’s left is for people to eat one another. There is hunger because of prolonged drought. There is insecurity, there are no crops in farms. People are suffering.”
24. Close up, Guuray pouring water in jug and drinking
25. Close up, Guuray arranging shelter
26. Close up, Guuray looking on
27. Pan left, Guuray leaving shelter
28. SOUNDBITE (Somali) Guuray Hifaw Abdi, Somali Asylum-seeker:
“There was fighting in my village day, and night. People would be abducted at night by militants and then later killed.”
29. Close up, Guuray looking on
30. SOUNDBITE (English) Joung-Ah Ghedini-Williams, Head of Global Communications, UNHCR:
“She should not have to live out her golden years, the years when she should just be able to live in peace, as an 82-year-old woman, here as a refugee and yet this is the future that she is facing. Because of climate change that is being caused by countries from very far away.”
31. Med shot, Guuray talking to Ghedini-Williams
32. SOUNDBITE (English) Joung-Ah Ghedini-Williams, Head of Global Communications, UNHCR:
“Now they are displaced as refugees here in Kenya but there are millions of others in the region who are facing this same mix, this deadly mix of climate change, conflict and displacement.”
33. Wide shot, children looking on
34. Close up, Elderly woman looking on
35. Med shot women seated on mat
36. SOUNDBITE (English) Joung-Ah Ghedini-Williams, Head of Global Communications, UNHCR:
“We need to help Shamsa, Muslima and their family, as well as millions of others here in the Horn.”
37. Wide shot, children at camp
38. Close up, woman looking on
39. Wide shot, people walking
40. Aerial shot, camp
2. Med shot, Shamsa Amin Ali, Somali asylum-seeker and her family
3. Close up, Shamsa’s children
4. SOUNDBITE (Somali) Shamsa Amin Ali, Somali Asylum-seeker:
“The day I could not find any more grains to harvest, is the day I decided to flee to Kenya. There was nothing else to cook for my children. They would cry and cry. At some point, I thought, instead of watching my children die of hunger, I should just take my life.”
5. Various shots, animal bones on ground
6. Wide shot, Shamsa cleaning plate
7. Med shot, Shamsa checking on food cooking in pot
8. SOUNDBITE (Somali) Shamsa Amin Ali, Somali Asylum-seeker:
“I won’t go back to Somalia. The challenges continue, there is still drought. I lost my animals, the farm dried up and my house collapsed.”
9. Various shots, Shamsa and other displaced people walking with Joung-Ah Ghedini-Williams, UNHCR
Head of Global Communications
10. Med shot, Ghedini-Williams and Shamsa, walking out of Shamsa’s temporary housing structure
11. Med shot, Shamsa talking to Ghedini-Williams
12. Wide shot, Shamsa talking to children
13. Med shot, Shamsa seated with children
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Joung-Ah Ghedini-Williams, Head of Global Communications, UNHCR:
“I just met Shamsa, she’s 38-years-old and a mother of 10 children, but she has another seven children who she is caring for after their mother passed away. She arrived here in Dadaab, Kenya 18 months ago, from Somalia. She told me that seven years of drought has taken a toll on her and her family.”
15. Med shot, Ghedini-Williams meeting Shamsa’s mother, Muslima
16. Close up, Muslima looking on
17. Med shot, Muslima weaving mat, family seated
18. Wide shot, Girl looking on
19. Various shots, Muslima weaving seated on mat talking to other women
20. Various shots, displaced people looking on
21. Various shots, Guuray Hifaw Abdi, Somali Asylum-seeker walking
22. Med shot, Guuray entering shelter
23. SOUNDBITE (Somali) Guuray Hifaw Abdi, Somali Asylum-seeker:
“The situation in Buale is terrible. All that’s left is for people to eat one another. There is hunger because of prolonged drought. There is insecurity, there are no crops in farms. People are suffering.”
24. Close up, Guuray pouring water in jug and drinking
25. Close up, Guuray arranging shelter
26. Close up, Guuray looking on
27. Pan left, Guuray leaving shelter
28. SOUNDBITE (Somali) Guuray Hifaw Abdi, Somali Asylum-seeker:
“There was fighting in my village day, and night. People would be abducted at night by militants and then later killed.”
29. Close up, Guuray looking on
30. SOUNDBITE (English) Joung-Ah Ghedini-Williams, Head of Global Communications, UNHCR:
“She should not have to live out her golden years, the years when she should just be able to live in peace, as an 82-year-old woman, here as a refugee and yet this is the future that she is facing. Because of climate change that is being caused by countries from very far away.”
