Sheila Ponnie<\/b><\/p>\n
Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>The United Nations Humanitarian agencies in South Sudan said two-thirds of the country\u2019s population is facing extreme food insecurity.<\/p>\n In a statement released yesterday, the agencies said dwindling resources and growing needs have forced humanitarian agencies to prioritise the delivery of vital life-saving support which risks leaving millions behind.<\/p>\n They said all life-saving sectors including health, nutrition, and food security are affected leaving millions of vulnerable people without critical support in a time of crisis.<\/p>\n \u201cThere are 7.76 million people in critical, emergency, and catastrophic need for food security alone, but due to resource constraints, emergency food assistance must be prioritized for 3.2 million people who face the highest levels of food insecurity,\u201d the statement read in part.<\/p>\n According to humanitarian agencies, prioritisation of resources is a famine prevention strategy in which communities on the verge of starvation must receive assistance.<\/p>\n \u201cEven for communities on the verge of famine, resource constraints mean that they receive reduced rations for seven or eight months of the year, usually to protect them when access to food resources is the most difficult, which is from January to July each year.\u201d<\/p>\n Makena Walker, Acting Country Director for the World Food Program (WFP) in South Sudan, stated that the WFP\u2019s emergency food assistance, known as the Lean Season Response for 2023 was completed in most locations by the end of August.<\/p>\n \u201cThe simple fact is that there are not enough resources available to the humanitarian community to meet the needs in South Sudan,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n The document states that Two-thirds of South Sudan\u2019s population suffers from severe food insecurity and malnutrition, making the country one of the world\u2019s places with the worst food insecurity emergencies.<\/p>\n They said most people who are severely food insecure live in areas where chronic vulnerabilities are exacerbated by frequent climate-related shocks, macroeconomic crises, conflict and insecurity, and low agricultural production.<\/p>\n \u201cVulnerable people in South Sudan have been subjected to a series of interconnected shocks for years. The outlook for these people is bleak, with new crises erupting and humanitarian organizations struggling to meet basic needs,\u201d said Peter Van der Auweraert, Acting Humanitarian Coordinator.<\/p>\n The Sudanese crisis, according to Auweraert, resulted in a massive influx of refugees, returnees, and third-country nationals, exacerbating South Sudan\u2019s already precarious humanitarian situation.<\/p>\n This funding gap affects all humanitarian interventions, including the protection of women and girls, food, nutrition, shelter, water, sanitation and hygiene, and education.<\/p>\n Source: The City Review South Sudan<\/b><\/p>\n For More News And Analysis About South-Sudan<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sheila Ponnie Africa-Press – South-Sudan. The United Nations Humanitarian agencies in South Sudan said two-thirds of the country\u2019s population is facing extreme food insecurity. In a statement released yesterday, the agencies said dwindling resources and growing needs have forced humanitarian agencies to prioritise the delivery of vital life-saving support which risks leaving millions behind. They […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":43259,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[234,265,4340,233,112],"class_list":["post-43260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-south-sudan","tag-food-insecure","tag-south-sudan","tag-un"],"yoast_head":"\n