SYRIA / FOOD AIRDROP

In the last few weeks, the World Food Programme (WFP) and its humanitarian partners reached more people in besieged areas than at any other time since the beginning of the conflict, providing life-saving support including food and nutrition products to thousands of families. WFP

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:22
• Production Date: 3 May 2016
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME - WFP
• Subject Topical: FOOD SUPPLY
• Geographic Subject: SYRIA
• MAMS Id: 1615874
• Parent Id: 1615874
• Alternate Title: unifeed160503a

Description

STORY: SYRIA / FOOD AIRDROP
TRT: 2:22
SOURCE: WFP
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 2,3 MAY 2016, DAMASCUS, SYRIA / RECENT

Shotlist

2 MAY 2016, JORDANIAN AIR-SPACE

1. Wide shot, shadow WFP plane

2 MAY 2016, DEIR EZZOR, SYRIAN AIRSPACE

2. Various shots, parachute food pallets airdrop

3 MAY 2016, DAMASCUS, SYRIA

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Jakob Kern, Syria Director, World Food Programme (WFP):
“WFP is trying to reach Syrians in need, in besieged and hard to reach areas no matter where they are and no matter how much it takes us, being by land or like in this case of Deir Ezzor by air, where we dropped from high altitude food on parachutes into the city to support the 100,000 people that still live there.”

RECENT - 28 APRIL 2016, AMMAN, JORDAN

4. Various shots, WFP staff preparing food supplies

RECENT - 27 APRIL 2016, AMMAN, JORDAN

5. Various shots, preparation of parachutes and pallets

RECENT - 28 APRIL 2016, AMMAN, JORDAN

6. Various shots, pallets loading on plane
7. Wide shot, plane taxiing
8. Wide shot, plane taking off

RECENT - 30 APRIL 2016, DAMASCUS, SYRIA

9. Various shots, WFP trucks leaving
10. Various shots, staff unloading boxes
11. Close up, WFP bags
12. Wide shot, Red Crescent trucks

Storyline

In the last few weeks, the World Food Programme (WFP) and its humanitarian partners reached more people in besieged areas than at any other time since the beginning of the conflict, providing life-saving support including food and nutrition products to thousands of families.

WFP carried out over twenty two airdrops over the besieged eastern Syrian city of Deir Ezzor, dropping urgently needed food assistance – mainly rice, chickpeas, vegetable oil, sugar, salt, bulgur and beans -- to meet the immediate needs of over 100,000 people.

Over the weekend, two simultaneous inter-agency convoys accessed the besieged towns of Madaya and Zabadani in rural Damascus and Foah and Kifriyeh in rural Idleb.

WFP delivered wheat flour enough to feed 60,000 vulnerable people living in these areas. The wheat flour will compliment food rations delivered by ICRC. WFP has already delivered nutrition supplies for the prevention and treatment of acute malnutrition for nearly 7,000 children.

The UN food agency has delivered food assistance for almost 3.9 million people during the month of April.