SYRIA DARAYA CONVOY

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has delivered food for the first time since 2012 to the besieged town of Daraya, a suburb of Damascus, as part of a joint United Nations (UN) and Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) convoy. WFP

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:04
• Production Date: 10 June 2016
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME - WFP
• Subject Topical: FOOD; HUMANITARIAN RELIEF
• Geographic Subject: SYRIA
• MAMS Id: 1640895
• Parent Id: 1640895
• Alternate Title: unifeed160610a

Description

STORY: SYRIA / DARAYA CONVOY
TRT: 02:04
SOURCE: WFP
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 9 JUNE 2016, DARAYA, SYRIA

Shotlist

1. Various shots, WFP Convoy arriving in Daraya
2. Various shots, food trucks pulling in
3. Various shots, unloading WFP food parcels by torchlight and headlights
4. Med shot, WFP staff entering warehouse
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Bernard Mrewa, World Food Programme (WFP) Syria:
“Today the World Food Programme is delivering assistance to Daraya for the first time since 2012. And today we are delivering about 480 food rations which will benefit around 2,400 individuals.
This is assistance for 1 month. In addition for this food basket we do have a double ration for fortified wheat flour as well as date bars, which will be benefitting people in Daraya.”
6. Wide shot, food parcels arriving at warehouse
7. Various shots, WFP and other humanitarian aid organizations meeting Abo Abdulrahman’s family
8. Wide shot, convoy leaving Daraya

Storyline

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has delivered food for the first time since 2012 to the besieged town of Daraya, a suburb of Damascus, as part of a joint United Nations (UN) and Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) convoy.

WFP delivered a family ration -- enough to feed 2,400 people for one month -- and enough wheat flour in bags to feed the entire population of 4,000 people for a month. The nine-truck convoy also carried medical supplies and health items late on Thursday to the people of Daraya. WFP food boxes included rice, lentils, chickpeas, beans, bulgur, oil, salt and sugar.

More convoys are planned to all of the 19 besieged locations in Syria as part of the plan for June, following the Government of Syria’s approval to reach all these locations.

Elsewhere, a series of airdrops over the besieged town of Deir Ezzor have delivered a month’s supply of food for the 100,000 people trapped inside the city. WFP plans to continue the flights in the next few weeks to deliver another monthly ration.

In total, during the first few days of June, WFP has already provided life-saving food assistance to more than 1.4 million people across Syria as part of the organization’s monthly plan to reach 4 million displaced and vulnerable people.

In addition, WFP provides assistance -- mostly cash-based transfers through “e-cards” -- to around 1.5 million Syrian refugees living in the neighbouring countries of Jordan, Turkey, Lebanon Iraq and Egypt.