NR No: 017/2023 Date: 02 January 2024

SHOTLIST: ATMIS donates relief food to IDPs in Hirshabelle state

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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/SOMALI/NATURAL SOUND

DATELINE: 31/DECEMBER/2023, JOWHAR, SOMALIA

SHOT LIST:

1. Wide shot – ATMIS Burundi troops load the truck with food and non-food items to
be distributed to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).
2. Med shot - ATMIS Burundi troops in Sector 5 load the truck with food and non-
food items to be distributed to IDPs.
3. Close up - ATMIS Burundi troops load the truck with food and non-food items to
be distributed to IDPs.
4. Wide shot - ATMIS Burundi troops load the truck with food and non-food items to
be distributed to IDPs.
5. Wide shot - ATMIS Burundi troops arrive at the distribution point.
6. Wide shot - ATMIS Burundi troops arrive at the distribution point.
7. Med shot - ATMIS Burundi troops sort out the items at the distribution point.
8. Wide shot - ATMIS Burundi troops sort out the items at the distribution point.
9. Wide shot – Some of the items being distributed.
10. Med shot - Some of the items being distributed.
11. Close up - Some of the items being distributed.
12. Wide shot – IDPs receive food rations.
13. Med shot - IDPs receive food rations.
14. Close up – An IDP receives food rations.

For more information please contact:

Snr. Communications Officer or Force Spokesperson
Ms. Gifty Bingley or Lt. Col Said Mwachinalo, Email: atmismediacenter@au-atmis.org
Cell phone: (Somalia) +252 617 682 175/+252 613 665 356; (Nairobi) +254 722 586 005
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15. Close up - An IDP receives food rations.
16. Wide shot - IDPs receive food rations.
17. Med shot – ATMIS Sector 5 Commander, Maj. Gen. Jean Claude Niyiburana and
Hirshabelle Deputy Minister of Humanitarian and Disaster Management, Omar
Mohamed Gabow, donate food rations to an IDP.
18. Close up - ATMIS Sector 5 Commander, Maj. Gen. Jean Claude Niyiburana
addresses the IDP’s during the food distribution exercise.

19. SOUNDBITE: (English) Brig. Gen. Jean Cloude Niyiburana, ATMIS Sector 5
Commander
"Today, we begin distributing food and non-food items donated by ATMIS to
Hirshabelle State's vulnerable population. This action will continue; we have six
IDP camps, and we are organising similar exercise in other camps in the coming
days.”

20. Wide shot - Hirshabelle Deputy Minister of Humanitarian and Disaster

Management Omar Mohamed Gabow addresses the IDPs during the food
distribution exercise.
21. Med shot - Hirshabelle Deputy Minister of Humanitarian and Disaster
Management, Omar Mohamed Gabow addresses the IDP’s during the food
distribution exercise.

22. SOUNDBITE: (Somali) Omar Mohamed Gabow, Hirshabelle Deputy Minister

of Humanitarian and Disaster Management
“The distribution will benefit at least 600 households. Meanwhile we will support
150 households of Towfik IDP camp. Another 450 households in four IDP camps
in Jowhar will benefit from in the next distribution exercise.”

23. Wide shot – The IDPs receive their rations.

24. Med shot - The IDPs receive their rations.
25. Wide shot - The IDPs carry their rations home after the exercise.
26. Med shot - The IDPs carry their rations home after the exercise

27. SOUNDBITE: (Somali) Muawiye Osman Omar, Chairman of Towfik IDP

Camp.
“We are grateful to the administration of Hirshabelle State and ATMIS for
delivering this food aid which include blankets, oil, sugar, beans, mosquito nets.
Our needs are more, but we appreciate their timely support.”

For more information please contact:

Snr. Communications Officer or Force Spokesperson
Ms. Gifty Bingley or Lt. Col Said Mwachinalo, Email: atmismediacenter@au-atmis.org
Cell phone: (Somalia) +252 617 682 175/+252 613 665 356; (Nairobi) +254 722 586 005
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ATMIS donates relief food to IDPs in Hirshabelle state

Jowhar, 2 January 2024 – The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia

(ATMIS), working with Hirshabelle State authorities, has given emergency relief food
and other essentials to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the Federal Member
State.

These items, obtained with help from the Italian government, were provided to
families affected by recent El-Nino floods. They included rice, wheat flour, sugar,
beans, and oil, along with non-food items like blankets, plastic sheets, mosquito
nets, and buckets.

Major General Jean Claude Niyiburana, ATMIS Sector 5 Contingent Commander,

led the distribution and praised the regional administration for helping the victims of
destructive rains and flooding, which caused displacement and significant damage.

"We are starting the distribution of food and non-food items provided by ATMIS today
to help the vulnerable population in Hirshabelle State. This distribution will continue;
we have six IDP camps, and we plan to do a similar exercise in other camps in the
coming days," stated Major General Niyiburana.

He reassured that ATMIS would consistently work with the Federal Government of
Somalia and local administration to improve the welfare of the local population
affected by natural disasters.

Omar Mohamed Gaabow, Deputy Minister of Humanitarian and Disaster

Management of Hirshabelle state, expressed gratitude for the relief food and
commended ATMIS and the Italian Government for supporting the Somali people.

"The distribution will benefit at least 600 households. Meanwhile, we will support 150
households in the Towfik IDP camp. Another 450 households in four IDP camps in
Jowhar will benefit from the next distribution exercise," said the deputy minister.

For more information please contact:

Snr. Communications Officer or Force Spokesperson
Ms. Gifty Bingley or Lt. Col Said Mwachinalo, Email: atmismediacenter@au-atmis.org
Cell phone: (Somalia) +252 617 682 175/+252 613 665 356; (Nairobi) +254 722 586 005
Web: atmis-au.org | Follow Us: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube
Muawiye Osman Omar, Chairman of the Towfik IDP camp, appreciated the
Hirshabelle State government and ATMIS for promptly assisting the victims of the El
Nino floods.

"We sincerely thank the administration of Hirshabelle State and ATMIS for delivering
this food aid, including blankets, oil, sugar, beans, mosquito nets. Our needs are
more, but we appreciate their timely support," said Omar.

The El Nino-induced flooding has caused widespread damage in the Hirshabelle

region, displacing households, destroying infrastructure, and cutting off access to
Main Supply Routes (MSRs).

Flooding and the subsequent effects of the El-Nino phenomenon have impacted at
least 2.4 million people across Somalia. Approximately 1.5 million people have been
displaced, and over 100 people have lost their lives.

Ends.

For more information please contact:

Snr. Communications Officer or Force Spokesperson
Ms. Gifty Bingley or Lt. Col Said Mwachinalo, Email: atmismediacenter@au-atmis.org
Cell phone: (Somalia) +252 617 682 175/+252 613 665 356; (Nairobi) +254 722 586 005
Web: atmis-au.org | Follow Us: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube