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STORY: WEST AFRICA / EBOLA FOOD AID
TRT: 1.45
SOURCE: WFP
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH /NATS
DATELINE: 15 OCTOBER 2014, MONROVIA, LIBERIA / RECENT
15 OCTOBER 2014, MONROVIA, LIBERIA
1. Various shots, unloading the aid from the plane
12 OCTOBER 2014, MAWAH, BONG COUNTY, LIBERIA
2. Various shots, food distribution
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Martin Penner, WFP spokesperson:
“Today we are in a small village in Bong County this is rural Liberia, this village has been hit hard by Ebola, many people have died and a sort of unofficial quarantine has been thrown over the village which means that is hard for people to get out or get in bringing food, that is why WFP is here today doing a food distribution for about a 1000 people”
10 OCTOBER 2014, FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE
4. Med shot, UN track arriving
5. Various shots, food distribution
The World Food Programme (WFP) reported reaching more than 530,000 people with food assistance in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone – three West African countries worst affected by Ebola outbreak.
On Wednesday (15 Oct) WFP sent some 58 metric tons of supplies to Liberia worth over $500,000 including water tanks, washing units and generators.
This shipment follows other flights with aid from UNHRD (United Nations Humanitarian Relief Department) bases in Dubai, Accra and Las Palmas with protective gear, emergency health kits, relief items and other equipment for use throughout the affected region.
Earlier, WFP distributed rice, oil, split peas and super-cereal 45-day ration to more than 1000 people in the remote village of Mawah, Liberia where 27 people had died of Ebola recently and community and those around it imposed quarantine, making it hard for any food to get in or for people to work outside.
The depots in Dubai, Accra Las Palmas and Brindisi have so far dispatched 449 metric tons, worth US$ 3.9 million, of protective gear, emergency health kits, relief and support equipment to the region.
WFP assessments, done by using mobile phones, show deteriorating family food security in the districts of Kailahun and Kenema in Sierra Leone. These are precisely the districts most affected by Ebola.
The agency's logistical and food assistance operation is undertaken in support of a unified response under the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) in order to support the humanitarian community to enable the best health response against the spread of Ebola.
