South Sudan - Bor humanitarian - 1 July 2024
Description
STORY: OCHA / SOUTH SUDAN BOR HUMANITARIAN
TRT: 07:15
SOURCE: OCHA
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / ARABIC / NATS
DATELINE: 30 JUNE 2024, 01 July 2024, BOR COUNTY, SOUTH SUDAN
Shotlist
1. Wide shot, Elizabeth Joseph, her sister and her children in tent at the Internally Displaced Persons camp
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Elizabeth Joseph, Displaced Person:
“Children don’t get enough food. They might steal or beg to survive.”
3. Wide shot, Elizabeth, her sister and her children in Elizabeth’s tent
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Elizabeth Joseph, Displaced Person:
“35 people died [due to the dire situation].”
5. Wide shot, Elizabeth drinks water in her tent
6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Elizabeth Joseph, Displaced Person:
“Drugs and health services are not available. Amid this situation, we don’t know what to do.”
7. Wide shot, Elizabeth’s sister with her children in Elizabeth’s tent
8. Med shot, Elizabeth arranges clothes on the laundry line in front of her tent
9. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Elizabeth Joseph, Displaced Person:
“I cut firewood and sell in the market to provide for my children but there is the risk of being attacked and killed by armed men.”
10. Med shot, Elizabeth prepares the charcoal she collected for selling the market
11. Close up, Elizabeth prepares the charcoal she collected for selling the market
12. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Elizabeth Joseph, Displaced Person:
“Secondly, flood is approaching.”
13. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Elizabeth Joseph, Displaced Person:
“The camp is located in an area without a drainage system to absorb rainwater.”
14. Med shot, a woman collects mud to place around her tent to protect it from penetrating rainwater
15. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Elizabeth Joseph, Displaced Person:
“The sanitation situation is dire, including latrines, and rains will worsen the situation.”
16. Med shot, children collect mud to place around their tent to protect it from penetrating rainwater
17. Med shot, a woman places mud around her tent to protect it from penetrating rainwater
18. Med shot, a woman places mud around her tent to protect it from penetrating rainwater
19. Wide shot, Elizabeth walks in the camp, heading to the water point
20. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Elizabeth Joseph, Displaced Person:
“The UN provided a water tank. It has only one tap for the entire camp. This creates tensions among women who want to collect water.”
21. Med shot, people lining their jerry cans in a queue to fill water from the only water point with one tap in the camp
22. Med shot, Elizabeth fills a jerry can at the only water point in the camp
23. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Elizabeth Joseph, Displaced Person:
“The water runs with support of a pump that operates by solar panels. If it is cloudy and rainy, the pump stops working and we lose access to water.”
24. Med shot, Elizabeth lifts the jerrycan on top of her head and heads away from the water point
25. Med shot, Elizabeth walks to her tent, carrying a jerry can
26. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Elizabeth Joseph, Displaced Person:
“People are tired here. No assistance is being delivered. Humanitarian assistance stopped almost a year ago.”
27. Med shot, Elizabeth cooks
28. Med shot, Elizabeth eats with her sister Treasa
29. Med shot, Elizabeth plays with a monkey in the camp
30. ide shot, boys from the camp playing football
31. Med shot, OCHA’s Richard Luguma speaking with a displaced woman in the camp
32. Med shot, Luguma speaking with a displaced man in the camp
33. Close up, Richard is taking notes while speaking with a displaced man
34. SOUNDBITE (English) Richard Luguma, Humanitarian Affairs Officer, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA):
“The situation in the comp is really very, very dire.”
35. Med shot, Luguma walking with the camp manager
36. SOUNDBITE (English) Richard Luguma, Humanitarian Affairs Officer, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA):
“So, the humanitarian partners together with the government they are now looking into an option where to relocate those people to a permanent place.”
37. Med shot, a boy fixes her bike in the former PoC camp in Bor County
38. SOUNDBITE (English) Richard Luguma, Humanitarian Affairs Officer, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA):
“This is where now we humanitarian will be able to support them fully so that we integrate them into the community.”
39. Med shot, men in the camp play chess
40. SOUNDBITE (English) Richard Luguma, Humanitarian Affairs Officer, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA):
“The main problem partners have in providing assistance to the site is because of, limited funding.”
