World Food Programme determines need for aid
1.
Aerial of mountains
2.
Tajik pilot in cockpit of helicopter chartered by the
United Nations World Food Programme (
WFP)
3.
Second helicopter, also chartered by the
World Food Programme, seen from the window of the first helicopter
4. Two WFP officials looking at a map on board
5.
Close up of hands on the map
6.
Ariel shot of mountain range
7. Tajik pilot in the cockpit of helicopter
8. Ariel shot of town of
Meymaneh
9.
United Nations helicopter landing
10.
Children looking at the helicopters
11.
Mid shot of two WFP officials standing with
Afghans in Meymaneh
12. WFP officials unloading boxed supplies from helicopter
13.
Cutaway of boxes
14.
Donkey cart being unloaded
15. Close up of a small boy carrying wooden logs
16. Wide shot of Meymaneh street
17. Mid shot of street vendor selling produce
18.
Ismail Omer, head of the United Nations World Food Programme area office in Mazar-e-Sharif sitting at his desk
19. Map of
Afghanistan, which shows how many metric tonnes of wheat are to be delivered
20. SOUNDBITE: (
English) Ismail Omer, head of the United Nations World Food Programme area office in Mazar-e-Sharif
"Areas which are remote, areas which are inaccessible, are the areas which we have to pay close attention to, to see how people are coping with the problems they have. We will be using those helicopters to go to mountainous areas as I mentioned and we will make a rapid assessment so that we can respond immediately to their needs."
21.
View of mountains through helicopter window
STORYLINE:
With the aid of helicopters, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has begun a rapid assessment programme in
Afghanistan to identify areas where people are in need of food aid.
So far, the W-F-P has concentrated its aid effort in the most accessible areas but the emphasis now is on reaching areas in high in the mountains, where remote villages have been severely affected by Afghanistan's three-year drought.
The W-F-P area office in Mazar-e-Sharif is responsible for the agency's work in the north of the country, and is working on ways to broaden its reach into more mountainous areas.
One of the solutions has been to create an administrative programme in order to build a solid infrastructure.
The W-F-P is creating small offices throughout the country.
In Meymaneh,
Faryab province, about 250km west of
Mazar-e Sharif, on Monday a W-F-P team arrived by helicopter with supplies.
Although the W-F-P has identified food shortages as a very real problem throughout Afghanistan it does not believe that there is large-scale starvation in the country.
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