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SOUTH SUDAN / FOOD EMERGENCY OP
STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / FOOD EMERGENCY OP
TRT: 2.12
SOURCE: WFP
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 14 JANUARY 2014, ROME, ITALY/ 8 JANUARY 2014, LAKE STATE, SOUTH SUDAN / 11 JANUARY 2014, UNITY STATE, SOUTH SUDAN / RECENT
8 JANUARY 2014, LAKES STATE, SOUTH SUDAN
1. Aerial shot, food distribution site
2. Wide shot, people queuing for food distribution
3. Med shot, people waiting for food distribution
4. Pan left, men carrying bags of grains
5. Med shot, women scooping out grains from bag
14 JANUARY 2014, ROME, ITALY
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Valerie Guarnieri, WFP Regional Director:
“Right now we are relying on food that we prepositioned in South Sudan for other activities, but moving forward we are going to need at least 57 million dollars, but likely more, in order to assist the conflict affected people.“
8 JANUARY 2014, LAKES STATE, SOUTH SUDAN
7. Med shot, two women lifting bag of grains
8. Close up, hands scooping out grains from bag
11 JANUARY 2014, LEER, 120 KM SOUTH OF BENTIU, UNITY STATE, SOUTH SUDAN
9. Wide shot, WFP helicopter landing
10. Med shot, supplies in helicopter’s cargo compartment
11. Med shot, pick up truck
12. Med shot, boxed being off loaded from helicopter
13. Wide shot, pick up truck transporting supplies
14. Wide shot, WFP helicopter taking off
14 JANUARY 2014, ROME, ITALY
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Valerie Guarnieri, WFP Regional Director:
“Right now we have access to people who have been affected by the conflict and are living on or near the UNMISS bases in these protection of civilians areas, but there are very few places outside those areas in the conflict affected states that we have been able to access the population.”
25 DECEMBER 2013, UNMISS COMPOUND, JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN
16. Various shots, WFP food distribution to displaced people living at UNMISS base
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has launched a new emergency operation to expand assistance to people affected by the crisis in South Sudan and is working to overcome challenges preventing urgently needed relief from reaching those who need it.
This crisis has forced at least 200,000 people to flee their homes in search of safety, during what in many parts of the country should be the harvest season. WFP fears that the impact on food security will be significant for some time even if the political negotiations are successful.
More than 91,000 displaced people have sought shelter and assistance in different parts of Lakes State.
The US$57.8 million, three-month operation aims to provide emergency food assistance to up to 400,000 internally displaced people, including specialized nutritional support for new mothers and young children who are most at risk from a disruption in their food supply.
SOUNDBITE (English) Valerie Guarnieri, WFP Regional Director:
“Right now we are relying on food that we prepositioned in South Sudan for other activities, but moving forward we are going to need at least 57 million dollars, but likely more, in order to assist the conflict affected people.“
Food insecurity was a major challenge for South Sudan even before the conflict, and unrest has disrupted commercial supplies to local markets in much of the country.
With fighting continuing, humanitarian agencies are having trouble reaching many areas of South Sudan. WFP food stocks pre-positioned at nearly 100 sites around the country facilitate the relief effort but these same stocks are also at risk. So far WFP estimates that 10 percent of its food in the country has been looted – enough to feed some 180,000 people for a month.
WFP airlifted 4 tons of highly fortified biscuits (HEBs) from Juba to Leer about 120 km south of Bentiu in Unity State. These will provide immediate relief for incoming displaced people fleeing fighting in Bentiu.
Since about 60 percent of South Sudan is inaccessible by road during the rainy season, WFP would in a normal year now be beginning the annual effort to pre-position food in remote locations before the rains start in April or May. Conflict makes that difficult or impossible in some places, and it is likely that some communities in need of humanitarian assistance will be reachable only by air.
SOUNDBITE (English) Valerie Guarnieri, WFP Regional Director:
“Right now we have access to people who have been affected by the conflict and are living on or near the UNMISS bases in these protection of civilians areas, but there are very few places outside those areas in the conflict affected states that we have been able to access the population.”
WFP distributes food to approximately 30,000 displaced people living at UNMISS bases.
In addition to support for conflict-affected people inside South Sudan, WFP is also assisting tens of thousands of refugees who have fled across South Sudan’s borders into neighbouring countries, including Uganda, Ethiopia and Kenya.
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