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JORDAN / SYRIAN REFUGEES WINTER
STORY: JORDAN / SYRIAN REFUGEES WINTER
TRT: 2:10
SOURCE: UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ARABIC / ENGLISH/ NATS
DATELINE: 5-6 DECEMBER 2012, ZAATARI REFUGEE CAMP, JORDAN
5-6 DECEMBER 2012, ZAATARI REFUGEE CAMP, JORDAN
1.Wide shot, refugees approaching
2.Wide shot, refugees leaving
3.Wide shot, kids refugees
4.Med shot, teenagers holding a baby
5.Med shot, refugee laying in a bed
6.Med shot, mother holding newborn baby
7.Pan left, WFP board to the tent
8.Various shots, food distribution
9.Med shot, refugee carrying WFP food basket
10.SOUNDBITE (English) Laure Chadraoui, Word Food Programme (WFP) Spokesperson:
“It's already winter in this camp. It is very cold, the temperature drops here as low as minus two or minus three sometimes, especially at night and WFP is providing food to these refugees, to every family here in this camp. They can get a nutritious meal every day and it helps them fend off the cold."
11.Wide shot, refugees packing food
12. Wide shot, refugees
13. Various shots, refugee preparing food
14. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Um Rand, Syrian refugee:
“My son has only a short sleeve shirt. The clothing we had on when we escaped out country.”
15. Med shot, Um Rand preparing pasta
16. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Um Rand, Syrian refugee:
“It is cold, it is unbelievably cold.”
17. Various shots, Rand’s family eating meal
The World Food Programme (WFP) today (7 December) warned that thousands of refugees who fled the conflict in Syria to Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, and Iraq are now facing a harsh winter.
In a press release, WFP said more than 30,000 Syrian refugees have already sought refuge just in Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan, and every day new families risk their lives crossing the border. Over the past week, an average of 300 people arrived in the camp daily.
This baby was born in Zaatari refugee camp 15 days ago.
WFP continues to provide food assistance to vulnerable Syrian families to help them fend off the cold.
SOUNDBITE (English) Laure Chadraoui, Word Food Programme (WFP) Spokesperson:
“It's already winter in this camp. It is very cold, the temperature drops here as low as minus two or minus three sometimes, especially at night and WFP is providing food to these refugees, to every family here in this camp. They can get a nutritious meal every day and it helps them fend off the cold."
Um Rand fled Daraa, Syria, with her three sons and two daughters when shelling burned their house down.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Um Rand, Syrian refugee:
“My son has only a short sleeve shirt. The clothing we had on when we escaped out country.”
Every two weeks Rand’s family receives a ration of rice, bulgur, pulses, pasta, sugar and salt.
WFP distributes six metric tonnes of bread each day. Newly arriving families also receive WFP ready-to-eat meals.
The agency's food rations combined with complimentary goods from the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, provide nearly 2,400 kilocalories per person on a daily basis, the necessary energy requirement to help them through the cold.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Um Rand, Syrian refugee:
“It is cold, it is unbelievably cold.”
More than 465,000 Syrian refugees are currently registered or awaiting registration in Syria’s neighbouring countries. Joint needs assessments in these countries showed that food was a top priority. WFP has provided food assistance to close to 160,000 refugees during October, using food vouchers and in-kind food distributions and continues to scale up assistance.
In Jordan itself, the conflict in Syria is also affecting food prices. The reduction of food imports from Syria and an increased demand from new Syrian arrivals have increased food prices by nearly 50 percent.
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