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STORY: UNICEF / SUDAN NORTH DARFUR EL FASHER
TRT: 02:49
SROUCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNICF ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ARABIC / ANTS
DATELINE: 31 MAY 2024, NORTH DARFUR, SUDAN
1.Various shots, Children who fled the violence in El Fasher, North Darfur are staying in Zamzam camp for Sudanese refugees. Sudan is facing an ever-increasing risk of conflict-induced famine that will have catastrophic consequences including the loss of life, especially among young children.
2. Various shots, Thuraya, 37 years old, mother who fled the violence in El Fasher, North Darfur with her children to Zamzam camp for displaced people. Child malnutrition in Sudan is at emergency levels. In Central Darfur, acute malnutrition is estimated to be at 15.6 per cent among children under 5, while in ZamZam camp it’s close to 30 per cent.
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Thuraya, 37 Years Old:
“Our lives have become difficult. Now, as you can see, we don't have anything, not even dinner to make for my kids. / We came from Tawila. We had to leave at night. We could not leave during the day because we were scared of strikes and heavy weapons. They searched you and threatened us: Where are you going? And what do you have in your bag? They took all our belongings, leaving us with very little, and with that little money we were able to get to the refugee camp here. / [Before the war] our life was happy, we used to farm. We didn't have to buy bread or food from the market. We were just going to the market to buy clothes. We got meat from livestock that we raised at home. / But they stole all the livestock. When we arrived at the refugee center, they provided us with a few things, but now they've run out.
Amidst ongoing violence, families face an urgent need for humanitarian aid. We thought the area here was safe. But even here there is strikes and bombing. My message to the world is to help us achieve peace. That is our only concern.”
4. Various shots, Retaj, seven years old, helping her family to wash their clothes in Zamzam camp for displaced people. Retaj’s family fled their home in El Fasher amid ongoing attacks and horrific reports of violence.
In El Fasher, more than 750,000 are bracing for a large-scale attack, making it impossible for Retaj’s family to go home.
5. Med shot, Retaj, seven years old, working with her siblings to move some jerrycans to fill them out with drinking clean water.
6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Retaj, Seven Years Old:
“Before the war, we used to play with friends, talk together. I came to Zamzam camp with my mother, brothers and uncles. My dad is back home. / Our situation is bad, we don't have any money for food and water. At home we would eat three meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner. Here we eat only one meal: breakfast. / I miss our neighbors, our house, our furniture, and my friends. I miss our home, my toys, and my friends, I miss my bed, mattress, and the furniture, my pens, notebooks, and books. / I want to go to the second grade, and then the third grade, and to become a doctor to treat sick people. But now I just want the war to stop. And for us, to find food and water.”
Sudan is facing an ever-increasing risk of conflict-induced famine that will have catastrophic consequences including the loss of life, especially among young children. The war is also severely impacting the delivery of humanitarian supplies, leaving countless women and children without access to vital food and nutritional support.
A recent analysis conducted by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), UN World Food Programme (WFP) and World Health Organization (WHO) highlights that the ongoing hostilities are worsening the drivers of child malnutrition. These include a lack of access to nutritious food, safe drinking water and sanitation, and increased risk of disease.
The situation is compounded by massive population displacement, as large numbers of people flee the conflict. Sudan is facing an ever-increasing risk of conflict-induced famine that will have catastrophic consequences including the loss of life, especially among young children.
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