41. Med shot, Richard is speaking with the camp manager
42. Med shot, Elizabeth plays with children in the camp
43. SOUNDBITE (English) Philip Chule, Clinical Officer, Pariak Primary Healthcare Centre:
“We don't have enough drugs.”
44. Med shot, waiting room in Pariak Centre
45. SOUNDBITE (English) Philip Chule, Clinical Officer, Pariak Primary Healthcare Centre:
“We have only one ward to admit our patients.”
46. Med shot, displaced child receiving medical support in Pariak Centre
47. SOUNDBITE (English) Philip Chule, Clinical Officer, Pariak Primary Healthcare Centre:
“So, when the malaria season starts this, it will become so congested.”
48. Wide shot Philip Chule shows the one and only ward
49. SOUNDBITE (English) Philip Chule, Clinical Officer, Pariak Primary Healthcare Centre:
“Right now, it is going to be malaria. The season has now started but we have no anti-malaria. Now, if you can go in our pharmacy, there is no drug completely.”
50. Zoom in, woman with an IV drip sits on a bed
Storyline
In South Sudan, there are 2 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) who represent the world's fourth most neglected displacement crisis. The Protection of Civilians (PoC) displacement site in Jonglei hosts about 2,300 people. Most of them have been displaced for about 11 years.
Elizabeth Joseph has been living in a tent in a camp for internally displaced people since 2018 with her children.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Elizabeth Joseph, Displaced Person:
“Children don’t get enough food. They might steal or beg to survive.”
“35 people died [due to the dire situation].”
“Drugs and health services are not available. Amid this situation, we don’t know what to do.”
Most people in the camp collect firewood and charcoal and sell it to make a living. Due to hunger and deprivation, many children left school and are exposed to negative coping mechanisms.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Elizabeth Joseph, Displaced Person:
“I cut firewood and sell in the market to provide for my children but there is the risk of being attacked and killed by armed men.”
“Secondly, flood is approaching.”
“The camp is located in an area without a drainage system to absorb rainwater.”
“The sanitation situation is dire, including latrines, and rains will worsen the situation.”
“The UN provided a water tank. It has only one tap for the entire camp. This creates tensions among women who want to collect water.”
“The water runs with support of a pump that operates by solar panels. If it is cloudy and rainy, the pump stops working and we lose access to water.”
“People are tired here. No assistance is being delivered. Humanitarian assistance stopped almost a year ago.”
The number of people facing catastrophic conditions – IPC 5, the highest level – in parts of Jonglei State in South Sudan is projected to almost double through July – rising to 79,000 people, compared to 35,000 people at the same time last year.
SOUNDBITE (English) Richard Luguma, Humanitarian Affairs Officer, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA):
“The situation in the comp is really very, very dire.”
“So, the humanitarian partners together with the government they are now looking into an option where to relocate those people to a permanent place.”
“This is where now we humanitarian will be able to support them fully so that we integrate them into the community.”
“The main problem partners have in providing assistance to the site is because of, limited funding.”
Overall, more than 7 million people in the country face food insecurity – an increase of more than 20 percent compared to 2023 at mid-year.
South Sudan also grapples with a severe health crisis, affecting 8.9 million people primarily in flood and conflict-affected regions with population movements (displacement and returns) and disease outbreaks.
The nation's health system, heavily reliant on international aid, faces staffing and resource shortages.
Vulnerable groups, including women, children, the elderly and persons with disabilities, have limited access to health care and face heightened risks of illness and mortality. The current health landscape is grim, with malaria standing as the leading cause of death and illness, affecting half of the population.
SOUNDBITE (English) Philip Chule, Clinical Officer, Pariak Primary Healthcare Centre:
“We don't have enough drugs.”
“We have only one ward to admit our patients.”
“So, when the malaria season starts this, it will become so congested.”
“Right now, it is going to be malaria. The season has now started but we have no anti-malaria. Now, if you can go in our pharmacy, there is no drug completely.”
Additionally, South Sudan is bracing for the worst floods in 60 years in the second half of 2024. To respond to this, the humanitarian community aims to provide life-saving assistance to some 2.4 million of the 3.3 million people projected to be affected by flooding in northern, northeastern and central parts of the country starting in September.