UNICEF / SUDAN CHILDREN

UNICEF MENA Regional Director Edouard Beigbeder visited Port Sudan to assess critical humanitarian interventions amid Sudan's ongoing crisis. At the Port Sudan Pediatric Hospital's Stabilization Centre, children suffering from severe acute malnutrition receive lifesaving care, supported by ready-to-use therapeutic food provided by UNICEF. UNICEF

• Video Length: 00:03:40
• Production Date: 16 January 2025
• Asset Language: English; Arabic
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND - UNICEF
• Subject Topical: CHILD HEALTH; CHILDREN
• Geographic Subject: SUDAN
• MAMS Id: 3329694
• Parent Id: 3329694
• Alternate Title: unifeed250116g

Description

STORY: UNICEF / SUDAN CHILDREN
TRT: 03:40
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNICEF ON SCREEN
LANGUAGES: ARABIC / ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 13-14 JANUARY 2025, PORT SUDAN, SUDAN

Shotlist

13 JANUARY 2025, PORT SUDAN, SUDAN

1. Various shots, UNICEF MENA Regional Director, Edouard Beigbeder, visits the Stabilization Centre at Port Sudan Paediatric Hospital, where children with severe acute malnutrition and medical complications receive lifesaving treatment. Stabilization centre at the Port Sudan Paediatric Hospital where UNICEF is providing nutrition services and supplies including as ready-to-use-therapeutic food to support the recovery of the children.
2. Various shots, UNICEF MENA Regional Director, Edouard Beigbeder, visits the store at the stabilization centre in Port Sudan Paediatric Hospital

14 JANUARY 2025, PORT SUDAN, SUDAN

3. Various shots, UNICEF MENA Regional Director Edouard Beigbeder arriving at the Al Seniyaa site for internally displaced people in Port Sudan.
Established earlier this year, Al Seniyaa is considered the largest IDP gathering site in city. Currently the site hosts around 3,356 IDPs (according to UNHCR gathering sites statistics on 27 November 2024) and 19 refugees (17 Nigerian and two Ethiopian), including 620 children (310 boys and 310 girls). The majority of the IDPs are displaced and fled from Khartoum, Al Jazeera, Singa and other states, due to the recent war.
4. Various shots, inside the Al Seniyaa site E-learning for internally displaced people in Port Sudan, where children learning Arabic, and Math.
UNICEF in collaboration with its implementing partner Sadagat has recently established three E-Learning centers at the gathering site to provide children with an opportunity to learn. Using solar-powered tablets mounted on wooden stands, children can access simplified games, numbers, letters, English, Arabic languages, and other learning materials, with support from facilitators.
5. Various shots, inside a child-friendly space at the Al Seniyaa IDP gathering site in Port Sudan, UNICEF MENA Regional Director Edouard Beigbeder and Sheldon Yett, UNICEF Representative in Sudan, observed ongoing activities.
6. Various shots, Edouard Beigbeder, UNICEF MENA Regional Director, visits the water desalination unit at the Al Seniyaa IDP gathering site in Port Sudan.
The unit developed with UNICEF support provides a capacity of 50 cubic meters and is addressing the water crisis and scarcity in the gathering site. The implementation of desalination plants is a new UNICEF approach to address the high and increasing demands of water in states faced with water crises, especially after the inflex of IDPs due to the on-going war.

Storyline

UNICEF MENA Regional Director Edouard Beigbeder visited Port Sudan on January 13-14, 2025, to assess critical humanitarian interventions amid Sudan's ongoing crisis. At the Port Sudan Pediatric Hospital's Stabilization Centre, children suffering from severe acute malnutrition receive lifesaving care, supported by ready-to-use therapeutic food provided by UNICEF.

Beigbeder also toured the Al Seniyaa site, now home to over 3,300 internally displaced people (IDPs) and refugees, including 620 children, who fled conflict-ridden regions. UNICEF has established three e-learning centers powered by solar technology to ensure children continue their education. The organization also introduced a water desalination unit, providing 50 cubic meters of clean water daily, addressing the site's severe water shortages.