(Photo: IANS News)
A contribution of $288.5 million from the American government, through the US Agency for International Development, will help support more than two million of the most food-insecure people in South Sudan with life-saving food and nutrition assistance through the 2023 lean season, the World Food Program (WFP) said.
“This generous contribution comes at a critical time as we race to dispatch food assistance to the most remote areas ahead of the lean season. Receiving funding in advance means we can act earlier to prevent families from falling into more severe levels of acute hunger when shocks strike,” Mary-Ellen McGroarty, WFP’s Country Director in South Sudan, said in a statement.
South Sudan is facing one of its hungriest years since independence with 7.76 million people expected to be in crisis or worse levels of hunger, Xinhua news agency quoted the statement as saying.
The lean season — the period between household food stocks running out and the next harvest — falls between April and August in South Sudan.
McGroarty said a fourth year of record flooding, rising costs of food and energy, and ongoing conflict are disrupting lives and livelihoods and threatening to push millions of families further into hunger.
As the number of people in need of humanitarian assistance grows, sustainable funding from donors is more critical than ever to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe, read the statement.
Newer articles:
- The best medicine: South Sudan's comedians tap the power of laughter - 20/02/2023 06:43
- A broken tax system may be affecting trade in East Africa - 20/02/2023 03:55
- Archbishop of Canterbury no longer recognised as ‘first among equals’ by Anglican leaders - 20/02/2023 03:52
- Agencies call for sustained humanitarian efforts to curb drought in Horn of Africa - 19/02/2023 18:14
- South Sudan - Complex Emergency Fact Sheet #2, Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 - 18/02/2023 09:50
Older news items
- Rights experts say peaceful transition in South Sudan crucial, amid ‘immense suffering’ - 18/02/2023 04:47
- Visiting DRC and South Sudan fulfilled dreams, says Pope - 18/02/2023 01:21
- Displaced, refugees in Sudan and Chad in dire need of food - 18/02/2023 00:41
- U.S. completes recovery of Chinese balloon but other "object" searches called off - 18/02/2023 00:09
- UN: Violence sharply intensified in South Sudan in 2022 - 17/02/2023 06:22
Latest news items (all categories):
- Hope for Christmas gift as South Sudan talks return to Nairobi - 05/12/2024 10:26
- Chinese medical team brings relief to South Sudan patients - 05/12/2024 10:18
- Sudanese bishop speaks about being brutalized by soldiers - 05/12/2024 10:08
- President Biden: Absent Principles - No Honoring Words - Broken Promises - 05/12/2024 09:55
- South Sudan’s ‘Game Of Thrones’ Continues – Analysis - 01/12/2024 17:47
Random articles (all categories):
- Pope says he may add South Sudan leg onto Africa trip - 10/05/2019 06:38
- Pope Francis discusses peace with South Sudan delegation - 23/03/2018 09:31
- CORRIGENDUM - Preview of the South Sudan Consolidated Appeal for 2013 - Einnews Portugal - 22/11/2012 13:06
- Sudan sees S. Sudan oil deal despite impasse - 18/01/2012 18:02
- لماذا اصبح الإنفصال جاذب؟ - 28/08/2010 01:00
Popular articles:
- Who is the darkest person in the world, according to Guinness World Record? - 25/10/2022 02:34 - Read 58608 times
- No oil in troubled waters - 25/03/2014 15:02 - Read 22220 times
- School exam results in South Sudan show decline - 01/04/2012 17:58 - Read 21368 times
- NDSU student from South Sudan receives scholarship - In-Forum - 29/09/2012 01:44 - Read 18900 times
- Top 10 weakest currency exchange rates in Africa in 2023 - 19/07/2023 00:24 - Read 18041 times