31 Jan 2012

SOUTH SUDAN / FOOD AID

The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has scaled up food assistance to reach 80,000 people affected by the recent escalation of inter-communal violence in Jonglei State, in the eastern part of South Sudan. WFP

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STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / FOOD AID
TRT: 2.22
SOURCE: WFP
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 20, 24 JANUARY 2012, JONGLEI, SOUTH SUDAN

SHOTLIST:

20 JANUARY 2012, LIKONGOLE VILLAGE, JONGLEI STATE, SOUTH SUDAN

1. Pan left, burnt down Likongole village
2. Med shot, skull in the burnt ground
3. Wide shot, people around remains of huts at the Likongole village
4. Pan left, remains of huts at the Likongole village
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Juma, Likongole resident:
"All the houses were burned down and everything has been destructed. We only remain with nothing and we remain with only trace. There is nothing - there is no people and the people that are now coming are civilians but the townies ran away, some of them were killed and few of them are now in Pibor. So we have only a few civilians who are just coming from the bush. The Likongole of today is now bush, it is desert."
6. Wide shot, aerial view from helicopter of burnt village 
7. Med shot, interior of helicopter with food aid inside
8. Wide shot, Unloading of WFP food from WFP MI-8 helicopter 
9. Wide shot, people fetching bags
10. Med shot, people
11. Med shot, people with bags of aid, sifting through grains
12. Med shot, people sitting around bags of aid
13. Close up, child with mother
14. Various shots, women around bags of aid
15. Med shot, children

24 JANUARY 2012, LIKONGOLE VILLAGE, JONGLEI STATE, SOUTH SUDAN

16. SOUNDBITE (English) Chris Nikoi, South Sudan Country Director, WFP:
"We are distributing today and the atmosphere looks quite hectic, but I can also see that the people are coming out from the forest and just looking at their faces and talking to the officials, people are starting to feel that there is help, help is finally arriving and people are looking more positively to the future."

20 JANUARY 2012, LIKONGOLE VILLAGE, JONGLEI STATE, SOUTH SUDAN

17. Various shots, WFP helicopter takes off

STORYLINE:

WFP is providing a 15-day emergency food ration to all people verified as displaced and affected by the attacks and is conducting a thorough assessment to determine the food security situation.

As the lead agency in the logistics effort, WFP deployed three helicopters, an airplane and 28 trucks to deliver not just food but shelter items, medical supplies and other assistance on behalf of the entire humanitarian community, to the remotest, most inaccessible corners of Jonglei.

Chris Nikoi, South Sudan Country Director, said that people were coming out from the forest and that by just looking at their faces and talking to the officials people were starting to feel that there was help finally arriving and they were looking more positively to the future.

The food organization was aiming to bring in large quantities of food by truck before the rain starts in March, when 90 percent of the locations targeted for food assistance will become inaccessible by road.

While many of those who had been displaced are now returning home, they will continue to require support as they confront immense challenges, including destroyed homes and an absence of basic social services.

With four months before the next food production season, WFP is working with partners on activities that will help affected households cultivate their own crops in time for the next harvest in August.

WFP has reached 10 locations in Jonglei: five locations in Pibor county, including Pibor town and surrounding villages, Likongole, Gumruk, Labrab and Boma; and five of the more recently affected locations in the northern parts of the state. Initial emergency food assistance has been provided in DukPadiet, while distributions are ongoing in Akobo and Walgak, Yuai in Urur county and Waat in Nyirol county.