UN releases emergency funds in response to S.Sudan flooding
United Nations
23-November-2021
UN Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief
Coordinator Martin Griffiths has allocated $13 million from the UN
Central Emergency Response Fund for an urgent response to large-scale
flooding in South Sudan, said the Office for the Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
Some 809,000 people have been
affected by massive flooding in many parts of the country, compounded by
an escalation of violence in areas such as Tambura, Xinhua news agency
quoted the OCHA as saying.
Humanitarian agencies have scaled up
their response to meet the affected people's needs. This is the third
year in a row that large parts of South Sudan have been flooded, it
said.
The allocation contributes to the response to one of the worst and most prolonged floods.
UN agencies and their partners will provide humanitarian assistance and protection to people impacted by the floods who have limited or no access to basic services and supplies, said OCHA. - IANS
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