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STORY: SOMALIA / DROUGHT DISPLACED
TRT: 02:26
SOURCE: WFP
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 23 - 27 MAY 2017, DOLOW, SOMALIA
23 MAY 2017, DOLOW, SOMALIA
1. Wide shot, people walking in Qansale camp
2. Wide shot, children standing in front of tent
3. Med shot, women and children walking in camp
4. Med shot, children riding carriage being dragged by donkey
25 MAY 2017, DOLOW, SOMALIA
5. Various shots, young women waiting to recharge their WFP e-vouchers
6. Med shot, Abdiyo Shari Adan in line to recharge their WFP e-vouchers
7. Wide shot, Abdiyo walking down street
8. Wide shot, shop
9. Med shot, Abdiyo buying food
10. Wide shot, Abdiyo walking down street
11. Med shot, Abdiyo entering hut
12. Close up, Abdiyo with children
13. SOUNDBITE (Somali) Abdiyo Sharif Adan, Displaced mother of 8 children:
“I’ve been here for four months; since drought displaced us. When I first moved in, WFP gave me this card. This is the only source of income we have. We don’t have jobs; we do not have any other help other than this card and this morning my card was topped up. I redeemed it and I’ve used to buy food.”
14. Wide shot, Abdiyo cooking
23 MAY 2017, DOLOW, SOMALIA
15. Wide shot, people lined up to be screened for malnutrition at maternal and child health clinic
16. Wide shot, mother being screened for malnutrition
27 MAY 2017, DOLOW, SOMALIA
17. Med shot, Beasley speaking to health worker during visit to Kabasa Camp
18. SOUNDBITE (English) David Beasley, Executive Director, World Food Programme:
“It is a desperate situation. The World Food Programme is feeding about 2.3 million people right now per day but funds are short and if we do not receive the funds we need, we are talking about a situation that will be potentially much worse than the famine that took place in 2010, 2011 and 2012 when 260,000 people died and literally half of those died before the famine was declared. We’re looking at multiples much worse than that with the numbers that we are seeing now so we need the money and we need it now.”
23 MAY 2017, DOLOW, SOMALIA
19. Wide shot, food distribution point
20. Med shot, women receiving food aid
21. Wide shot, women carrying food aid walking away
The World Food Programme (WFP) expressed concern over the deepening hunger and nutrition crisis in Somalia as the effects of drought intensify.
WFP said the food and nutrition situation in Somalia has worsened because of a dangerous mix of conditions including poor rains, disease outbreaks, widespread livestock deaths, and hundreds of thousands of people being forced to move away from their homes by the drought. WFP noted that there were now some 3.2 million people in the country in need of emergency food aid.
WFP said despite large-scale assistance improving conditions for many, a growing number of people are still facing severe hunger, and malnutrition is worsening especially among mothers and children. It estimated that some 363,000 children under the age of five are malnourished in Somalia, including 71,000 who need urgent medical care and are at high risk of disease and death. In some areas, more than 30 percent of children under five are malnourished, double the threshold for an emergency.
The Programme said it urgently needs 297 million USD from June through November this year adding that without new contributions, 700,000 people will miss their daily meals as early as June and up to 1.2 million women and children will not receive especially nutritious food assistance. This places them at greater risk of disease and death.
