STORY: AMISOM hands over mother and

child health care facility in Belet Wayne

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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/SOMALI/NATURAL SOUND
DATELINE: 2015/ MOGADISHU, SOMALIA
SHOTLIST
1. Wide shot, United Nations helicopter landing at Belet Wayne airport
2. Med shot, AMISOM senior officials alighting the helicopter
3. Wide shot, Belet Wayne local leaders and AMISOM senior officers at
the handover ceremony
4. Med shot, Belet Wayne local leaders and AMISOM senior officers at
the handover ceremony
5. Wide shot, AMISOM officials listen to the opening remarks
6. Med shot, AMISOM senior officers listen to the opening remarks
7. Wide shot, Belet Wayne local leaders in attendance
8. SOUNDBITE (Somali) Head of the mother-child health facility,
Haweya Dhisow, This facility has been set up to cater for the
needs of the women, the women who did not have access to safe
delivery. This health facility will also cater for children with different
ailments, including malnutrition. Every village in Belet Wayne will
benefit.
9. Close up, head of the mother-child health facility Haweya Dhisow
10.
Med shot, AMISOM Senior civil affairs Officers listen to the
opening remarks
11.
Close up, AMISOM Senior civil affairs Officers listen to the
opening remarks
12.
Close up, AMISOM Senior civil affairs Officers listen to the
opening remarks
13.
SOUNDBITE (Somali) the Deputy District Commissioner
Beley Wayne Bashir Dhore, Today we took part in the launch of
this health facility. As a district, we never forget the good work
AMISOM has done for us. AMISOM has helped vulnerable people
including women and children. This facility is part of the much
needed infrastructure in Belet Wayne.

14.
Wide shot, Belet Wayne local leaders and AMISOM Senior civil
affairs Officers at the handover ceremony
15.
Med shot, AMISOM Senior civil affairs Officers listen to the
opening remarks
16.
Wide shot, mother-child health facility
17.
SOUNDBITE (English) AMISOM Senior civil affairs Officer
Dr. Opiyo Ododa, Our purpose in doing this is for people to enjoy
peace dividends after AMISOM recovered Belet Wayne. We are
looking forward to seeing this facility being used by communities to
be able to improve health care. We are giving this facility to the
womens group and local government and have particularly
requested central government to be able to provide them
medication kits and personnel to work in this facility. What we are
providing today is part of the broader projects we undertaking in
Somalia. We have had projects in Kismayo, Baidoa; now here Belet
Wayne and are also looking at Galgadud.
18.
Wide shot, head of the mother-child health facility Haweya
Dhisow receives the keys of the center
19.
Med shot, head of the mother-child health facility Haweya
Dhisow officially opens the center

SCRIPT
The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has handed over a
mother-child health facility in Belet Wayne, aimed at improving
access to health services for the most vulnerable members of the
community. The facility includes an out-patient wing, a delivery
room, storage rooms as well as doctors offices. This is part of the
broader effort undertaken by the missions Stabilization and Early
Recovery working group, aimed at improving the lives of the Somali
people, through various project undertaken.
Speaking during the ceremony, Haweya Dhisow, head of the
mother-child health facility said this would impact greatly on the
community.

This facility has been set up to cater for the needs of the women,
the women who did not have access to safe delivery. This health
facility will also cater for children with different ailments, including
malnutrition. Every village in Belet Wayne will benefit, she said.
Bashir Dhore, the Deputy District Commissioner Beley Wayne
added, Today we took part in the launch of this health facility. As a
district, we never forget the good work AMISOM has done for us.
AMISOM has helped vulnerable people including women and
children. This facility is part of the much needed infrastructure in
Belet Wayne.
Dr. Opio Ododa, AMISOM senior Civil Affairs officer expressed hope
that the facility will have a positive impact on the lives of the
people.
Our purpose in doing this is for people to enjoy peace dividends
after AMISOM recovered Belet Wayne. We are looking forward to
seeing this facility being used by communities to be able to improve
health care. We are giving this facility to the womens group and
local

government

and

have

particularly

requested

central

government to be able to provide them medication kits and

personnel to work in this facility. What we are providing today is part
of the broader projects we undertaking in Somalia. We have had
projects in Kismayo, Baidoa; now here Belet Wayne and are also
looking at Galgadud, he said.