Somalia IDPs Mobile Aid USAGM
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- Somalia IDPs Mobile Aid USAGM
- May 3, 2022
- Content Type Package
- Language English
- Transcript/Script English USAGM SHARE ((PLAYBOOK SLUG: SOMALIA IDPS MOBILE AID (TV) HEADLINE: UN World Food Program: ‘6 Million Somalis Face Food Insecurity’ TEASER: The use of mobile money transfers has helped many families affected by drought PUBLISHED: Tuesday, 05/03/2022 BYLINE: Mohamed Sheikh Nor DATELINE: MOGADISHU VIDEOGRAPHER: Mohamed Sheikh Nor PRODUCER: SCRIPT EDITORS: MPage, Salem Solomon, MPage VIDEO SOURCE (S): All VOA PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV X RADIO X TRT: 3:20 VID APPROVED BY: mia TYPE: TVPKG EDITOR NOTES: There is an accompanying radio piece. For questions or final review, send email back to Mohamed Sheikh Nor: shikha114q@hotmail.com and copy Africa coverage editor, Daniel Schearf: dschearf@voanews.com / Trims throughout, removing one SOT and trimming others.)) ((INTRO)) [[The U.N.’s World Food Program says 6 million Somalis are facing food insecurity from a record drought that displaced nearly 800,000 people into camps on the outskirts of cities like Mogadishu. Aid groups say mobile cash transfers have become an essential tool for getting quick help to people in Somalia’s remote, drought-affected, and unsafe areas. Mohamed Sheikh Nor reports from Mogadishu, Somalia.]] ((VIDEO- VOA: Aerial View of IDP Camp on the outskirts of Mogadishu and shots within the IDP Camp)) ((NARRATOR)) The severe drought ravaging parts of Somalia has forced hundreds of families to flee their homes for refugee camps. Asiya Muktar Hassan, a mother of six and recent arrival to the camp left her home in the remote Shabelle region, where aid agencies face difficulties delivering assistance. Asiya and a majority of the camp’s residents, received cash assistance through their mobile phones while still living in isolated villages. Aid agencies sent help through mobile money transfers, viewed as a safe, effective way to reach drought victims. For Asiya and her family, life was unbearable as food and water became scarce even with the cash from the aid agencies. Using the money sent to her mobile phone, Asiya paid her way to Mogadishu with her family. ((Asiya Muktar Hassan, Drought Victim (in Somali 18 seconds)) “A severe drought, water crisis, extreme heat and lack of food, forced us to flee from our homes. Money sent to us by mobile phones enabled us to come here, it was too little to meet our needs. We are suffering dear brothers and sisters.” ((VIDEO-VOA: Shots within the IDP Camp)) ((NARRATOR)) An elderly refugee at the camp arrived with her special needs daughter and seven other children from the Diinsoor district. She says the mobile money assistance saved her family. ((Fadumo Osman Naney, Drought Victim (in Somali 21 seconds)) “Our fields went dry and our crops and livestock died, there was no water and no food, we were helpless, none of us had any hope left until our brothers came to our aid and they transferred money. This made it possible for us to escape the drought and come here.” ((VIDEO-VOA: Shots within the IDP Camp)) ((NARRATOR)) Among the aid agencies helping displaced families is the Norwegian Refugee Council. The agency has sent about 65 thousand people, many in hard-to-reach locations, mobile money transfers. Abdullahi Mohamud Abdulle is the agency’s livelihood and food security coordinator. He says the mobile money transfer program makes it easier to reach those in need. ((Abdullahi Mohamud Abdulle, Norwegian Refugee Council (in Somali 21 seconds)) “The use of mobile money transfer has helped a lot for families affected by drought. We disburse money to their mobile phone numbers in order for these vulnerable families to buy food, water and other essential items.” ((VIDEO-VOA: Shots Hormuud Telecom Offices)) ((NARRATOR)) Hormuud Telecom, the biggest telecom company in Somalia, has created a portal exclusively for aid agencies to distribute money to families in crisis. The system runs 24/7. ((Abdirisaq Salad Ahmed, Hormuud Telecom (Somali 24 seconds)) “This portal has the advantages of facilitating the support intended for the beneficiaries, reducing the amount of time required for the money to reach victims and allowing it to be sent safely.” ((VIDEO-VOA: Shots within the IDP Camp)) ((NARRATOR)) Somalia’s population is predominantly nomadic. Livestock trade is the main source of income. As long as the country remains vulnerable to droughts and poor infrastructure, for aid agencies mobile money transfers provide a convenient way to help families struggling in remote parts of the country. ((Mohamed Sheikh Nor, for VOA News, Mogadishu.))