31. Med shot, Guuray talking to Ghedini-Williams
32. SOUNDBITE (English) Joung-Ah Ghedini-Williams, Head of Global Communications, UNHCR:
“Now they are displaced as refugees here in Kenya but there are millions of others in the region who are facing this same mix, this deadly mix of climate change, conflict and displacement.”
33. Wide shot, children looking on
34. Close up, Elderly woman looking on
35. Med shot women seated on mat
36. SOUNDBITE (English) Joung-Ah Ghedini-Williams, Head of Global Communications, UNHCR:
“We need to help Shamsa, Muslima and their family, as well as millions of others here in the Horn.”
37. Wide shot, children at camp
38. Close up, woman looking on
39. Wide shot, people walking
40. Aerial shot, camp
STORYLINE
Unprecedented drought, hunger and conflict compounded by the impact of climate change have pushed over 110,000 Somalis into Kenyan camps that are already struggling to cope with the same drought that is affecting the region.
Shamsa is among those who have fled to Kenya in recent years. Worsening drought and hunger, made it difficult to find food back home.
SOUNDBITE (Somali) Shamsa Amin Ali, Somali Asylum-seeker:
“The day I could not find any more grains to harvest, is the day I decided to flee to Kenya. There was nothing else to cook for my children. They would cry and cry. At some point, I thought, instead of watching my children die of hunger, I should just take my life.”
For seven years, a ravaging drought had repeatedly withered Shamsa Amin’s crops, killed her livestock and displaced her family three times within Somalia.
About 18 months ago, she realized there was no sign of rain ever coming and decided to embark on the long and difficult journey to safety with her children to Kenya.
SOUNDBITE (Somali) Shamsa Amin Ali, Somali Asylum-seeker:
“I won’t go back to Somalia. The challenges continue, there is still drought. I lost my animals, the farm dried up and my house collapsed.”
UNHCR Head of Global Communications, Joung-Ah Ghedini-Williams recently met asylum-seekers at Kenya’s Dadaab camp.
SOUNDBITE (English) Joung-Ah Ghedini-Williams, Head of Global Communications, UNHCR:
“I just met Shamsa, she’s 38-years-old and a mother of 10 children, but she has another seven children who she is caring for after their mother passed away. She arrived here in Dadaab, Kenya 18 months ago, from Somalia. She told me that seven years of drought has taken a toll on her and her family.”
Shamsa’s 82-year-old mother, Muslima also made the exhausting journey. The family now shares a tent at the camp.
To escape violence in her village, 68-year-old Guuray Abdi traveled for 3 days to the border. Well-wishers later paid for her transport to Kenya.
SOUNDBITE (Somali) Guuray Hifaw Abdi, Somali Asylum-seeker:
“The situation in Buale is terrible. All that’s left is for people to eat one another. There is hunger because of prolonged drought. There is insecurity, there are no crops in farms. People are suffering.”
Guuray says she had endured 30 years of conflict but there is no way she could escape hunger. The drought destroyed her family’s crops and killed all their livestock. She said the situation in her southern hometown of Buale, was so extreme that the bones of dead animals were scattered in parched land like a ‘pile of white stones’.
SOUNDBITE (Somali) Guuray Hifaw Abdi, Somali Asylum-seeker:
“There was fighting in my village day, and night. People would be abducted at night by militants and then later killed.”
The Horn of Africa region including Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya is facing the longest and most severe drought in 40 years. The unprecedented failure of five consecutive rainy seasons is pushing millions of people to famine."
SOUNDBITE (English) Joung-Ah Ghedini-Williams, Head of Global Communications, UNHCR:
“She should not have to live out her golden years, the years when she should just be able to live in peace, as an 82-year-old woman, here as a refugee and yet this is the future that she is facing. Because of climate change that is being caused by countries from very far away.”
With the overwhelming new influx, the population at Dadaab has swelled to over 320,000 people putting pressure on already overstretched resources. UNHCR, and its partners are struggling to provide much-needed assistance including water, food, healthcare and protection to the most vulnerable - including children who are among the hardest hit.
SOUNDBITE (English) Joung-Ah Ghedini-Williams, Head of Global Communications, UNHCR:
“Now they are displaced as refugees here in Kenya but there are millions of others in the region who are facing this same mix, this deadly mix of climate change, conflict and displacement.”
