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WFP / LAKE CHAD BOKO HARAM
STORY: WFP / LAKE CHAD BOKO HARAM
TRT: 02:25
SOURCE: WFP
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: BOUDOUMA / ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 16, 12, 11 DECEMBER 2015, VARIOUS LOCATIONS, LAKE CHAD REGION
11 DECEMBER 2015, LAKE CHAD
1. Aerial view of Lake Chad
11 DECEMBER 2015, BOL, LAKE CHAD REGION
2. Wide shot, Canoe on Lake Chad
3. Various shots, displaced families, who arrived on the mainland on 8 December following a government order to evacuate villages on the islands of Lake Chad, building shelters from branches
12 DECEMBER 2015, BOL, LAKE CHAD REGION
4. SOUNDBITE (Boudouma) Matu Bulumi, 65-year-old village leader:
“Boko Haram is making us suffer. We fled when they attacked a village nearby.”
11 DECEMBER 2015, KOULOUKIME CAMP, LAKE CHAD REGION
5. Various shots, World Food Programme (WFP) distribution of cereals, lentils, vegetable oil and a blend of fortified cereals and vitamins, at displaced persons’ camp
16 DECEMBER 2015, N’DJAMENA, CHAD
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Alexis Masciarelli, World Food Programme (WFP) Spokesperson:
“Here in the lake region of Chad the World Food Programme is scaling up its operations as more and more displaced people are arriving, people fleeing the violence on the islands near the border with Nigeria, people who have virtually left everything behind them, the food that they had, harvested this year, their clothes, their tools, their fishing nets and the vast majority of them rely almost exclusively on humanitarian aid.”
12 DECEMBER 2015, KOULOUKIME CAMP, LAKE CHAD REGION
7. Various shots, WFP food distribution
12 DECEMBER 2015, DAR ES SALAAM CAMP, LAKE CHAD REGION
8. Wide shot, internally displaced persons walking towards tent at Dar es Salaam Camp opened at the start of 2015 by the Chadian government and UNHCR
9. Tilt up, woman pouring rice into bowl
10. Various shots, women preparing meal
11. Med shot, children carrying water to their tents
12. Close up, child looking into camera
11 DECEMBER 2015, KOULOUKIME CAMP, LAKE CHAD REGION
13. Various shots, Aisha Kalo, a Chadian displaced by the conflict with Boko Haram, at refugee camp
14. Close up, Aisha feeding her baby
The World Food Programme warns more than 5.6 million people do not have enough food to eat in areas affected by the Boko Haram crisis in the Lake Chad region, where violence has led to a surge of refugees and internally displaced people (IDP).
The UN food agency warns insecurity could lead to prolonged hunger, as attacks in Chad intensify, and continue in Nigeria, Cameroon and Niger, and that the number of children under five and women suffering from malnutrition may rise further in the areas affected by the crisis.
Meanwhile, IDPs continue to arrive from the Lake Chad islands and bordering villages.
Matu Bulumi, a 65 year-old village leader, arrived on the mainland on December 9 from Galia, a village in the islands on the Lake Chad.
“Boko Haram is making us suffer. We fled when they attacked a village nearby,” Matu said.
WFP is stepping up its efforts, providing lifesaving food assistance, along with specialized nutritional food to treat malnourished children under five, and pregnant and nursing women, in the Lake Chad region.
“Here in the lake region of Chad the World Food Programme is scaling up its operations as more and more displaced people are arriving, people fleeing the violence on the islands near the border with Nigeria, people who have virtually left everything behind them,” said WFP spokesperson, Alexis Masciarelli.
“The food that they had, harvested this year, their clothes, their tools, their fishing nets and the vast majority of them rely almost exclusively on humanitarian aid,” he added.
Dar es Salam camp was opened at the start of 2015 by the Chadian government and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). It now hosts some 5,000 Nigerian refugees who are almost entirely dependent on humanitarian aid.
WFP reports people’s livelihoods have been seriously affected by the ongoing conflict. Closed borders have disrupted trade, halted access to farmland and prevented herders reaching grazing land. Fishing, which provides a living for many people in Chad, has been banned for security reasons. Latest figures show that in Chad, price of certain foods has increased, while food production has decreases, such as maize which has decreased by 39% compared to the previous year.
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