- Transcript/Script USAGM SHARE ((PLAYBOOK SLUG: SOMALIA IDPS MOBILE AID (TV) HEADLINE: UN World Food Program: ‘6 Million Somalis Face Food Insecurity’ TEASER: The use of mobile money transfers has helped many families affected by drought PUBLISHED: Tuesday, 05/03/2022 BYLINE: Mohamed Sheikh Nor DATELINE: MOGADISHU VIDEOGRAPHER: Mohamed Sheikh Nor PRODUCER: SCRIPT EDITORS: MPage, Salem Solomon, MPage VIDEO SOURCE (S): All VOA PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV X RADIO X TRT: 3:20 VID APPROVED BY: mia TYPE: TVPKG EDITOR NOTES: There is an accompanying radio piece. For questions or final review, send email back to Mohamed Sheikh Nor: shikha114q@hotmail.com and copy Africa coverage editor, Daniel Schearf: dschearf@voanews.com / Trims throughout, removing one SOT and trimming others.)) ((INTRO)) [[The U.N.’s World Food Program says 6 million Somalis are facing food insecurity from a record drought that displaced nearly 800,000 people into camps on the outskirts of cities like Mogadishu. Aid groups say mobile cash transfers have become an essential tool for getting quick help to people in Somalia’s remote, drought-affected, and unsafe areas. Mohamed Sheikh Nor reports from Mogadishu, Somalia.]] ((VIDEO- VOA: Aerial View of IDP Camp on the outskirts of Mogadishu and shots within the IDP Camp)) ((NARRATOR)) The severe drought ravaging parts of Somalia has forced hundreds of families to flee their homes for refugee camps. Asiya Muktar Hassan, a mother of six and recent arrival to the camp left her home in the remote Shabelle region, where aid agencies face difficulties delivering assistance. Asiya and a majority of the camp’s residents, received cash assistance through their mobile phones while still living in isolated villages. Aid agencies sent help through mobile money transfers, viewed as a safe, effective way to reach drought victims. For Asiya and her family, life was unbearable as food and water became scarce even with the cash from the aid agencies. Using the money sent to her mobile phone, Asiya paid her way to Mogadishu with her family. ((Asiya Muktar Hassan, Drought Victim (in Somali 18 seconds)) “A severe drought, water crisis, extreme heat and lack of food, forced us to flee from our homes. Money sent to us by mobile phones enabled us to come here, it was too little to meet our needs. We are suffering dear brothers and sisters.” ((VIDEO-VOA: Shots within the IDP Camp)) ((NARRATOR)) An elderly refugee at the camp arrived with her special needs daughter and seven other children from the Diinsoor district. She says the mobile money assistance saved her family. ((Fadumo Osman Naney, Drought Victim (in Somali 21 seconds)) “Our fields went dry and our crops and livestock died, there was no water and no food, we were helpless, none of us had any hope left until our brothers came to our aid and they transferred money. This made it possible for us to escape the drought and come here.” ((VIDEO-VOA: Shots within the IDP Camp)) ((NARRATOR)) Among the aid agencies helping displaced families is the Norwegian Refugee Council. The agency has sent about 65 thousand people, many in hard-to-reach locations, mobile money transfers. Abdullahi Mohamud Abdulle is the agency’s livelihood and food security coordinator. He says the mobile money transfer program makes it easier to reach those in need. ((Abdullahi Mohamud Abdulle, Norwegian Refugee Council (in Somali 21 seconds)) “The use of mobile money transfer has helped a lot for families affected by drought. We disburse money to their mobile phone numbers in order for these vulnerable families to buy food, water and other essential items.” ((VIDEO-VOA: Shots Hormuud Telecom Offices)) ((NARRATOR)) Hormuud Telecom, the biggest telecom company in Somalia, has created a portal exclusively for aid agencies to distribute money to families in crisis. The system runs 24/7. ((Abdirisaq Salad Ahmed, Hormuud Telecom (Somali 24 seconds)) “This portal has the advantages of facilitating the support intended for the beneficiaries, reducing the amount of time required for the money to reach victims and allowing it to be sent safely.” ((VIDEO-VOA: Shots within the IDP Camp)) ((NARRATOR)) Somalia’s population is predominantly nomadic. Livestock trade is the main source of income. As long as the country remains vulnerable to droughts and poor infrastructure, for aid agencies mobile money transfers provide a convenient way to help families struggling in remote parts of the country. ((Mohamed Sheikh Nor, for VOA News, Mogadishu.))
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- Embargo Date May 3, 2022 08:10 EDT
- Byline Mohamed Sheikh Nor
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