The United Nations warned today of an alarming refugee crisis from the conflict in South Sudan. Almost one million people have been displaced. This includes over 250,000 refugees who have fled to neighboring countries and need food and other aid.
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It’s a small package of food. But for a child it’s a life-saver. The food is called Plumpy’doz. There is another version called Nutributter. Both of these are being distributed in war-torn Syria.
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The top UN peacekeeping official in South Sudan, Hilde F. Johnson, is warning of potential famine for the conflict-torn country.
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UNICEF, the children’s relief agency, today confirmed it has only received 2 percent of the funding it needs this year to provide aid inside Syria. Three years of civil war has left five million children in need of food, medicine and other humanitarian supplies.
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UNICEF and the UN World Food Programme today announced a mission to bring urgent aid to 30,000 people in Jonglei State in South Sudan. Food, vacccines and other supplies are being airlifted into the remote town of Akobo, which is near the Ethiopian border.
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The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today announced a donation from France‘s Olympique Marseille (OM) Soccer Club. The donation of US $ 15,000 will help feed children in the war-torn Central African Republic.
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The United Nations warned today of an alarming hunger and humanitarian crisis taking place in South Sudan. There are five million people in need of aid following the December outbreak of fighting between the government and opposition forces.
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The United States just announced The No Lost Generation initiative, to rally the world to save Syria‘s children. They have suffered through three years of the Civil War.
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The UN World Food Programme (WFP) today announced a donation from Norway of more than US $ 7.9 million. The funding will be used to help hungry families in the African nation of Malawi.
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Ertharin Cousin, director of the UN World Food Programme (WFP), is urging the world to help the starving people of the Central African Republic.
Speaking from the war-torn country she warns, “We must not wait until pictures of skeletal, severely underweight, children document our failure and neglect.”
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Author William Lambers 