Sam Chiddick-Deb

Emergency Response Manager for Plan International. All tweets are my own views

[Lindsey Hutchison @lindseyrights]

The urgency of the #Sudan situation cannot be overstated. Read this important statement from the Sudan INGO Forum. #Humanitarian #NotATarget @plan_sudan @PlanMEESA @PlanGlobal @UNOCHA
https://t.co/tUTZVFCZs8

[Plan MEESA @PlanMEESA]

Our thoughts are with children & communities affected by #CycloneFreddy that has made a second landfall in #Mozambique barely 3 weeks since its first. We're already responding in provinces hit by the first landfall and are now scaling up efforts to support affected communities.

[Sam Chiddick-Deb @ChiddickDeb]

@City_Ekurhuleni What does that mean? Does it mean we are not getting power back after loadshedding?

[OCHA Southern & Eastern Africa @UNOCHA_ROSEA]

#Drought in the #HornofAfrica continues to worsen.

Humanitarian organizations have assisted over 9 million people in 2022.

But lives will be lost if more funding is not received soon.

Private sector can also help.

Check here to learn how: https://t.co/aTs4amIBHD

[Plan International @PlanGlobal]

“Discrimination has no place in any humanitarian response. We stand in solidarity with everyone whose lives are being torn apart by the conflict in #Ukraine” - Stephen Omollo, Chief Executive of Plan International.
https://t.co/KpC0oduVeg

[UK in Poland 🇬🇧🇵🇱 @ukinpoland]

First UK aid shipments of vital medical supplies reach Rzeszów in south-eastern Poland on route to Ukraine.

The UK is providing £40 million more in aid to help Ukrainian people in critical need.

https://t.co/2v5KHAJ8DJ

#StandWithUkraine 🇬🇧🇺🇦

[Plan International @PlanGlobal]

Humanitarian needs for children affected by the #UkraineCrisis are multiplying by the hour. In response, we have missions underway to Moldova, Romania & Poland to assess how we best support organisations who are already working to help children and their families #Ukraine

[Carl Skau @WFPChief]

Congratulations to @elonmusk for passing up @JeffBezos as the world’s richest person - worth a whopping $221B! 🥇 Elon, to celebrate I’m offering you a once in a lifetime opportunity: help us save 42M people from starvation for just $6.6B!! Offer expires SOON.. and lives do too.

[Carl Skau @WFPChief]

MILLIONS of people are starving today. If we wait to act, many might not see the end of 2021. The world cannot turn a blind eye any longer!

Because in the time it took you to read this tweet, a child has died of hunger. #Ethiopia #Madagascar #SouthSudan #Yemen and many more.

[Carl Skau @WFPChief]

16 million people died from hunger since Covid arrived. That's roughly 1,000 people every hour. Where's the news? Where's the outrage??

I joined @AAzoulay at @UofSC to talk about how fair, accurate & balanced media coverage is critical. If you're reading this, spread the word!

[Carl Skau @WFPChief]

Preparedness pays off! In #Bangladesh, @WFP provided cash support 4 days ahead of massive flooding, which helped us to reach families up to 100 days faster and at HALF the cost of an average humanitarian response. #AnticipatoryِِAction protects lives before they need saving.

[USAID @USAID]

🇭🇹 HAITI UPDATE: the search and rescue team (@ffxfirerescue & @VATF1) has arrived in Haiti to help search for survivors. The team includes 65 people, 4 canines + 52K pounds of tools & equipment. They’ll be joining our USAID disaster response team already on the ground.

[Sam Chiddick-Deb @ChiddickDeb]

Haiti Earthquake: Put Children First https://t.co/v9p3vvvcXl

[Plan International @PlanGlobal]

We are devastated to hear of the earthquake in Southern Haiti. Plan International staff are on standby, ready to respond. Our experience shows that children, especially girls, women & the poorest communities are often the hardest hit by crises like this #haitiearthquake2021

[Carl Skau @WFPChief]

Thanks .@nytimes for helping bring this growing crisis to the world’s attention. We urgently need $6bn to reach the 41 million people teetering on the brink of starvation. If we turn our backs on them they will go over the edge. We must act NOW to prevent famine from taking hold!

[Carl Skau @WFPChief]

WFP runs out of food in #Tigray this Friday. It takes 100 trucks per day to reach everyone we are aiming to feed. 170 trucks bound for Tigray with food and other supplies are stuck right now in Afar and can’t leave. These trucks must be allowed to move NOW. People are starving.

[World Food Programme @WFP]

World hunger is on the rise.

🔴Up to 811 million hungry people in the world in 2020
🟠 149 million children under 5 stunted
🔵 3 billion people locked out of healthy diets

Find out more 👇 #SOFI2021

[Lindsey Hutchison @lindseyrights]

A major lesson that has come out of our work is to always assume that Armed Forces & Armed Groups have recruited girls, otherwise we will miss an opportunity to identify them. The release of girls should, for example, be included in all negotiations with armed forces and groups.

[Carl Skau @WFPChief]

400K people marching towards starvation
14K people in famine-like conditions

This is the situation in southern #Madagascar, where climate change is tearing families apart. If we do not act ASAP, the number of people facing starvation will reach 500K in a few short months.

[FAO in Emergencies @FAOemergencies]

In 2021, the world faces an elevated risk of famine.

@FAO and @WFP are urgently seeking new funding to scale up humanitarian response.

Find out how FAO plans to help people produce food for themselves and safeguard livelihoods: https://t.co/iP13wxnm0v #FightFamine