World Food Day: Millions in Kenya suffer hunger, drought

(16 Oct 2022) KENYA DROUGHT
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kilifi County, Kenya - 5 October
1. Various aerial shots of dried water pan +MUTE+
2. Various of villager digging for water and dead livestock
3. Various of dead livestock, birds eating livestock
4. Various of Dama Kahindi, charcoal burner, cutting down tree
5. Various of Kahindi preparing logs for charcoal burning
6. Various of Kahindi and family sorting charcoal
7. SOUNDBITE (Giriama) Dama Kahindi, charcoal burner:
"The last time we farmed and got produce was five years ago. That is why we are cutting trees to make charcoal in order to feed ourselves."
8. Kahindi walking with her baby to children's clinic
9. Various of Kahindi and other women waiting outside clinic
10. Various of children being examined
11. Various of Kahindi receiving food
12. Various of Maureen Nehemangala's daughter check up
13. SOUNDBITE (Kiswahili) Maureen Nehemangala, mother:
"We have been very dependent on farming. Now it's been so long since it rained, that has become a big challenge and now we don't have food. In short, we are getting food, but it's not what is needed, it's not a balanced diet."
14. Various of Nehemangala's daughter eating high nutrition food given to her by clinic
15. Various setup shots of Norman Wangara, nutritionist
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Norman Wanyama, nutritionist:
"The reports and even the situation around is getting worse in a sense that we are looking at the numbers that we get in our facilities in terms of children who are malnourished, and this could be as a result of food insecurity occasioned by the drought situation. There is an upsurge of numbers, we are getting numbers increasing, unlike before."
17. Aerial shot of Kilifi County official Priscilla Khadija being shown the land left by dried-out water basin +MUTE+
18. Various of Kilifi County official Priscilla Khadija being shown the land left by dried-out water basin
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Priscilla Khadija, assistant chief Mwambani sub-location:
"This water pan was constructed by KWS (Kenya Wildlife Service) in the way of reducing water shortage, but we were only depending on rain, and for the last, I think four years we have not experienced any and you can see the area is very dry, so the people around here are suffering a lot."
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kilifi County, Kenya - 6 October 2022
20. Various aerial shots of farmland and workers
21. Various of people working on farm
22. SOUNDBITE (Kiswahili) Purity Kizao, farmer and beneficiary of World Vision Climate Smart Agriculture:
"Last year and this year the climate changed, and when it changed, we prefer to use drip irrigation. Last year, we planted, but the rain was scarce due to climate change, so we decided to dig wells and we use that water to irrigate the crops, we have continued with that method this year. Whoever planted crops without drip irrigation did not harvest anything."
23. Various of Larry Mwendwa, livelihood office, World Vision, instructing farmers
24. SOUNDBITE (English) Larry Mwendwa, livelihood officer, World Vision:
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"These households are producing enough food for their children and even they have had surplus that they are actually helping the people who did not harvest anything from their farms due to the drought."
25. Various of farmers processing maize
LEADIN:
October 16 is World Food Day. Millions of people around the world cannot afford to eat, while others are suffering malnutrition as a result of climate change and failing crops.
STORYLINE:
Among them is Maureen Nehemangala.
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