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STORY: WFP / COMMON SERVICES FUNDING CRISIS
TRT: 2:26
SOURCE: WFP
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT WFP ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH /NATS
DATELINE: MAY-JUNE 2020, NEPAL, SOUTH AFRICA, ETHIOPIA, GHANA, AFGHANISTAN
3 JUNE 2020, KATHMANDU, NEPAL
1. Various shots, unloading cargo from plane containing med supplies
17 JUNE 2020, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
2. Various shots, humanitarian workers departing from Johannesburg to Addis Ababa
27 MAY 2020, ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA
3. Various shots, Addis Ababa Humanitarian Response Hub
4. Various shots, COVID-19 hospital construction
28 MAY 2020, ACCRA, GHANA
5. Wide shot, C-5 plane taxing
6. Various shots, Beasley touring the plane
7. SOUNDBITE (English) David Beasley Executive Director, WFP:
“The Covid pandemic has created chaos and disrupted the supply chain all over the world, and this is why the World Food Programme is stepping up to fill in the gaps; because the supply chain breaking down we can’t move supplies whether its food, medical supplies - All the things that are needed out there in the field to help people stay alive and keep the economies going as well.”
7 JUNE 2020, KABUL, AFGHANISTAN
8. Various shots, cash distribution in Kabul with COVID-19 measures in place
With much of the world’s commercial transport systems, particularly airlines, grounded by COVID-19, WFP - the world’s largest humanitarian organization fighting hunger and a global leader in logistics – has stepped in to move passengers and huge volumes of health and other supplies needed in the fight against the global pandemic.
Just as demand for this service is reaching its peak, it could grind to a halt before the end of July unless substantial funding can be secured to keep WFP’s transport fleet moving. Of the USD 965 million needed to maintain the operation through to the end of the year, only USD 178 million has so far been confirmed or advanced.
So far, Common Services have flown 375 passenger and cargo flights flown to destinations across Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, as well as more than 2,500 responders from more than 80 aid organizations to destinations where their assistance is urgently needed. Some 45 humanitarian partner organizations are supported with air freight reaching 130 cargo and passenger destinations.
Enough cargo to fill 120 Jumbo Jets waiting to be transported in coming weeks.
Using a network of global and regional transportation hubs, WFP Aviation has over recent months transported huge volumes of urgently-needed medical supplies – including PPE, masks and ventilators – as well as staff from scores of aid organisations. And it’s not just aircraft – WFP also has large numbers of ships and trucks transporting goods on behalf of other UN agencies and non-government organisations.
Other Common Service facilities which WFP has helped set up for the humanitarian and health community include two field hospitals, one in East and the other in West Africa, and to date 16 medical evacuations have been carried out, including with WFP-contracted air ambulances.
