UNICEF / KENYA RUSSELL VISIT
03-May-2023
00:03:44
UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell travelled to eastern Kenya to meet families and refugees struggling to recover from the worst climate-induced drought to hit the region in 40 years. UNICEF
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STORY: UNICEF / KENYA RUSSELL VISIT
TRT: 03:44
SOURCE: UNICEF
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LANGUAGE: NATS
DATELINE: 02 MAY 2023, GARISSA COUNTY, KENYA
TRT: 03:44
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNICEF ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: NATS
DATELINE: 02 MAY 2023, GARISSA COUNTY, KENYA
SHOTLIST
1. Med shot, exterior Garissa County Referral Hospital
2. Med shot, UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell meets a mother and her child, being treated for malnutrition
3. Close up, mother and child
4. Med shot, Russell meets a mother and her two children, being treated for malnutrition
5. Close up, two children
6. Med shot, Russell meets 10-month-old Mansuur Osman, being treated for malnutrition,
and his mother, Harira Adow
7. Close up, Mansuur and his mother
8. Med shot, mother with child on oxygen
9. Med shot, exterior newborn unit
10. Med shot, Russell visits newborn unit
11. Close up, newborn on oxygen
12. Wide shot, newborn unit
13. Med shot, Russell visiting 2-year-old Khalid, seated on Russell's lap and his family at their home
14. Close up, Khalid seated on Russell's lap
15. Med shot, Russell speaks with a health worker and family
16. Med shot, Russell speaks with family
17. Med shot, Khalid seated on Russell's lap
18. Wide shot, UNICEF supported health centre in Dadaab refugee camp
19. Wide shot, Russell arriving at health centre in Dadaab refugee camp
20. Wide shot, Russell arriving at health centre
21. Wide shot, health centre
22. Med shot, staff demonstrating services provided
23. Close up, Russell with paperwork
24. Med shot, Russell speaking with refugees at camp
25. Med shot, refugees at camp
26. Wide shot, Russell at Dadaab refugee camp
2. Med shot, UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell meets a mother and her child, being treated for malnutrition
3. Close up, mother and child
4. Med shot, Russell meets a mother and her two children, being treated for malnutrition
5. Close up, two children
6. Med shot, Russell meets 10-month-old Mansuur Osman, being treated for malnutrition,
and his mother, Harira Adow
7. Close up, Mansuur and his mother
8. Med shot, mother with child on oxygen
9. Med shot, exterior newborn unit
10. Med shot, Russell visits newborn unit
11. Close up, newborn on oxygen
12. Wide shot, newborn unit
13. Med shot, Russell visiting 2-year-old Khalid, seated on Russell's lap and his family at their home
14. Close up, Khalid seated on Russell's lap
15. Med shot, Russell speaks with a health worker and family
16. Med shot, Russell speaks with family
17. Med shot, Khalid seated on Russell's lap
18. Wide shot, UNICEF supported health centre in Dadaab refugee camp
19. Wide shot, Russell arriving at health centre in Dadaab refugee camp
20. Wide shot, Russell arriving at health centre
21. Wide shot, health centre
22. Med shot, staff demonstrating services provided
23. Close up, Russell with paperwork
24. Med shot, Russell speaking with refugees at camp
25. Med shot, refugees at camp
26. Wide shot, Russell at Dadaab refugee camp
STORYLINE
UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell travelled to eastern Kenya Tuesday (2 May) to meet families and refugees struggling to recover from the worst climate-induced drought to hit the region in 40 years.
After five poor or failed rainy seasons in the last three years in the Horn of Africa, many families lost their cattle, crops and entire livelihoods, putting the lives of over 1.5 million children at risk due to severe acute malnutrition. Even after recent rainfall, the parched ground is unable to absorb all the water, leading to flooding and further devastation.
Drought in the Horn of Africa has been compounded by years of conflict and insecurity, the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19, and rising food and fuel prices, partly due to the war in Ukraine. Across the region, the cost of cooking oil, bread and wheat flour remain high in local markets. Many families cannot afford the basic necessities to survive.
In Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia, more than 2.5 million people have been displaced due to drought. As families are driven to the brink, children are going hungry, missing school, forced into child labour or early marriage and becoming sick, including from cholera outbreaks. With the cycles of drought followed by flooding, the next devastating crisis may hit before children and their families have had a chance to recover.
In Garissa County in north-east Kenya, Russell visited a UNICEF-supported stabilization centre for children with severe malnutrition, as well as out-patient services for those in recovery. She also met children who had recovered from the worst form of malnutrition as a result of receiving life-saving ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF), provided by UNICEF with funding from United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Meanwhile, in Dadaab, near the Somalian border, Russell met with newly arrived refugees from Somalia at the Ifo Refuge Camp, where UNICEF is working with partners to provide nutrition, child protection and education. She visited a health post providing out-patient health and nutrition services, including for the cholera response, and spoke to families receiving child protection services, including the prevention of child marriage.
UNICEF is working with governments and partners across the region to support millions of children in need. In 2022 alone, UNICEF and partners reached nearly 2 million children and women in the Horn of Africa with essential life-saving health care services; provided services for the prevention of malnutrition to over 30 million children and mothers; treated almost 1.3 million children under 5 for severe acute malnutrition; and provided safe water for almost 4.6 million people, including renovation of boreholes and systems to provide safe water to schools, health centres and communities.
After five poor or failed rainy seasons in the last three years in the Horn of Africa, many families lost their cattle, crops and entire livelihoods, putting the lives of over 1.5 million children at risk due to severe acute malnutrition. Even after recent rainfall, the parched ground is unable to absorb all the water, leading to flooding and further devastation.
Drought in the Horn of Africa has been compounded by years of conflict and insecurity, the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19, and rising food and fuel prices, partly due to the war in Ukraine. Across the region, the cost of cooking oil, bread and wheat flour remain high in local markets. Many families cannot afford the basic necessities to survive.
In Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia, more than 2.5 million people have been displaced due to drought. As families are driven to the brink, children are going hungry, missing school, forced into child labour or early marriage and becoming sick, including from cholera outbreaks. With the cycles of drought followed by flooding, the next devastating crisis may hit before children and their families have had a chance to recover.
In Garissa County in north-east Kenya, Russell visited a UNICEF-supported stabilization centre for children with severe malnutrition, as well as out-patient services for those in recovery. She also met children who had recovered from the worst form of malnutrition as a result of receiving life-saving ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF), provided by UNICEF with funding from United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Meanwhile, in Dadaab, near the Somalian border, Russell met with newly arrived refugees from Somalia at the Ifo Refuge Camp, where UNICEF is working with partners to provide nutrition, child protection and education. She visited a health post providing out-patient health and nutrition services, including for the cholera response, and spoke to families receiving child protection services, including the prevention of child marriage.
UNICEF is working with governments and partners across the region to support millions of children in need. In 2022 alone, UNICEF and partners reached nearly 2 million children and women in the Horn of Africa with essential life-saving health care services; provided services for the prevention of malnutrition to over 30 million children and mothers; treated almost 1.3 million children under 5 for severe acute malnutrition; and provided safe water for almost 4.6 million people, including renovation of boreholes and systems to provide safe water to schools, health centres and communities.
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