CAR / HUNGER INSECURITY

WFP is scaling-up operations in the Central African Republic (CAR) amid increasing concerns that ongoing insecurity is fuelling hunger among people who have fled their homes and farms. The country is one ofAfrica’s most volatile, with a rebel leader in the presidential palace, an ousted president in exile and a suspended constitution. WFP

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:01
• Production Date: 9 August 2013
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME - WFP
• Subject Topical: NUTRITION; REFUGEES; DISPLACED PERSONS
• Geographic Subject: CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
• MAMS Id: U130809e

Description

STORY: CAR/ FOOD INSECURITY
TRT: 1:01
SOURCE: WFP
RESTRICITONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 3 AUGUST 2013, DAMARA, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

Shotlist

Tracking shot, WFP convoy on the road to Damara (100 km north of Bangui)
Various shots, food distribution
SOUNDBITE (English) Housainou Taal, WFP Country Dir. Central Africa Republic:
"WFP has responded immediately, we are currently assisting over 200,000 beneficiaries, our assessments confirmed that there are urgent needs throughout the country and WFP will respond to these needs.”
Med shot, woman carrying water
Med shot, two women
Med shot, young people sitting with bags of food
Med shot, mother and child sitting next to a tree
Wide shot, food distribution point
Tilt up, bags of maize to people looking ahead
Various shots, people waiting in food line

Storyline

The World Food Programme (WFP) is scaling-up operations in the Central African Republic (CAR) amid increasing concerns that ongoing insecurity is fuelling hunger among people who have fled their homes and farms.

Reaching vulnerable people who are too fearful to return to their villages is one of WFP's biggest challenges. Most of the displaced are farmers who may not be able to return in time for the planting season.

Rations are crucial as they are between harvests (the lean season). The next harvest is in December and although the rains have been good, many have not had access to their fields and have had seeds and animals stolen or killed.

Rebels took the capital Damara, on 24 March most people fled in terror amid intense fighting.

According to WFP assessments some 484,000 people in CAR are at risk of food insecurity -130,500 are classified as in urgent need of food aid.

The country is one of Africa’s most volatile, with a rebel leader in the presidential palace, an ousted president in exile and a suspended constitution.