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8 April 2021 Funding gap forces World Food Programme to cut food rations in South Sudan JUBA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is cutting food rations for refugees and internally displaced people in the country due to significant funding gaps.
The rations will be reduced from this month and affect nearly 700,000 refugees and internally displaced people who will now receive 50 percent of a full ration, down from 70 percent. A full ration provides 2,100 kilocalories per person and 50 percent is 1,050 kilocalories.
“It is a very painful decision to take from the hungry to give to the starving, but this is the reality; because of the alarming rise of food insecurity in remote locations, WFP has to reduce the size of its rations in some communities, including refugees and internally displaced people, which are in a less precarious situation,” said Matthew Hollingworth, WFP Representative and Country Director in South Sudan.
WFP South Sudan Country Brief, February 2021
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USD 2.48 m in cash-based transfers made
USD 211.6 m six months (February – July 21) net funding requirements
1.19 m people assisted in January 2021
Operational Updates
WFP continues to provide assistance as a priority to populations living in IPC Phase 4 and Phase 5 risk counties. WFP delivered food assistance to 244,990 beneficiaries in IPC Phase 5 risk counties (Pibor, Akobo, Tonj North, Tonj South, Tonj East and Aweil South), and to 80,309 beneficiaries in IPC Phase 4 risk counties (Ayok, Duk, Twic East and Bor South).
Flooding continues to negatively impact WFP’s efforts to deliver food commodities in IPC priority counties such as, in Ayok, Duk, and Twic East.
Funding gap forces World Food Programme to cut food rations in South Sudan
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JUBA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is cutting food rations for refugees and internally displaced people in the country due to significant funding gaps.
The rations will be reduced from this month and affect nearly 700,000 refugees and internally displaced people who will now receive 50 percent of a full ration, down from 70 percent. A full ration provides 2,100 kilocalories per person and 50 percent is 1,050 kilocalories.
“It is a very painful decision to take from the hungry to give to the starving, but this is the reality; because of the alarming rise of food insecurity in remote locations, WFP has to reduce the size of its rations in some communities, including refugees and internally displaced people, who are in a less precarious situation,” said Matthew Hollingworth, WFP Representative and Country Director in South Sudan.
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