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STORY: IRAQ / DISPLACED AID
TRT: 2.24
SOURCE: WFP / UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / ARABIC / NATS
DATELINE: 5 AUGUST 2014, DAHUK, IRAQ / 7, 12 AUGUST 2014, ERBIL, IRAQ
WFP - 5 AUGUST 2014, DAHUK, IRAQ
1. Various shots, people receiving WFP hot meals
2. Various shots, people eating
WFP - 12 AUGUST 2014, ERBIL, IRAQ
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Jane Pearce, WFP Iraq Country Director:
“The situation for the people arriving in Dahuk from Sinjar, really, is very dramatic. I was there myself to meet the governor to discuss the UN assistance for the people who are arriving. What WFP is doing is providing hot meals to people who are newly arrived and we are also providing family rations for those who are able to cook for themselves.”
WFP - 5 AUGUST 2014, DAHUK, IRAQ
4. Various shots, displaced Iraqis from Sinjar, Iraq staying in Yazidi temple
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Abu Shaker, Displaced Iraqi:
“Sinjar Mountain has no water, no electricity no roads, no bread, not even a single tree, nothing in it, nothing for humans to eat there.”
6. Various shots, displaced Iraqis receiving blanket and matrasses from UNHCR
WFP - 7 AUGUST 2014, ERBIL, IRAQ
7. Wide shot, church
8. Various shots, displaced Christians from Ninewa governorate
9. Wide shot, church hall
10. Various shots, people sleeping on church benches
The World Food Programme (WFP) has provided food assistance to more than 438,000 people displaced by the conflict in Iraq since mid-June, and is rapidly expanding its response.
WFP has provided various types of food assistance to displaced populations in Iraq. It has mostly distributed food parcels containing essential items such as rice and cooking oil. Each parcel feeds a family of 5 for one month. WFP also distributes emergency ready-to-eat rations that include canned foods and provides relief for 3 days. Families that are on the move and do not have access to cooking facilities have benefited greatly from these emergency rations.
SOUNDBITE (English) Jane Pearce, WFP Iraq Country Director:
“The situation for the people arriving in Dahuk from Sinjar, really, is very dramatic. I was there myself to meet the governor to discuss the UN assistance for the people who are arriving. What WFP is doing is providing hot meals to people who are newly arrived and we are also providing family rations for those who are able to cook for themselves.”
Additionally, as a response to the rising number of people fleeing Sinjar over the past week, WFP has set up four emergency field kitchens in Dahuk and Lalish, in conjunction with the local Barzani Charity Foundation, providing immediate assistance for families on the move. The kitchens have enabled WFP to assist more than 100,000 individuals since 4 August who have fled violence in Sinjar.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Abu Shaker, Displaced Iraqi:
“Sinjar Mountain has no water, no electricity no roads, no bread, not even a single tree, nothing in it, nothing for humans to eat there.”
UNHCR is providing shelter, emergency items and protection monitoring for hundreds of thousands amongst the newly displaced population, and technical support in camp development. Over the past week alone UNHCR has distributed 8,200 emergency kits, 3,800 family tents, and 20,000 mattresses and blankets across Dahuk, in Bajet Kandela and Garmawa. UNHCR is supporting the government in preparing camp sites for the displaced in other nearby areas.
UNHCR is also leading the UN response for Dahuk’s Syrian refugee population.
The United Nations refugee and food agencies, UNHCR and WFP, are working very closely together to respond to the urgent needs of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis who have fled violence across the country and sought refuge in governorates across the Kurdistan regional government area since mid-June.
