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SOUTH SUDAN / EMERGENCY AID
STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / EMERGENCY AID
TRT: 2.17
SOURCE: WFP
RESTRICITONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 16 SEPTEMBER 2014, JIECH, JONGLEI, SOUTH SUDAN
1. Wide shot, WFP plane airdropping food assistance
2. Wide shot, Mi26 cargo helicopter landing in Jiech village with 12 tons of supplies
3. Various shots, people unloading the helicopter
4. SOUNDBITE (English) George Fominyen, WFP staff in South Sudan:
“The World Food Programme has mounted an emergency response operation, where we are using airlifts and airdrops as well as river barges to get to population in hard to reach areas of the country. These are people who have fled their homes to places which are safe heavens in the Jonglei, Unity and Upper Nile state of South Sudan.”
5. Wide shot, women carrying WFP boxes with food
6. Close up, woman with boxes on her head
7. Various shots, women carrying boxes with supplies
8. Various shots, women with their children at a nutrition centre in Jiech
9. Close up, bag with energy-rich ready-to-eat nutritional supplements
10. Med shot, woman with her child receiving nutritional supplements
11. Various shots, mother with her baby eating the nutritional supplement
12. Med shot, children receiving high energy biscuits
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and UNICEF are wrapping up their 25th joint emergency mission to deliver lifesaving supplies and services in the most remote and conflict-hit regions of South Sudan.
The joint UNICEF-WFP teams – bringing assistance via plane and helicopter – have now reached more than 500,000 people including 100,000 children under the age of 5. The 25th joint mission has been taking place in Pathai, a settlement in Jonglei State, where around 30,000 children and adults registered for assistance.
Using a combination of airdrops and airlifts, WFP delivers food assistance and nutrition supplements while UNICEF provides nutrition and basic health support, including immunizing children against polio and measles, and giving out learning materials and water, sanitation and hygiene supplies.
Both agencies provide nutrition screening and treatment, as well as information and messages on nutrition. Children who are separated from their families, or unaccompanied, are registered to begin the reunification process.
George Fominyen, WFP staff in South Sudan, said “the World Food Programme has mounted an emergency response operation, where we are using airlifts and airdrops as well as river barges to get to population in hard to reach areas of the country. These are people who have fled their homes to places which are safe heavens in the Jonglei, Unity and Upper Nile state of South Sudan.”
The multi-agency rapid response teams, composed of experts in food; health; nutrition; child protection; water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and education.
With support from logistics and telecommunications specialists, they provide a lifeline to desperate communities in the three conflict-affected states - Jonglei, Upper Nile and Unity.
The teams stay in each location from eight to 11 days, carrying all their own supplies, including food, water and tents. Based on their assessment of the needs of the local population, which can be up to nearly 50,000 people per mission, the teams radio for supplies to be delivered by air.
Missions can be delayed by bad weather, which disrupts flights and causes dirt airstrips to flood. Insecurity is a constant challenge. But once a Rapid Response Mission has reached an area to establish a humanitarian response, NGO partners are frequently able to remain and provide ongoing assistance.
Of the more than 1.8 million South Sudanese who fled their homes because of the conflict, over 1.4 million remain displaced within the country. Most are sheltering in remote and hard to reach areas, and more than half of them are children.
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