geneva syrians besiege enclave eastern ghouta short food eat trash faint hunger force children eat alternate days u.n. world food programme say report wednesday since september approximately 174,500 people town douma besiege zone force adopt emergency cop strategies wfp report say include consume expire food animal fodder refuse spend days without eat beg engage high risk activities get food moreover many hunger-induced faint episodes report among school children teachers least four people die hunger include child douma take life due hunger say report base mobile phone survey information contact grind force loyal president bashar al-assad besiege rebel-held eastern ghouta since 2012 douma food aid convoy since receive wheat flour ration august although area traditionally agricultural arable land outskirts eastern ghouta either frontline conflict target snipers report say last week fight destroy recently distribute ration storehouse exacerbate shortages although damascus 15 km 10 miles away 700-grams 25 ounces bread 85 time expensive eastern ghouta report say situation anticipate deteriorate come weeks food stock expect totally deplete household cop strategies highly erode result government restrictions mean wfp could provide fraction food need family food baskets share among six families reportedly source food many female-headed destitute households say households even resort rotation strategies whereby children eat yesterday would eat today vice-versa report quote female head household douma say force rotate ration 13-year-old daughter two- three-year-old orphan grandchildren daughter cry every time lock door cause know today turn sleep empty stomach say besiege syrians eat trash faint hunger u.n. survey