9 Nov 2012

LEBANON & JORDAN / SYRIAN REFUGEES

The head of the UN World Food Programme (WFP), Ertharin Cousin wrapped up a three-day visit to camps in Lebanon and Jordan that are home to tens of thousands of Syrian refugees. WFP

Posted at: November 9, 2012 4:07 pm

Duration: 02:50

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STORY: LEBANON & JORDAN / SYRIAN REFUGEES
TRT: 2.50
SOURCE: WFP
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ARABIC / ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 8 NOVEMBER 2012, ZAATARI REFUGEE CAMP, JORDAN / 6-7 NOVEMBER 2012, BAALBEK, BEKAA VALLEY, LEBANON

SHOTLIST:

8 NOVEMBER 2012, ZAATARI REFUGEE CAMP, JORDAN 
 
1. Wide shot, camp with tents
2. Wide shot, two refugee women walking in camp
3. Wide shot, refugee family standing by tent
4. Close up, serving water to a cup
5. Med shot, family inside tent
6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Syrian refugee:
"We arrived in the camp three months ago when my house was burnt.  We came to protect my children from the shelling we saw in Homs."
7. Wide shot, food distribution tent
8. Med shot, queuing to get food vouchers
9. Med shot, bags with food being taken by refugee 
10. Various shots, WFP's Executive Director Ertharin Cousin visiting food distribution point
11. Med shot, Cousin talking with refugees
12. Med shot, Cousin walking through the camp 
13. Various shots, Cousin visiting kitchens 
 
6-7 NOVEMBER 2012, BAALBEK, BEKAA VALLEY, LEBANON

14. Wide shot, city traffic
15. Various shots, refugee mother and child entering their temporary home
16. Various shots, Executive Director Ertharin Cousin entering home and talking to mother
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Ertharin Cousin, Executive Director, World Food Programme (WFP): 
"They don't have anything here, they are losing everything, but what they have is safety. I asked her what she wanted most, she said 'peace' and in the meantime she has the opportunity though to feed her children, because of the generosity of so many who are giving us the ability to provide food vouchers."
18. Close up, food vouchers
19. Wide shot, family walking through food shop aisle
20. Med shot, boy with market cart
21. Med shot, handing products to food shop cashier
22. Med shot, shop owners putting food into bag
23. Med shot, handing over vouchers
24. Wide shot, food shop
 
  
STORYLINE:

The World Food Programme's (WFP) Executive Director, Ertharin Cousin concluded a three-day visit to Lebanon and Jordan by visiting Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan, home to tens of thousands of Syrian refugees. 
 
During her visit to the camp, Syrian women told Cousin about fleeing from their homes in Syria, taking cover at night, until they reached safety in Jordan.

Many of the refugees travelled for two days with nothing to eat until they arrived at Zaatari camp. 
 
WFP provides ready-to-eat food to Syrians arriving at the camp, and, once they have settled in, supplies them with dry food rations to cook in communal kitchens. 
 
Elsewhere in Jordan, WFP provides food vouchers to Syrian refugees living with host communities. Vouchers are used when food is available in the market but people do not have enough money to buy it. As people spend in local shops, they boost the local economy. 
 
Earlier Cousin met top Jordanian officials, expressing gratitude for the generosity of the Jordanian people and the Government of Jordan for welcoming displaced Syrians and extending support to people fleeing violence during difficult times. 
 
Jordan is the second stop of a three-day visit to the region, the first for Cousin to the Middle East since she assumed the office of the Executive Director in April. Earlier in the week she visited Syrian refugees in the Bekaa Valley and met Lebanese officials. 
 
While visiting the Baalbek Camp in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon she said that the refugees had safety in the camp

WFP is conducting a regional emergency operation to cover the food needs of Syrians who have fled to Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey.

About 350,000 Syrians have registered, or are awaiting registration with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in neighbouring countries. Needs assessments in these countries showed that food was a top priority and WFP is scaling up to provide food assistance to as many as 460,000 people by the end of the year.