Lower thirds:

00:02 Report by / Sella Oneko & Konan Tipen
00:24 Batoil Sharaf / Camp resident
00:54 Ibrahim Omar / Community Development Program
01:53 Amera Abdullah Mohammed Saleh / Maryam community kitchen

Script:

0:02
Batoil Sharaf fled el-Fasher in October last year, when the city fell to Darfur’s notorious Rapid Support Forces. Since then, the 60-year-old has been living at THIS camp for displaced people in Tawila. like many others, she hasn't been able to get food and supplies from international aid organizations: 

0:22
+++ Batoil Sharaf (Female/Arabic)+++
"I ask my neighbors to give me food. The little food I have now, I got from my neighbor Monira. Sometimes when my neighbors have extra food, they invite me to go and eat with them." 

0:40 
The make-shift settlements in Tawila, are sprawling. More than 650,000 people currently live here. A local aid worker says the task of feeding everyone is immense. 

0:51
+++ Ibrahim Omar, Community Development Program (Male, Arabic)+++
"Aid organizations like Plan International are bringing in food, as well as the World Food Programme, the Red Crescent, and the German Welthungerhilfe. MANY organizations provide food supplies, but it's still not enough. There are simply too many people here."  

1:20 
Filling the gap are community kitchens. This one is largely funded by donations from Sudanese individuals and organizations. It feeds about 5,000 people per day. Amera Saleh founded the organization as a women's shelter back in El Fasher, until she herself had to flee.  

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Her team dishes out 1,000 plates a day – but only  one for each family. It's a first come first served basis and sometimes there isn't enough to go around. 

1:50 
+++ Amera Abdullah Mohammed Saleh, Maryam community kitchen (Female/ Arabic)+++ 
"We provide food such as rice, and sometimes we make pasta. Additionally, there is meat and vegetables. We also provide lentils and food for children. We also have a project to distribute milk for the children who are sick." 

2:04 
But it's extremely difficult to get those supplies in. Pulses and grains are transported from as far as 800 kilometers away - through dangerous territory where drivers face extortion at both Sudanese army and RSF paramilitary checkpoints. This has sent food prices sky high, with a kilo of onions costíng as much as 15 US dollars. 

And the people need more than just food, says Saleh. She wishes she could offer education and protection for girls, too – like she did back in El Fasher.  

2:38
+++Amera Abdullah Mohammed Saleh, Maryam community kitchen (Female/ Arabic)+++ 
"We would like to build schools, because most of the children are currently not in school. We also would like to build safe spaces for women and girls who are exposed to violence." 

3:10  
But for now, filling plates with food requires all the energy and funds she has. And while these families have had their day’s meal, there are so many other people in need. 

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