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WFP Sudan Country Brief, January 2020

Pays
Soudan
+ 1
Sources
WFP
Date de publication

In Numbers

1.97million people assisted in January 2020

14,588 mt of food assistance distributed in January 2020

US$1.67 million cash-based transfers made in January 2020

US$61.3 million six-month net funding requirements (March – August 2020)

Operational Updates

• On 9 January, WFP Executive Director, together with the Prime Minister of Sudan, 5 Sudanese government ministers, 4 ambassadors to Sudan, 2 Special Envoys to the Secretary General and 4 United Nations agency heads travelled to Kauda (Nuba mountains, South Kordofan) and were received by the SPLM-N leader, Abdulaziz Al-Hilu.
Early January, WFP launched a school feeding programme in Kauda – a top priority according to a rapid assessment which took place in December 2019. This marked a new milestone in increased UN humanitarian assistance to areas that have been inaccessible since 2011. School meals were initially piloted in four schools, reaching nearly 2,000 primary school children.

• In response to the displacements that took place at the end of December 2019 in and around Geneina (West Darfur) following intercommunal clashes, WFP delivered urgent food and nutrition assistance in 22 locations in Geneina town where the displaced people took shelter. In coordination with humanitarian partners, in early January 111 mt of mixed food commodities were delivered to assist 24,454 affected people. Emergency blanket supplementary feeding for 6,847 children aged 6-59 months and pregnant and lactating women was also provided. Following further assessments, assistance is scaling-up to reach over 40,000 people.

• For the first time in a decade, WFP delivered assistance to vulnerable displaced people in Aja and Boulay villages in Golo (Central/North Jebel Marra locality of Central Darfur). Following an exploratory mission by humanitarian agencies which identified major needs for food, nutrition, health and education; WFP provided critical food and nutritional support to nearly 6,000 people.