Juba: As hunger levels continue to deepen in South Sudan, the 2021 South Sudan Humanitarian Response Plan was launched on Tuesday aiming to reach 6.6 million people – including 350,000 refugees - with life-saving assistance and protection.
The plan asks for $1.7 billion in funding to enable United Nations (UN) aid agencies and partners to deliver lifesaving assistance to the world’s youngest country.
"South Sudan is facing its highest levels of food insecurity and malnutrition since independence 10 years ago," said Jens Laerke, spokesperson for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in a press release on Tuesday.
The plan has identified 8.3 million people in need of humanitarian assistance, including refugees, across the country.
This is an 800,000-person increase in absolute numbers from the 7.5 million people in need in 2020.
"Violence and localized conflicts in many parts of the country also drive up humanitarian needs, and the impact again of covid-19 on markets, services and people’s ability to move around have increased their vulnerabilitym," said Laerke.
South Sudan is expected to see devastating flooding again this year. Last year and in 2019 flooding affected almost 1 million people. The upcoming lean season from May to July is also expected to be the most severe on record.
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