Dadaab camps were first established to host some 90,000 Somali refugees fleeing the civil war but it has since grown to be one of the largest refugee settlements.
SOUNDBITE (English) Joung-Ah Ghedini-Williams, Head of Global Communications, UNHCR:
“We need to help Shamsa, Muslima and their family, as well as millions of others here in the Horn.”
UNHCR has urgently appealed for 137 million US dollars to provide life-saving emergency support to refugees and internally displaced persons affected by the drought in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia.
Shamsa is among those who have fled to Kenya in recent years. Worsening drought and hunger, made it difficult to find food back home.
SOUNDBITE (Somali) Shamsa Amin Ali, Somali Asylum-seeker:
“The day I could not find any more grains to harvest, is the day I decided to flee to Kenya. There was nothing else to cook for my children. They would cry and cry. At some point, I thought, instead of watching my children die of hunger, I should just take my life.”
For seven years, a ravaging drought had repeatedly withered Shamsa Amin’s crops, killed her livestock and displaced her family three times within Somalia.
About 18 months ago, she realized there was no sign of rain ever coming and decided to embark on the long and difficult journey to safety with her children to Kenya.
SOUNDBITE (Somali) Shamsa Amin Ali, Somali Asylum-seeker:
“I won’t go back to Somalia. The challenges continue, there is still drought. I lost my animals, the farm dried up and my house collapsed.”
UNHCR Head of Global Communications, Joung-Ah Ghedini-Williams recently met asylum-seekers at Kenya’s Dadaab camp.
SOUNDBITE (English) Joung-Ah Ghedini-Williams, Head of Global Communications, UNHCR:
“I just met Shamsa, she’s 38-years-old and a mother of 10 children, but she has another seven children who she is caring for after their mother passed away. She arrived here in Dadaab, Kenya 18 months ago, from Somalia. She told me that seven years of drought has taken a toll on her and her family.”
Shamsa’s 82-year-old mother, Muslima also made the exhausting journey. The family now shares a tent at the camp.
To escape violence in her village, 68-year-old Guuray Abdi traveled for 3 days to the border. Well-wishers later paid for her transport to Kenya.
SOUNDBITE (Somali) Guuray Hifaw Abdi, Somali Asylum-seeker:
“The situation in Buale is terrible. All that’s left is for people to eat one another. There is hunger because of prolonged drought. There is insecurity, there are no crops in farms. People are suffering.”
Guuray says she had endured 30 years of conflict but there is no way she could escape hunger. The drought destroyed her family’s crops and killed all their livestock. She said the situation in her southern hometown of Buale, was so extreme that the bones of dead animals were scattered in parched land like a ‘pile of white stones’.
SOUNDBITE (Somali) Guuray Hifaw Abdi, Somali Asylum-seeker:
“There was fighting in my village day, and night. People would be abducted at night by militants and then later killed.”
The Horn of Africa region including Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya is facing the longest and most severe drought in 40 years. The unprecedented failure of five consecutive rainy seasons is pushing millions of people to famine."
SOUNDBITE (English) Joung-Ah Ghedini-Williams, Head of Global Communications, UNHCR:
“She should not have to live out her golden years, the years when she should just be able to live in peace, as an 82-year-old woman, here as a refugee and yet this is the future that she is facing. Because of climate change that is being caused by countries from very far away.”
With the overwhelming new influx, the population at Dadaab has swelled to over 320,000 people putting pressure on already overstretched resources. UNHCR, and its partners are struggling to provide much-needed assistance including water, food, healthcare and protection to the most vulnerable - including children who are among the hardest hit.
SOUNDBITE (English) Joung-Ah Ghedini-Williams, Head of Global Communications, UNHCR:
“Now they are displaced as refugees here in Kenya but there are millions of others in the region who are facing this same mix, this deadly mix of climate change, conflict and displacement.”
Dadaab camps were first established to host some 90,000 Somali refugees fleeing the civil war but it has since grown to be one of the largest refugee settlements.
SOUNDBITE (English) Joung-Ah Ghedini-Williams, Head of Global Communications, UNHCR:
“We need to help Shamsa, Muslima and their family, as well as millions of others here in the Horn.”
UNHCR has urgently appealed for 137 million US dollars to provide life-saving emergency support to refugees and internally displaced persons affected by the drought in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia.
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