Médecins Sans Frontières - Webclip_CAR: Fighting For Survival

Unique Identifier Code / URN MSB4331

Date taken / Date Recorded 23/12/2013 12:00 AM

Country Central African Republic

Commissioning section MSF-UNITED KINGDOM

Photographer / videographer / producer Fabio Basone

Copyright Fabio Basone/MSF

Usage Rights (MSF) Internal Use Only

Formal Consent Copy available no

Editor's rating ★★★★★★ (B)

Video format h264 (High)

Duration 4m0s

Maximum Size 1920px × 1080px 220.74 MB

Additional Information / Shotlist CAR – Fighting For Survival - MSB4314 International Transcript Please refer to the English version on the Media Database for where to position captions and text - MSB4314. On the international version there is a grey box where translated text should go. In addition, each slide containing a map graphic should have text. SLIDE 1: Central African Republic December 2013 SLIDE 2: On December 5, 2013, several hundred people were killed during armed clashes that shook the city of Bangui, the capital of Central African Republic. SLIDE 3: Approximately 40,000 people have sought safety at the city’s airport. SLIDE 4: People have found shelter underneath airplane wings or wherever else they can find it. SLIDE 5 MSF’s mobile emergency team is providing round-the-clock medical care at the airport. SLIDE 6: Carrying out over 200 consultations per day, MSF is treating wounds, abscesses and burns as well as respiratory tract infections and malaria. SLIDE 7: MSF’s emergency coordinator, Tessy Fautsch, assists an elderly woman. SLIDE 8: An MSF nurse attends to a wounded man. SLIDE 9: In addition to MSF’s emergency mobile clinics at Bangui City Airport, MSF teams are working at Bangui Community Hospital. In the early hours of fighting on 05 December 13, an uninterrupted stream of patients arrived at the hospital. SLIDE 10: The corridors overflowed with patients; some had to be stabilised on the ground or on benches in the triage area. SLIDE 11: Most people have wounds caused by firearms or machetes. SLIDE 12: Several tents have been erected to receive the wounded and increase hospital capacity. SLIDE 13: Macasa was born in a car on the way to the hospital. She has breathing difficulties so the team prepares an oxygen bottle to help increase her oxygen levels. SLIDE 14: In the town of Bouca, northeastern Central African Republic, clashes between rival armed groups have led to another wave of displacement. INTERVIEW / FOOTAGE: AWA SALLE Displaced from Bouca. Baby malnourished. Patient at Batangafo. My name is Awa Salle and my baby's name is Salle Nabak. At 5 in the morning the Anti-Balaka arrived and attacked the village and the Séléka and there was an exchange of gunfire. The Anti-Balaka were more than the Séléka. They attacked us and they burned down our houses. There were some people killed and we ran away to find shelter at the imam's house. PIERRE GOKARA. Family displaced. Patient at Batangafo. Everything started with the attacks between the Anti-Balaka and the Séléka. After the Anti-Balaka attacked the Muslim people, the Séléka came to attack the Christians by setting fire to the houses. My house was also set on fire. My wife, my children and myself were inside the house. My wife got out with the children because if they stayed inside they would have been burnt alive. The Séléka didn't know that I was still inside. I tried to get out to save myself, but as soon as they saw me they started shooting at me, and then I had to go back to the house. SLIDE 15: The new wave of violence that is engulfing the Central African Republic has left tens of thousands of displaced people. In Bossangoa, more than 30,000 are sheltered in precarious conditions. SLIDE 16: Currently, 28,000 people are seeking refuge at the Catholic Mission in Bossangoa, far exceeding the structure's capacity. SLIDE 17: MSF has treated over 60 people for machete and gunshot wounds. SLIDE 18: Having faced political-military instability for decades, the Central African Republic now faces a chronic humanitarian and health emergency. MSF has been active in CAR since 1997 and runs seven regular projects in Batangafo, Boguila, Carnot, Kabo, Ndele, Paoua and Zemio, and has started emergency operations in Bossangoa, Bouca and Bria since March ‘13.

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