1. Pan left, from mattress in sun to wide shot of camp
2. Wide shot, woman with manioc leaves on her head
3. Med shot, girl kneels under a mattress
4. Close up, girl kneels under a mattress
5. Wide shot, Freres Castor IDP camp

10 JANUARY 2014, BANGUI, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

6. Temporary shelter being built Freres Castor IDP camp
7. SOUNDBITE (French) Jacob, Resident IDP, Freres Castor:
"It’s hard to find food to eat. From the first thing this morning until now I’ve only had rice to eat. Look at this, from morning until evening, just this rice. Even the children don’t have food. Look at this new born. He is only two weeks old."
8. Med shot, newborn under temporary shelter

4 JANUARY 2014, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

9. Wide shot, San Saveur clinic
10. Med shot, ACF worker examining child for malnutrition
11. Various shots, children being examined
12. Close up, mother and child feeding
13. Med shot, mother and child in consultation
14. Close up, vitamin A capsules
15. Close up, vitamin A dosage for child

13 JANUARY 2014, BANGUI, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

16. Wide shot, sick child being diagnosed at Bangui Pediatrique Hospital
17. Close up, sick child being diagnosed
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Celestin Traore, Chief of Child Survival and Development, UNICEF Central African Rerpublic (CAR):
“The people have been displaced. Most of the services have been interrupted. So this leads to an increase in communicable disease. I'm talking about malaria, pneumonia and diarreah. Communicable disease leads to malnutrition, and when the children are malnourished they become more vulnerable to communicable disease.”
19. Various shots, signage exterior, Bangui Pediatrique Hospital
20. Close up, nurse measuring liquid nutrional supplements
21. Close up, child drooling
22. Med shot, women holding children
23. Close up child being fed supplement from bottle
24. Wide shot, child with skin lesions
25. Close up, skinny child in bucket
26. Wide shot, women feeding children
27. Close up, ill child
28. Close up, child with tumor
29. SOUINDBITE (French) Emery Sunet, mother of two children:
"We have a lot of problems related to money. Every week, every day there are children who arrive at five am. They get treatment and then return home. But the problem of malnutrition remains so the children get sick again. If the children eat only cassava for one or two weeks, they'll be malnourished. We always come back to this hospital because we don’t have the money to fix the problem.”
30. Wide shot, mother and child feeding
31. Wide shot, child in hospital ward
32. Wide shot, screen door closes on ward
33. Close up, child sitting on the floor

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For the 4.6 million people affected by the conflict in the Central African Republic, none of the basic elements needed for survival can be taken for granted. Violence and insecurity forced many to leave their homes taking only what they could carry.

Some of the displaced have found shelter and security near churches in and around the capital, Bangui. At Freres Castor a local NGO has crafted temporary shelter. But food is a scarce commodity.

Jacob resident at Freres Castor SOUNDBITE French: "It’s hard to find food to eat. From the first thing this morning until now I’ve only had rice to eat. Look at this, from morning until evening, just this rice. Even the children don’t have food. Look at this new born. He is only two weeks old."

Children living in conditions like this are at risk of acute malnutrition. Before the current crisis, one in eight children didn't survive their 5th birthday. An infant mortality rate that is among the fourth worst in the world.
UNICEF and its partners are predicting that it’s only going to get worse putting more fragile lives at risk.

At the IDP camps, children who are found to be malnourished are at risk of more than just hunger.

Celestin Traore, Chief of Child Survival and Development, UNICEF CAR. SOUNDBITE English: The people have been displaced//Most of the services have been interrupted. So this leads to an increase in communicable disease. I'm talking about malaria, pneumonia and diarreah. //Communicable disease leads to malnutrition, and when the children are malnourished they become more vulnerable to communicable disease.

At the Bangui pediatric hospital, admissions for severly malnourised children have almost tripled this year.

Reaching children within the first 1000 days of their lives is crucial for healthy development and will have lasting impacts throughout their lives. This year UNICEF and its partners are projecting to treat over 16,800 children between 6 months and 5 years old with Severe Acute Malnutrition, and targeting 210,000 children with nutritious food supplements to prevent severe malnutrition. But the violence and insecurity in CAR continues. And certainly some children will not be reached.

Emery Sunet Mother of 2 children SOUNDBITE FRENCH: "We have a lot of problems related to money. Every week, every day there are children who arrive at 5 am. They get treatment and then return home. But the problem of malnutrition remains so the children get sick again. If the children eat only cassava for one or two weeks, they'll be malnourished. We always come back to this hospital because we don’t have the money to fix the problem.

While the displacement of families in CAR continues, children will continue to be at risk for the severe consequences of malnutrition.