UK Donates Funds To Ensure Food Seurity In South

28 July 2010 - (Juba) – The government of the United Kingdom has donated 30 million US dollars to World Food Program to avert looming starvation in Sudan.

Addressing the press on Tuesday in Juba, the World Food Program deputy coordinator for South Sudan Alghassim Rhasin Wurie said the donation has come at a critical time of hunger in the country.

[Alghassim Rhasin]: “The funding we have received from the UK government is 30 million US dollars. It will feed 5.3 people in the whole of Sudan for one month. It is a very big contribution now critical for south Sudan. People now without any food aid, they would not harvest any crops. So with this contribution, we are now going to make sure those who are affected by food security will receive timely food rations. In south Sudan, we see there is food insecurity everywhere but the key areas are; Northern Bahr El Ghazal, Lakes and Eastern Equatoria. These three areas are heavily food insecure. So most of this food donation will immediately go to these areas which are food insecure.”

Rhasin also said that the main cause of hunger in Sudan and mainly in the south is drought, hiked food prices and insecurity in some areas.