ZIMBABWE / EL NINO HIV AIDS

The World Food Programme (WFP) said nearly half of Zimbabwe’s population would be affected by food insecurity in rural areas during the peak hunger period next year, rendering those affected by HIV/AIDS particularly vulnerable. WFP / UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:03:00
• Production Date: 4 October 2016
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME - WFP
• Subject Topical: AIDS; FOOD SECURITY; HIV
• Geographic Subject: ZIMBABWE
• MAMS Id: 1725256
• Parent Id: 1725256
• Alternate Title: unifeed161004a

Description

STORY: ZIMBABWE / EL NINO HIV AIDS
TRT: 3:00
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 7-9 SEPTEMBER 2016, CHIVHU / BULAWAYO / HARARE / PLUMTREE, ZIMBABWE

Shotlist

9 SEPTEMBER 2016, CHIVHU, ZIMBABWE

1. Wide shot, dry maize field
2. Med shot, farmer digging
3. Wide shot, dry field

7 SEPTEMBER 2016, BULAWAYO, ZIMBABWE

2. Wide shot, nutrition clinic
3. Med shot, mother carrying children
4. Close up, child
5. Several shots, HIV positive child being tested for malnutrition
6. UPSOUND (English) Caroline Mukozho, Nurse:
“The child is refusing to take the medicines because, normally, she is saying, they don’t have enough food to take.”
7. Med shot, mother comforting child

9 SEPTEMBER 2016, HARARE, ZIMBABWE

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Niels Balzar, xxx, World Food Programme Zimbabwe:
“Over the last couple of months, we have seen increasing rates of malnutrition in various parts of the country due to the El Nino induced drought. That also has an impact on people living with HIV/AIDS in that they will not be able to access enough food which they need necessarily to ensure the drugs they are taking every day are having their intended effects.”

7 SEPTEMBER 2016, PLUMTREE, ZIMBABWE

9. Wide shot, Sipiwe Moyo walking in dry maize fields
10. Pan left, Sipiwe Moyo in dry maize fields
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Sipiwe Moyo, Farmer:
“I get maybe 45, 50 KG’s if we’ve got rains. But last year, I think I only got ten KG’s or so. This year it was worse.”
12. Wide shot, people waiting for food distribution
13. Med shot, Moyo receiving food aid
14. Various shots, Moyo buying groceries
15. Wide shot, Moyo walking out of shop
16. Tilt up, Moyo walking in open field
17. Various shots, Moyo preparing dinner
18. Various shots, Moyo eating
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Sipiwe Moyo, Farmer:
“Most of us are not well, as I have said before, so, how are you going to live if you don’t have food?”
20. Wide shot, Moyo having dinner under a tree

Storyline

The World Food Programme (WFP) said nearly half of Zimbabwe’s population would be affected by food insecurity in rural areas during the peak hunger period next year, rendering those affected by HIV/AIDS particularly vulnerable.

The agency said 3.39 million people were in need of urgent food assistance in October as farmers unsuccessfully tried to plant their maize crops due to El Nino related drought. In 20 districts, the levels of food insecurity ranged between 50 percent and 79 percent.

Senzelwe Moyo and her two year-old son are both HIV positive. The red indicator on the arm band shows that he is extremely malnourished and needs to be in a hospital. He has also tested positive for TB.

UPSOUND (English) Caroline Mukozho, Nurse:
“The child is refusing to take the medicines because, normally, she is saying, they don’t have enough food to take.”

WFP’s Niels Balzar said over the last couple of months, there had been increasing rates of malnutrition in various parts of the country due to the El Nino induced drought. He said this had “an impact on people living with HIV/AIDS in that they will not be able to access enough food which they need necessarily to ensure the drugs they are taking every day are having their intended effects.”

Sipiwe Moyo is a 50 year-old farmer and HIV positive. Her husband died from AIDS in 2004 leaving her and her son behind. To get treatment, she must walk five hours each way to the local clinic. El Nino has also severely impacted her maize crops.

SOUNDBITE (English) Sipiwe Moyo, Farmer:
“I get maybe 45-50 KG’s if we’ve got rains. But last year, I think I only got ten KG’s or so. This year it was worse.”

WFP provides HIV- positive residents of rural communities hit by the drought with food and cash assistance. At five dollars per household member a month, the cash assistance is aimed at allowing them to buy fresh foods while supporting the local economy.

SOUNDBITE (English) Sipiwe Moyo, Farmer:
“Most of us are not well, as I have said before, so, how are you going to live if you don’t have food?”