CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC/ MASS EXODUS

As thousands of people continue to flee violence across theCentral African Republic, the World Food Programme (WFP) is warning that neighbouring countries are struggling with more than 150,000 new arrivals in urgent need of assistance.  WFP

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Production Date: 7 March 2014
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME - WFP
• Subject Topical: NUTRITION; HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
• Geographic Subject: CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
• MAMS Id: U140307c

Description

STORY: CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC / MASS EXODUS
TRT: 1:36
SOURCE: WFP
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/NATS

DATELINE: 3-5 MARCH 2014, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Shotlist

4 MARCH 2014, EQUATEUR PROVINCE, DRC

1. Wide shot, Mole camp, Zongo, Equateur province DRC
2. Med shot, pre-fab shleter
3. Various shots, mother cooking food (Mole refugee camp is home to 10,000 refugees from CAR

3 MARCH 2014, EQUATEUR PROVINCE, DRC

4. Wide shot, boys playing soccer, Boyabu refugee camp
5. Med shot, new arrivals
6. Med shot, people waiting in cue people waiting for WFP food ration (maiz meals, pulses vegetable oil and salt)
7. Close up, children
8. SOUNDBITE (Enlgish)Djaounsede Pardon, WFP spokesperson:
“This camp is currently home to more than 60,000 refugees from Central African Republic, most of the refugees have been here for more than 6 months now, in response to their food needsthe World Food Programme and its partners distribute monthly food rations composed of maiz meals, pulses vegetable oil and salt.”

4 MARCH 2014, EQUATEUR PROVINCE, DRC

9. Med shot, WFP grain bag
10. Various shots, WFP food distribution, people eating hot meals

5 MARCH 2014, EQUATOR PROVINCE, DRC

11. Med shot, truck, Zongo, Equateur province DRC
12. Med shot, newly arrived refugees from CAR, waiting to be transferred to the camp

Storyline

As thousands of people continue to flee violence across the Central African Republic (CAR), the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is warning that neighbouring countries are struggling with more than 150,000 new arrivals in urgent need of assistance.

More than 70,000 people have fled CAR to Chad since the intensification of violence in December; there are 62,000 refugees in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC); 28,000 have arrived in recent weeks in Cameroon and 12,000 have sought refuge in the Republic of the Congo.

Since December 2013, the exodus from CAR into fragile and food-insecure areas has intensified, creating new strains on local people. Among those uprooted in CAR are Chadian nationals, most of whom have never set foot in their home country or have been gone so long they no longer have any support network.

WFP is concerned it cannot meet the needs of these extremely vulnerable people because of insufficient funding. Many of the surrounding countries are already hosting large numbers of refugees from various countries and resources are stretched. WFP stocks of cereals earmarked for CAR refugees in DRC are running dangerously low and new contributions are needed.