UNICEF杜拜开设人道救援物资仓库 全力运送南索马里营养补给物资
2011-11-04
哥本哈根，丹麦／香港，2011年11月4日——联合国儿童基金会（UNICEF）宣佈，成立首个专为纾缓索马里粮食危机而设的人道救援物资仓库，以加快转运营养物资至灾区。该物资仓库位处杜拜港口，可缩短运输时间，加快将营养物资送抵南索马里，拯救当地6个饥荒地区及周边更多的受灾儿童。预料救灾物资仓库投入运作后，每月可望运送近5,000公吨玉米黄豆粉混合营养品到索马里首都摩加迪沙，以至其他严重受灾的地区。
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![UNICEF and other workers load ECD kits onto a truck, at a UNICEF warehouse in Port-au-Prince, the capital. The supplies also include care packages for children, part of a UNICEF collaboration with the United States Fund for UNICEF and varied private sector partners. Both the ECD kits and the child care packages are destined for residential child care centres and UNICEF-supported child-friendly spaces for children affected by the earthquake. Some of the men wear T-shirts bearing the UNICEF logo. [#2 IN SEQUENCE OF NINE] On 5 Feuary 2010 in Haiti, UNICEF Early Childhood Development (ECD) kits are being distributed in Port-au-Prince, the capital, to residential child care and child-friendly' spaces that are providing services for children affected by the 12 January earthquake. The quake killed an estimated 112,000 people and left 1 million homeless. Major government and private infrastructure were destroyed or heavily damaged. In Port-au-Prince, as many as 460,000 people continue to live in makeshift settlements, despite an exodus of up to 482,000 from the devastated city. Each ECD kit, for use by up to 50 children aged 0-6 years, contains age-appropriate educational materials and learning tools to help caregivers provide a range of activities that encourage child development and social interaction. Materials include art supplies, hand puppets for story-telling, puzzle blocks and memory games, as well as water containers and soap to promote proper hygiene. UNICEF created the kit to help support the development and learning of children aged 0-6 years who are affected by emergencies. This distribution is one of the first in a plan to provide 1,000 kits to centres serving small children affected by the quake.](/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/04-11-11_dubai-hub_1-300x199.jpg) |
![One-and-half year old Cherline Noel, who is malnourished, eats a high-energy biscuit in a baby tent in Caradeux, a displacement camp in Port-au-Prince, the capital. The tent is managed by the NGO Union des Amis Socio-Culturels dAction en Development (UNASCAD), a UNICEF partner. Baby tents are safe havens for women with small children, where they can learn about proper infant care and receive medical assistance. [#3 IN SEQUENCE OF THREE] In March 2011 in Haiti, malnutrition remains a major threat to childrens health. Some 25 per cent of children have low birthweight, and approximately 22 per cent of children under age five suffer moderate to severe malnutrition. As many as 300,000 Haitian children suffer from chronic malnutrition, and up to half of child deaths in the country are caused by malnutrition. Complicating this situation is the countrys slow recovery from the 12 January 2010 earthquake, a disaster that killed 220,000 people and left more than a million people homeless. UNICEF is working with a variety of partners to increase access to nutrition programmes, particularly in camps for those who remain displaced. UNICEF and partners are working to educate parents about proper nutrition for their children and to distribute therapeutic foods to those in need.](/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/04-11-11_dubai_3-300x200.jpg)
现时南索马里有150万名儿童亟需救援，45万名儿童患上急性营养不良，当中19万名儿童的情况更岌岌可危，若再得不到适切治疗，恐怕他们数周内将抵受不住饥荒的煎熬，陆续丧生。
有赖商人Klaus-Michael Kuehne先生慷慨解囊，在旗下Kuehne基金拨出港币585万元（即75万美元）的善款，支持杜拜人道救援物资仓库首6个月的营运开支。此举亦将有助本会面对经遁不同运输途径运送救援物资，所遇到突如其来的技术性困难。
UNICEF供应部主任Shanelle Hall女士表示：「这个人道救援物资中转站，增加了物资运送的渠道，並有助我们策划更准确、更周详的运输计划，更有系统地将营养物资，源源不绝的送到受饥荒影响的儿童及其家庭的手中。我们衷心感谢Kuehne基金的鼎力支持。」
在紧急救援行动中，库存、贮藏以至运送物资等物流程序，所涉的支出是最为庞大的。因此，能够获得来自私人界別的善款支持此人道救援物资仓库的营运，无疑是对「非洲之角」的赈灾物资运送一个极大的支持。
「人道救援行动，特別是非洲的救援工作，是我本人旗下的基金首要支持的项目。」Kuehne先生表示：「透过我们的人道支援及紧急救灾物资平台，能更有效管理物资供应链，加快赈灾成效。我衷心希望Kuehne基金能协助UNICEF，拯救在南索马里饱受饥荒和旱灾夹击的儿童。」
由本年7至10月期间，UNICEF已运送近25,000公吨救援物资，支援「非洲之角」受旱灾及饥荒影响的儿童。