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YEMEN / FOOD AID
STORY: YEMEN / FOOD AID
TRT: 2:24
SOURCE: WFP
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 12 – 16 JULY 2017, HODEIDAH, SANA’A CITY, YEMEN
12 JULY 2017, HODEIDAH PORT, YEMEN
1 Wide shot, Hodeidah port
2. Various shots, wheat off-loading from vessel into trucks
3. Various shots, wheat bagged and stored before distribution
4. Med shot, WFP bag and workers
13 JULY 2017, SANA’A CITY, YEMEN
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephen Anderson, Yemen Country Director, World Food Programme (WFP):
“We’re extremely grateful for this shipment which really could not have been more timely and the support of the United States and other donor countries that have come to help us but we still need to appeal more to the world to help us because we are only about 40% of what we need to be doing here in Yemen this year.”
16 JULY 2017, HODEIDAH, YEMEN
6. Various shots, destroyed buildings
13 JULY 2017, SANA’A CITY, YEMEN
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephen Anderson, Yemen Country Director, World Food Programme (WFP): “The situation in Yemen is getting more and more difficult, on top of near famine condition there is a massive, unprecedented cholera outbreak.”
16 JULY 2017, HODEIDAH, YEMEN
8. Med shot, Al-Thawra hospital corridor
9. Close up, baby held by mother’s arms
10. Various shots, children being treated
11. Close up, baby and mother
15 JULY 2017, AL DHAHI DISTRICT, HODEIDAH, YEMEN
12. Wide shot, food distribution and people queuing
13. Pan left, women sitting on the floor
14. Med shot, men carrying food
15. Med shot, women queuing
WFP’s Yemen Country Director, Stephen Anderson, said the situation in the country is getting “more and more difficult,” adding that “on top of near famine condition, there is a massive, unprecedented cholera outbreak.”
After more than two years of conflict and destruction, Yemen is on the brink of famine with over 17 million people – two-thirds of the country’s population – not knowing where their next meal is coming from.
WFP chartered vessel MV Aec Diligence carrying over 26,000 MT of US in-kind bulk wheat arrived at Hodeidah on the 8th of July from Kalama port in Washington State, United States (US), to support the people of Yemen. It took 35 days across high seas to reach the port. The wheat will be milled in Yemen and it will be enough to provide wheat flour for 2 million people for one month.
In July, WFP aims to provide food assistance to 6.8 million severely hungry people. Of these, 3.3 million people living in areas most at risk of slipping into famine will receive full food rations. The rest will receive 60 percent rations due to shortages of funding.
WFP’s Anderson also said “we’re extremely grateful for this shipment which really could not have been more timely and the support of the United States and other donor countries that have come to help us but we still need to appeal more to the world to help us because we are only about 40 percent of what we need to be doing here in Yemen this year.”
More resources are needed to respond to the immense needs in Yemen, especially as the vulnerability of the Yemeni people has risen considerably due an unprecedented cholera outbreak that is currently unfolding on top of an already dire food crisis.
WFP called for unimpeded access to reach those most in need and avert famine. The emergency operation costs up to US$ 1.2 billion over a one-year period. WFP requires US$323 million from July to December 2017 to continue to provide vital assistance in Yemen. So far, the operation is only 37 percent funded – even after the generous recent contribution by the United States (US).
Earlier this week, the United Nations World Food Programme also welcomed a US$ 5 million contribution from the Government of China which will provide one month of much-needed food assistance to more than 930,000 people suffering from hunger in Yemen. With this donation people get a bag of wheat grain of 50 kg, 5 litres of vegetable oil and 2.5 kg of pulses.
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