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STORY: WFP / EASTERN AFRICA DROUGHT HUNGER
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SOURCE: WFP
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: ETHIOPIA, KENYA, DECEMBER 2021, JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2022
22 JANUARY 2022, NEAR GODE, SOMALI REGION - ETHIOPIA
1 Aerial shot, drought-stricken land near Gode
02 FEBRUARY 2022, NEAR GODE, SOMALI REGION - ETHIOPIA
2. Wide shot, drought-stricken Adadle district , dust storms, dead cattle.
3. Various shots, People bringing back fodder (maize stocks, grass) to Kebele for their cattle herds since nothing can be grown in this area.
4. Wide shot, people in Kebele village, helping an emaciated cow on its feet
5. Various shots, Mohamed Adem feeding his cows. In Somali region people are pastoralists and they rely on their livestock for survival
6. SOUNDBITE (Somali), Mohamed Adem:
“We haven’t had the last 2 rainy seasons, we never experienced this before, we only see dust storms now. We are afraid that they will cover us all and become our graveyard, like what happens in the desert.”
22 JANUARY 2022, SOMALI REGION - ETHIOPIA
7. Various shots, WFP Food distribution in Farburo camp for Internally Displaced People (IDP). Here WFP delivers food assistance to some 2,500 people, many of whom have had to leave their homes because of the drought.
8. SOUNDBIGTE (Somali) Halima:
“The drought killed our livestock so we had to leave our homes and come here.”
02 DECEMBER 2021, WAJIR, KENYA
9. Various shots, Mahada and her 9 month old daughter Fatuma at Wajir Town nutrition centre. Fatuma being tested for malnutrition, eating special fortified food at home with her mother. Mahada’s family lost most of their livestock to drought and have struggled to put food on the table.
04 FEBRUARY 2022, NAIROBI, KENYA
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Dunford, Regional Director East Africa, WFP:
“After three failed rainy seasons the Horn of Africa is in the midst of a severe drought affecting up to 13 million people. Southern Ethiopia, northern Kenya and Somalia are impacted, livestock are dying, crops are failing and populations are being forced from their homes.”
02 FEBRURARY 2022, MAALIMIN, KENYA
11. Various shot, WFP food distribution at Maalimin food distribution centre, about 100km north of Garissa town. Maalimin has not received rains for the last two years. WFP is assisting 450 families here. Each family receives 50 kg of maize, 11 kg of beans and 4 litres of vegetable oil each month.
The Horn of Africa is experiencing the driest conditions recorded since 1981, with severe drought leaving an estimated 13 million people across Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia facing severe hunger in the first quarter of this year, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned today (8 Feb).
Three consecutive failed rainy seasons have decimated crops and caused abnormally high livestock deaths. Shortages of water and pasture are forcing families from their homes and leading to increased conflict between communities. Further forecasts of below-average rainfall are threatening to worsen and compound dire conditions in the coming months.
“Harvests are ruined, livestock are dying, and hunger is growing as recurrent droughts affect the Horn of Africa,” said Michael Dunford, Regional Director in the WFP Regional Bureau for Eastern Africa. “The situation requires immediate humanitarian action and consistent support to build the resilience of communities for the future.”
The drought has impacted pastoral and farmer populations across southern and south-eastern Ethiopia, south-eastern and northern Kenya and south-central Somalia. The impacts are compounded by increases in staple food prices, inflation, and low demand for agricultural labour, further worsening families’ ability to buy food. Malnutrition rates also remain high across the region and could worsen if no immediate action is taken.
Across the three drought-affected countries, WFP is providing life saving food and nutrition assistance to affected communities. Additionally, WFP cash grants and insurance schemes are helping families buy food to keep their livestock alive or compensating them for their losses.
As needs across the Horn of Africa grow, immediate assistance is critical to avoid a major humanitarian crisis, like the one the world witnessed in 2011 when 250,000 people died of hunger in Somalia. This week WFP launches its Regional Drought Response Plan for the Horn of Africa, calling for US$ 327 million to respond to immediate needs of 4.5 million people and help communities become more resilient to extreme climate shocks.
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