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MALAWI / LOWCOCK VISIT
STORY: MALAWI / LOWCOCK VISIT
TRT: 2:12
SOURCE: OCHA
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 01-02 MARCH 2019, LILONGWE / TIYANJANE VILLAGE, SALIMA DISTRICT, MALAWI
01 MARCH 2019, LILONGWE, MALAWI
1. Wide shot, Lowcock meeting with President of Malawi
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Mark Lowcock, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, United Nations:
“The harvest was not so good last year, there was the Fall Army worm problem but also the rains were erratic, and we wanted to make sure the United Nations was at your disposal in relieving the suffering of the people through that period. And so, I was pleased some time ago to release ten million dollars form the Central Emergency Response Fund, which is a fund that I manage on behalf of the member states and to which the member states contribute, to help with the easing of people through the hungry season.”
02 MARCH 2019, TIYANJANE VILLAGE, SALIMA DISTRICT, MALAWI
3. Wide shot, Lock meeting with locals
4. Wide shot, Lowock and delegation walking through the village
5. Med shot, Lowcock at a cash registration desk
6. SOUNDBITE (Chichewa) Dolise Kenamu, 36-year-old mother of three children:
“Hunger has affected us because we didn’t have proper rainfalls.”
7. Med shot, beneficiaries and staff at cash registration desk
8. Wide shot, beneficiaries and staff at cash registration desk
9. SOUNDBITE (Chichewa) Belifa Biswick, 44-year-old widowed mother of five children:
“My husband died after a short illness, he died in only four days. After his death, life has been challenging because he left me with 5 children. When he was alive we used to harvest a lot but now everything is challenging as we have less food in the house.”
10. Med shots, Lowcock speaking to Biswick
11. Med shot, villagers at cash registration desk
12. Wide shot, villagers under tree
During a two-day mission to Malawi, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock met Government leaders and development partners and visited Salima district to hear the stories of Malawians struggling through the current lean season.
After projections at the end of last year showed that 3.3 million people would be severely food insecure in Malawi between January and March, the UN humanitarian chief earlier released ten million USD from the UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF).
In a meeting with Malawian President Peter Mutharika, Lowcock said, “The harvest was not so good last year, there was the Fall Army worm problem but also the rains were erratic, and we wanted to make sure the United Nations was at your disposal in relieving the suffering of the people through that period.”
Lowcock also visited Salima to see first-hand the positive impact cash assistance and water, sanitation and health services financed from the CERF is having.
The UN humanitarian office (OCHA) said with these funds, the World Food Programme, UNICEF, the World Health Organization and the UN Population Fund would be able to help over 683,000 people in nine districts over six months.
During his visit, Lowcock called for action to address the underlying causes of food insecurity in the country now that a combination of timely humanitarian assistance and above-average rainfall this year resulted in the improvement of the food situation.
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