ETHIOPIA / DROUGHT

The government of Ethiopia and the Humanitarian Country Team seek US$1.4 billion to respond the worsening humanitarian crisis exacerbated by the El Niño weather phenomenon. OCHA

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:16
• Production Date: 22 March 2016
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS - OCHA
• Subject Topical: AID PROGRAMMES; HUMANITARIAN CRISIS
• Geographic Subject: ETHIOPIA
• MAMS Id: 1588174
• Parent Id: 1588174
• Alternate Title: unifeed160322h

Description

STORY: ETHIOPIA / DROUGHT
TRT: 02:16
SOURCE: OCHA
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / LOCAL LANG / NATS

DATELINE: 23 JAN 2016, 3 FEB 2016, DODOTA WOREDA /ULA ARBA, ETHIOPIA

Shotlist

23 JANUARY 2016, DODOTA WOREDA, ETHIOPIA

1. Various shots, Ato Ahmed Hussein walking on his dried-up land
2. SOUNDBITE (Local language) Ato Ahmed Hussein, farmer:
"As you can see there is no harvest. Even though the land was ploughed."
3. Close up, Ato Ahmed Hussein’s hand sifting through dry earth
4. Wide shot, people going to water well
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Paul Handley, Head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Ethiopia:
"Over the course of last year in many places it simply didn't rain. That obviously has an impact on agriculture but also on drinking water. for those in areas used to accessing shallow water wells, many of them have dried up which is also a factor in driving displacement."

3 FEBRUARY 2016, ULA ARBA, ETHIOPIA

6. Various shots, people and cattle at the water well
7. Med shot, Gena Geleta walking among the herd of cattle next to the well
8. SOUNDBITE (local language) Gena Geleta, farmer:
"I cannot even sell my cattle and use the money to buy food because it is emaciated and no one will buy it from me."
9. Close up, kid’s face
10. Wide shot, kid running through dried-up fields
11. SOUNDBITE (Local language) Ahimed Shekhussein, farmer:
"This year I didn’t get any harvest because of the drought. We are getting assistance from the government. But this barely allows us to survive, because the aid we receive is not enough."
12. Wide shot, doctor giving therapeutic milk to a malnourished child
13. Various shots, mothers with malnourished children at the village’s health center

Storyline

Humanitarian partners today launched a 90-day campaign to raise awareness on the urgent need for an additional funding for the drought crisis in Ethiopia to address the humanitarian resource gap.

El-Niño has exacerbated the humanitarian situation across the Horn of Africa region. Ethiopia is the most affected and is facing its worst drought in five decades. Today, 10.2 million people need humanitarian food assistance and 450,000 children under five are severely malnourished.

The Government of Ethiopia and the Humanitarian Country Team seek US$1.4 billion to respond, warning that current fundings available for food aid will be exhausted by 1 May.
Each day without food assistance increases human suffering, lengthens recovery period, strains humanitarian and development systems, and exponentially increases intervention cost. This can be prevented, with an adequately funded humanitarian response today.

Delayed assistance increases human suffering, lengthens recovery period, strains humanitarian and development systems, and exponentially increases intervention cost. This can be prevented, with an adequately funded humanitarian response today.