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WFP Haiti Earthquake News Video
Shot 27Jan10
TRT 2:11
00:00 - 00:31
Port au Prince,Haiti
digging thru rubble
00:31 - 00:48
SOT-Natasha Scripture, WFP spokesperson:
"This is the most complex emergency WFP has ever launched. We're
faced with enormous logistical challenges. Haiti's entire supply chain
infrastructure has been devastated - yet our logistics machine is operating
at full speed. We're streaming food assistance through five humanitarian
corridors around the country and we've already delivered three million
rations which is the equivalent of ten million meals to earthquake victims."
00:48 - 00:59
PortauPrince, Haiti
Brazilian MINUSTAH troops escorting WFP food convoy
00:59 - 01:23
Champ de Mars area (near the presidential palace), PortauPrince
WFP Rice distribution
01:24 - 01:40
SOT-Denise Brown, WFP Emergency Support:
"WFP doesn't usually work in urban areas and here in Port-au-Prince. It's
a highly congested area difficult to move our trucks through. There are
lots of people around during the distributions. Because of that - the
number of people and the desperation of the Haitian people - security can
turn against us very, very quickly at distribution sites."
01:41-02:11
Martissant area, PortauPrince
WFP rice distribution
Ends
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Despite massive logistical challenges since the earthquake struck, WFP has delivered more
than 3.6 million rations, the equivalent of more nearly 11 million meals, to nearly 460,000
people.
Although the overall security situation is generally calm, several incidents at distribution sites
have hampered distributions in the past few days. WFP is doing its utmost to ensure that as
much food gets to as many people as possible as soon as possible, but people are hungry and
desperate for assistance.
All cargo transport must take place in convoys with appropriate security, and security is also
required at distribution sites. WFP is working closely with MINUSTAH and the US military
to ramp up security and minimise disruption to food distributions.
WFP’s logistics machine is moving into full gear. Three WFP-contracted helicopters arrived
in the Dominican Republic by transport aircraft and will be operational in Haiti this week.
Nearly 75 trucks were also due to arrive in Haiti from the Dominican Republic this week.
This is the most complex operation WFP has ever launched, in large part because it is centred
in a heavily populated and largely decimated urban environment – not a familiar operating
environment for humanitarian workers. Haiti’s entire supply chain infrastructure has been
devastated and WFP’s operation has been launched from scratch.
Governments around the world have so far donated more than US$180 million towards
WFP’s emergency programme to feed 2 million people and provide logistical and
telecommunications support for a 6-month Emergency Operation.