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STORY: UNICEF / SUDAN CHILDREN NUTRITION
TRT: 03:04
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNICEF ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: NATS
DATELINE: 15 APRIL 2025, DARFUR, SUDAN
1. Med shot, Zamzam camp in Tawila, North Darfur, where thousands are now arriving in search of safety,
2. Med shot, displaced children and families that fled the fighting in Zamzam and El Fasher in North Darfur, seek refuge in Tawila
3. Wide shot, Heba Abdullah, a volunteer at the Al-Omda camp
4. Wide shot, parents and caregivers receive supplies and support from UNICEF and partners
5. Wide shot, Abdullah handing over some nutrition supplies to parents and caregivers
6. Med shot, Abdullah handing over some nutrition supplies to parents and caregivers
7. Med shot, Abdullah handing over some nutrition supplies to parents and caregivers
8. Med shot, volunteers, and health care workers at the Al-Omda camp handing over some nutrition supplies to parents and caregivers
9. Wide shot, volunteers, and health care workers at the Al-Omda camp handing over some nutrition supplies to parents and caregivers
10. Wide shot, parents and caregivers waiting to receive supplies provided by UNICEF and partners in Zamzam camp
11. Med shot, parents and caregivers with their children are waiting to receive supplies provided by UNICEF and partners in Zamzam camp
12. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Heba Abdullah, Volunteer at the Zamzam Camp in Tawila:
“Today, we are here to provide nutrition support to children between 6 months and 59 months old. In some families, 4 or 5 children are suffering from acute malnutrition. We’re seeing many cases of both severe and moderate malnutrition. So far, we’ve helped more than 2,000 children here in the camp, and there are still many more in need of support. We’ve also spoken with several mothers who told us, our children are not eating at all.”
13. Med shot, Halima, a mother of three, feeds her child Small Quantity-Lipid Based Nutrient Supplements (SQ-LNS)
14. Med shot, Halima, a mother of three, feeds her child SQ-LNS. The child is suffering from malnutrition.
15. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Halima Saleh, Mother at the Zamzam Camp in Tawila:
“We are living through extremely difficult circumstances. We have been displaced six times from different locations, until the fighting reached us here. Our children are not eating—they are suffering from malnutrition. The food available isn’t enough for babies and young children. That’s why they are malnourished. Most children are surviving on just one meal a day.”
16. Med shot, inside a UNICEF warehouse in Tawila, where sachets of SQ-LNS are stored.
17. Wide shot, inside a UNICEF warehouse in Tawila, workers load boxes of SQ-LNS onto a truck for delivery to families and caregivers in the camp
Following attacks on Zamzam and Abu Shouk camps—home to over 700,000 displaced individuals—mass displacements have ensued. Thousands are now arriving in Tawila in search of safety, many of them having been uprooted multiple times.
They arrive with little or nothing: no food, no shelter, and lacking the basic necessities for survival.
Heba Abdullah is a volunteer at the Al-Omda camp.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Heba Abdullah, Volunteer at the Zamzam Camp in Tawila:
“Today, we are here to provide nutrition support to children between 6 months and 59 months old. In some families, 4 or 5 children are suffering from acute malnutrition. We’re seeing many cases of both severe and moderate malnutrition. So far, we’ve helped more than 2,000 children here in the camp, and there are still many more in need of support. We’ve also spoken with several mothers who told us, our children are not eating at all.”
Halima, a mother of three, feeds her child Small Quantity-Lipid Based Nutrient Supplements (SQ-LNS). The child is suffering from malnutrition. These supplements are vital for infants and young children aged 6-23 months, supporting their growth and development during critical stages.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Halima Saleh, Mother at the Zamzam Camp in Tawila:
“We are living through extremely difficult circumstances. We have been displaced six times from different locations, until the fighting reached us here. Our children are not eating—they are suffering from malnutrition. The food available isn’t enough for babies and young children. That’s why they are malnourished. Most children are surviving on just one meal a day.”
Funding for life-saving services is critically low, threatening to halt essential health, nutrition, education and protection programmes for children and families and costing lives. UNICEF is appealing for US$1 billion for its response in Sudan in 2025. The requirements amount to just US$76 per person for the entire year - only US$0.26 per day – to deliver essential support to those in need. To date, UNICEF has US$266.6 million available for this response, with most rolled over from 2024 and just US$12 million received in 2025.
