Ethiopia Drought Cattle Feed WEB
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- Ethiopia Drought Cattle Feed WEB
- June 20, 2022
- Content Type Package
- Language English
- Transcript/Script English USAGM SHARE ((PLAYBOOK SLUG: ETHIOPIA DROUGHT CATTLE FEED (TV) HEADLINE: Drought Forces Ethiopian Herders to Eat Cattle Feed TEASER: PUBLISHED AT: 6/20/2022 at 9:50am BYLINE: Henry Wilkins DATELINE: EAST BALE, ETHIOPIA VIDEOGRAPHER: Henry Wilkins VIDEO EDITOR: PRODUCER: SCRIPT EDITORS: Schearf, MAS VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV X RADIO__ TRT: 2:31 VID APPROVED BY: MAS TYPE: TVPKG EDITOR NOTES:)) ((INTRO)) A record drought in the Horn of Africa has wiped out crops and millions of cattle and left millions of people who depend on them facing hunger. In Ethiopia's Oromia region, some herders have been forced to eat roots they would normally feed to their cattle. Henry Wilkins reports from East Bale, Ethiopia. ((NARRATOR)) At this makeshift camp in Gobana, herders are digging for roots that – in normal times – they would feed to their cattle. But the Horn of Africa’s worst drought in decades killed their cattle weeks ago and now there is nothing else to eat. The East Bale zone of Ethiopia, where Gobana is located, is at a crisis point. ((Abdulahi Wako, Gobena Camp Community Leader (Oromo, 17 secs)) “So far this year, we haven’t received any food, either from the government or other organizations. It’s fallen to locals in the surrounding areas to help us. They even gave us the clothes we wear.” ((NARRATOR)) Until last year, Gobana residents say they were reliant on government handouts, after conflict six years ago forced them from their farmland. They have been living in this makeshift camp ever since. The record drought has made many of the residents too weak with hunger to leave their tents. ((Hassen Dubie, Gobana Camp Resident (Oromo, 9 secs)) “I am sick from hunger and lying in bed all day. I don't have enough to eat or drink.” ((NARRATOR)) A local aid worker says they are under-resourced and can offer little support. ((Kiyar Usman, Wako Gutu Foundation (Oromo 13 secs))) “Equipment they were provided with six years ago, like plastic sheets for shelter have already fallen apart. The government has ignored them. They want to go back to being self-reliant, but for now they need food.” ((NARRATOR)) At a local hospital one of the doctors says admissions for malnourished infants has nearly doubled compared to last year. ((Dr. Lemma Chala, Meda Welabu Primary Hospital (English, 15 secs)) “There’s minimal support with government and non-government organizations. It is minimal, less than last year’s. It is too difficult to manage our patients.” ((NARRATOR)) VOA spoke with the father of a child receiving treatment. ((Aliye Hajiye Odda, Father (Oromo, 30 secs)) “I came here because my daughter is getting sick. I don't have any food to give her… because I didn't receive any aid from the government or other institutions.” ((NARRATOR)) Ethiopia’s National Disaster Risk Management Commission did not immediately respond to a request for comment. As for the residents at Gobana camp, it appears they can only hope that help will arrive soon. ((Henry Wilkins, for VOA News, East Bale, Ethiopia.))
- Transcript/Script USAGM SHARE ((PLAYBOOK SLUG: ETHIOPIA DROUGHT CATTLE FEED (TV) HEADLINE: Drought Forces Ethiopian Herders to Eat Cattle Feed TEASER: PUBLISHED AT: 6/20/2022 at 9:50am BYLINE: Henry Wilkins DATELINE: EAST BALE, ETHIOPIA VIDEOGRAPHER: Henry Wilkins VIDEO EDITOR: PRODUCER: SCRIPT EDITORS: Schearf, MAS VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV X RADIO__ TRT: 2:31 VID APPROVED BY: MAS TYPE: TVPKG EDITOR NOTES:)) ((INTRO)) A record drought in the Horn of Africa has wiped out crops and millions of cattle and left millions of people who depend on them facing hunger. In Ethiopia's Oromia region, some herders have been forced to eat roots they would normally feed to their cattle. Henry Wilkins reports from East Bale, Ethiopia. ((NARRATOR)) At this makeshift camp in Gobana, herders are digging for roots that – in normal times – they would feed to their cattle. But the Horn of Africa’s worst drought in decades killed their cattle weeks ago and now there is nothing else to eat. The East Bale zone of Ethiopia, where Gobana is located, is at a crisis point. ((Abdulahi Wako, Gobena Camp Community Leader (Oromo, 17 secs)) “So far this year, we haven’t received any food, either from the government or other organizations. It’s fallen to locals in the surrounding areas to help us. They even gave us the clothes we wear.” ((NARRATOR)) Until last year, Gobana residents say they were reliant on government handouts, after conflict six years ago forced them from their farmland. They have been living in this makeshift camp ever since. The record drought has made many of the residents too weak with hunger to leave their tents. ((Hassen Dubie, Gobana Camp Resident (Oromo, 9 secs)) “I am sick from hunger and lying in bed all day. I don't have enough to eat or drink.” ((NARRATOR)) A local aid worker says they are under-resourced and can offer little support. ((Kiyar Usman, Wako Gutu Foundation (Oromo 13 secs))) “Equipment they were provided with six years ago, like plastic sheets for shelter have already fallen apart. The government has ignored them. They want to go back to being self-reliant, but for now they need food.” ((NARRATOR)) At a local hospital one of the doctors says admissions for malnourished infants has nearly doubled compared to last year. ((Dr. Lemma Chala, Meda Welabu Primary Hospital (English, 15 secs)) “There’s minimal support with government and non-government organizations. It is minimal, less than last year’s. It is too difficult to manage our patients.” ((NARRATOR)) VOA spoke with the father of a child receiving treatment. ((Aliye Hajiye Odda, Father (Oromo, 30 secs)) “I came here because my daughter is getting sick. I don't have any food to give her… because I didn't receive any aid from the government or other institutions.” ((NARRATOR)) Ethiopia’s National Disaster Risk Management Commission did not immediately respond to a request for comment. As for the residents at Gobana camp, it appears they can only hope that help will arrive soon. ((Henry Wilkins, for VOA News, East Bale, Ethiopia.))
- NewsML Media Topics Arts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
- Network VOA
- Embargo Date June 20, 2022 09:51 EDT
- Byline Henry Wilkins
- Brand / Language Service Voice of America