Port Sudan ,Feb 20( Darfur24)
The United Nations World Food Program said on Monday that it had received a contribution from Japan to provide food allocations to more than 55 million Sudanese for a year.
The United Nations speaks of 24.8 million Sudanese in need of humanitarian assistance, of whom nearly 8 million individuals are currently facing extreme hunger, and of these, nearly 5 million people live in emergency levels of hunger.
In a statement obtained by Darfur 24, the World Food Program revealed that it had received “a generous contribution of $1.9 million from the government of Japan.” “This enables us to provide life-saving food assistance to some of the most vulnerable people in Sudan.”
He noted that this support will enable the provision of emergency food rations to more than 55,000 of the most food-insecure people for a period of 12 months.
WFP Sudan Country Director, Eddy Roux, said: “The situation in Sudan is truly catastrophic and continues to deteriorate day by day as the conflict intensifies and spreads. “Life-saving aid must reach those who need it most.”
He added: “This contribution comes at a critical time when we can still take action to prevent the hunger catastrophe. We express our deep gratitude to Japan for its steadfast support to the World Food Program during the unprecedented challenges facing the delivery of aid across the country.”
The World Food Program said on February 2 that it had received reports of people dying of hunger, noting that it could only provide food assistance on a regular basis to one person out of every 10 people in need.