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YEMEN / BEASLEY VISIT
STORY: YEMEN / BEASLEY VISIT
TRT: 2:38
SOURCE: WFP
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT WFP ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH /NATS
DATELINE: 11-14 NOVEMBER 2018, HODEIDAH /SANAA, YEMEN
13 NOVEMBER 2018, HODEIDAH, YEMEN
1. Tracking shot, militia’s truck on city’s street
2.Tracking shot, militia with RPG on motorbike
3. Various shots, destroyed buildings
4. Wide shot, Hodeidah’s port
5. Tracking shot, Beasley walking in port
6. SOUNDBITE (English) David Beasley, Executive Director, WFP:
“We are now supporting over 8 million people in this country and it appears that because of the war we are going to have to scale up to maybe 12 million people and that’s why I am here in this port today to send a very clear message to the world that we need to protect this port at all costs to function at the highest capacity because if we don’t then people are going to die.”
11 NOVEMBER 2018, SANAA, YEMEN
7. Wide shot, Al Sabeen hospital
8. Med shot, mothers with babies in WFP nutrition center in hospital
9. Close up, weighing a malnourished baby
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Naglaa Elsonboly, Head of the Pediatric Department, Al Sabeen hospital:
“People are from areas that are so poor, there is…. they are lacking food, as I told you we say mothers that can’t afford milk for their kids, so they bring the rice to boil and take the white water of the rice and feed their kids, as if it is milk.”
11. Various shots, Severely Acute Malnourished baby, Mohamed Hesham
14 NOVEMBER 2018, SANAA, YEMEN
12. Med shot, Beasley with Hajjar Saleh Mohsen, 4 months-old malnourished baby
13. SOUNDBITE (English) David Beasley, Executive Director, WFP:
“We asked the leaders of this country to give us the access that we need, the support that we need, unimpeded access so that we can be engaged doing what we do best, saving lives, changing lives.”
11 NOVEMBER 2018, SANAA, YEMEN
14. Wide shot, families cashing in WFP vouchers
15. Various shots people carry out supplies
16. Wide shot, kids playing
17. Various shots, family eating
Fighting in the Yemeni city of Hodeidah eased slightly on Tuesday (13 Nov) and the brief lull in hostilities allowed the few remaining families in the city to leave their homes and stock up on food and basic needs. Armed men and check points are seen in every corner of the city.
Airstrikes and street battles have left most of the city in destruction. Families are trapped behind the frontline – currently the city’s corniche.
Hodeidah Port is Yemen’s lifeline. Most of the fuel and food that Yemenis depend upon comes through this port. Even before the war, 90 per cent of Yemen's food supply had to be imported. The port’s cranes have sustained significant damage in 2015 resulting in reduced operational capacity.
SOUNDBITE (English) David Beasley, Executive Director, WFP:
“We are now supporting over 8 million people in this country and it appears that because of the war we are going to have to scale up to maybe 12 million people and that’s why I am here in this port today to send a very clear message to the world that we need to protect this port at all costs to function at the highest capacity because if we don’t then people are going to die.”
Meanwhile, in the country’s capital Sanaa, Mohamed Hesham, 8 months old boy, from the central governorate of Albayda, was brought in the WFP nutrition center in the Al Sabeen hospital. WFP treats moderately acute malnourished children with nutrition supplements but Mohamed is immediately admitted to the hospital as he suffers from severe acute malnutrition and needs hospitalization.
SOUNDBITE (English) Naglaa Elsonboly, Head of the Pediatric Department, Al Sabeen hospital:
“People are from areas that are so poor, there is…. they are lacking food, as I told you we say mothers that can’t afford milk for their kids, so they bring the rice to boil and take the white water of the rice and feed their kids, as if it is milk.”
Hajjar Saleh Mohsen is four-months-old and weighs only 2.3 kilograms. She has just arrived at the Al Sabaeen hospital from Aljawf Governorate. She was treated in the northern governorate of Saa’da in its main hospital for two months, but her situation got worse by the day. She arrived in the hospital four days ago.
SOUNDBITE (English) David Beasley, Executive Director, WFP:
“We asked the leaders of this country to give us the access that we need, the support that we need, unimpeded access so that we can be engaged doing what we do best, saving lives, changing lives.”
WFP is distributing to Yemeni families vouchers for commodities in areas with functioning markets. This also helps support local businesses and the economy. Each family receives 50 kgs of flour, 5 kg of pulses and 4 liters of oil every month.
Ahmed Saleh’s family lives in the old city. Since the war started he has not been able to work more than 2 days a month. They receive WFP family rations using the WFP voucher scheme.
Yemen is the largest hunger crisis in the world. Millions of people are living on the edge of famine and the situation is getting worse by the day. The crisis is the result of conflict, economic collapse, rising prices, and problems of supply and distribution. Many food items are beyond the reach of most Yemenis.
WFP is already providing food assistance to 7 – 8 million of those most in need, every month, but the situation has now got so dire that WFP is preparing to scale up. Food and other humanitarian support has been instrumental in helping to prevent famine, but the indications are that even greater efforts will be needed to avert mass starvation.
Intense fighting in and around the port city of Hodeidah has caused major delays to the arrival of humanitarian and commercial cargo. As a result, the price of food in shops has shot up beyond the reach of many people.
WFP’s current target of providing food assistance to 8 million people is budgeted at US$125 million per month. As the food security situation deteriorates and WFP prepares to scale up its food and nutrition programmes, it is clear our funding requirements are set to increase accordingly.
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