War in Ukraine hampers food aid to Somalia (Video)

(5 Jul 2022) FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: 4387180 ASSOCIATED PRESS Mogadishu - 29 June 2022 1. Aerial of makeshift camp for internally displaced people 2. Various of internally displaced people arriving at camp ANNOTATION: UNICEF says less than 30% of new arrivals at camps for those fleeing drought in Somalia are receiving immediate food or other assistance as of April. 3. Various of women constructing makeshift shelter ANNOTATION: Many Somalis are forced to walk for several days in search of aid, but there is often very little or none. 4. SOUNDBITE (Somali) Halima Abukar Shu'ayb, displaced person: ++SOUNDBITE PARTLY OVERLAID BY SHOT 5++ "We were displaced from our homes by drought, we were thirsty and our livestock was lost in the drought, and we had no food; because of this we moved here, there were at least ten to twenty members of the same family who came here." 5. Various of mothers and their children at camp 6. Women emerging from her tent ANNOTATION: The war in Ukraine has abruptly drawn millions of dollars away from more established crises, such as the drought in Somalia. 7. Doctor attending to child as mothers look on 8. Various of women and children receiving medication ANNOTATION: Somalia once sourced 90% of its wheat from Russia and Ukraine but now struggles to find supplies amid soaring prices. ANNOTATION: Donor countries' representatives on the ground appear to understand the urgency of the situation, but decision makers in Western capitals like Brussels and London seem to be distracted by the war in Ukraine. 9. SOUNDBITE (Somali) Habiba Nur Adan, food recipient: ++PARTIALLY OVERLAID BY SHOT 10++ "I am among the families uprooted by the drought in the country. I am currently living in the Hamarjadid neighborhood in Mogadishu. Although we receive some food here, it's insufficient to support our families for a month. I do take some biscuits and porridge to feed my children." ASSOCIATED PRESS Mogadishu - 30 June 2022 10. Various of nurse looking at child patient ANNOTATION: At mother-child health centres in Somalia's northern Puntland region, nearly every other patient was severely malnourished. 11. Mother and child on hospital clinic bed ANNOTATION: The World Food Programme, like UNICEF, must shift limited resources from preventing acute hunger to focusing on the desperately hungry. 12. Nurse looking at child patient 13. Baby crying ANNOTATION: According to WFP, more than a half-million children under 2 in Somalia have lost prevention help "at the peak of famine prevention efforts." ASSOCIATED PRESS Mogadishu - 29 June 2022 15. SOUNDBITE (Somali) Shafici Ali Ahmed, storeroom manager: ++PARTLY OVERLAID BY SHOTS 16 AND 17++ "The burden of food shortages is directly related to the fact that the world has turned its back on Somalia to focus on Ukraine, since much of the aid to Somalia came from the West, and now their attention and aid has been diverted to Ukraine, which is of great concern." 16. Various of women at feeding centre 17. Woman sitting in tent holding her baby 18. Aerial of makeshift camp ANNOTATION: Across Somalia, humanitarian workers watch with fear as a fifth straight rainy season might fail for the first time in memory. STORYLINE: As the war in Ukraine continues, causing disruption in global food supplies and aid deliveries, families in Somalia have been struggling to feed themselves while a drought ravages a large part of the country. Despite the current drought being described as the worst in decades, barely any humanitarian aid has arrived. Clients are reminded: Subscribe for more Breaking News: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Website: https://apnews.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP Facebook: https://facebook.com/APNews Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/45c0f99990b5413cb6a04015c0a6e540