Date : 23/09/2016

Country/Region : LIBYA

Title : Libya : violence and instability wreckling lives

Duration : 00:03:19

Director : LAGHA, Mohamed Abdulhakim

Cameraman : unknown

Editor : unknown

Keyword : TESTIMONY; RC LIBYA; VOLUNTARY SERVICE; ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF; RELIEF DISTRIBUTION; RUINS; LIMB-FITTING; CONVOY; DISABLED PERSON; PROSTHESIS

Confidentiality level : public

Publication restrictions : publication without restrictions

Copyright : ICRC

Production company : ICRC

ICRC producer :
LAGHA, Mohamed Abdulhakim

Production reference : AV539N

Description : Libya in 2016 is plagued by conflict. Multiple armed groups, fighting, crime, and kidnapping are destroying normal life. Families are fleeing their homes, or living in constant fear. The bright hopes of a few years ago have not become reality.
Ahmed and his children are among hundreds of families who have come to an ICRC distribution centre to receive food and other basics like mattresses, blankets, and kitchen sets. Many families have lost everything they own.
But there have been other losses over the last five years too. Many Libyans, the majority of them young, have lost limbs in the violence. For Ashraf, the chances of working again, and supporting himself and his family, may have gone.
If it had not been for friends telling Ashraf about a physical rehabilitation centre at Misrata University, Ashraf’s situation would still be desperate. The centre is supported by the ICRC, and, as Mahmoud Hajajereh, a specialist in medical prosthetics explains, the aim is not just to help war wounded like Ahsraf, but to share skills.
For Ashraf, the centre has offered new hope. After taking careful measurements, the staff have made him a new prosthesis which fits, and which is comfortable enough to wear every day.
But Libya is a vast country, and after five years of instability and conflict, its needs are vast too. The ICRC and partner organisations are working hard across huge distances to meet those needs, but young people like Faraj Mahdi worry about the future.
Faraj is at least getting food and other material support at the ICRC distribution centre. But his dream of finishing school may have to wait. Many more journeys, and many more deliveries across Libya may be needed.

Original language : International soundtrack

English title : Libya : violence and instability wreckling lives

Colour/B&W : colour

SD/HD : HD

Resolution : 1920 x 1080

Aspect ratio : 16/9

Original material/format : ProRes 422

Best material/format available : ProRes 422