STORY: KISMAYO HIT BY FLASH FLOODS

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LANGUAGE: SOMALI/NATS
DATELINE: 5
th
/JUNE/2014, KISMAYU, SOMALIA


SHOT-LIST
1. Wide shot, IDPs standing in water at IDP camp
2. Wide shot, Stranded children at the camp
3. Wide shot, Somali woman with her child walking in the flood Water
4. Wide shot, Homes submerged by water
5. Wide shot, Structures waterlogged
6. Med shot, A man clears utensils from his flooded house
7. Close up shot, A stranded young boy
8. SOUNDBITE: Shankaron Sidi, Mother of 4
We sleep in the water. I have 4 children and we have spent 8 consecutive nights
in the water. We are homeless day and night. We dont know what to do, so if you
can do something for us, please do it.
9. Med shot, Children stranded in flood Water
10. Wide shot, Somali women and a child walking through flood water
11. SOUNDBITE: Abdurahman Osman Abdi, teenager at the camp:
Heavy floods took us by surprise. We dont have shelter, school or Qoranic
school. We are starving, in the night we stay in the water and we do not have a
place to sleep. We are suffering a lot and ask all brothers in the Moslem world to
offer us help.
12. Wide shot, pregnant woman walking through the floods
13. Close up, children in front of their home
14. Close up shot, grave of a child killed by flood Water
15. SOUNDBITE: Nur Omar, a Juba administration official
The floods which flashed in last Monday killed him and the second rains have
come while we are still in this camp. Too many children are dying; they dont
have medicine and no shelter. The president of Jubba Administration has sent us
some food through the businessmen.
16. Wide shot, AMISOM soldiers at the flooded IDPs
17. Wide shot, Women and children outside their flooded houses



STORY
Internally displaced persons in Kismayo, a port city 528 km Southwest of the
Somali Capital Mogadishu are appealing for immediate help after being hit by
flash floods.
The floods have submerged their makeshift structures, killing 3 children within
one week.
At the Tawakal IDP camp, over 350 families majority of whose members are
children and women have been left homeless, spending the nights in the cold
without food and shelter as the rains continue.

Shankaron Sidi, a mother of four says she has been overwhelmed by the effects
of the floods, having to sustain her family, which has endured the floods for over
a week.
We sleep in the water. I have 4 children and we have spent 8 consecutive nights
in the water. We are homeless day and night. We dont know what to do, so if you
can do something for us, please do it, she appeals.

The floods have disrupted life at the camp, leaving the residents unable to
engage in any activities, other than fighting for their lives and property.

Heavy floods took us by surprise. We dont have shelter, school or Qoranic
school. We are starving. In the night, we stay in the water and we do not have a
place to sleep. We are suffering a lot and ask all brothers in the Moslem world to
offer us help, appeals Abdurahman Osman Abdi.

The Interim Juba Administration leader Ahmed Mohamed together AMISOM
officers have visited the affected IDP camps to assess the situation. The
administration has identified high grounds where the IDPs will be moved
tentatively.
Nur Omar, a senior Juba administration official says some food has been sent to
assist the displaced persons though much more effort is needed.

The floods which flashed in last Monday killed him and the second rains have
come while we are still in this camp. Too many children are dying; they dont
have medicine and no shelter. The president of Jubba Administration has sent us
some food through the businessmen, he says.

The AMISOM assessment team was led by Captain Salim Mohamed from Kenya
Defense Forces and the areas covered by the assessment include the state of the
IDP camps, the roads some of which have been rendered impassable as well as
the social amenities.

Although Kismayo city is relatively peaceful since IJA security forces and
AMISOM captured it from al-Shabaab in September 2012, the humanitarian
needs of the population remain vast with both the population and its leadership
appealing for immediate help.
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