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QRCS provides food aid for famine victims in South Sudan
QRCS provides food aid for famine victims in South Sudan
Co-implemented by Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) and the World Food Programme (WFP), the initiative involves delivering 187 tonnes of popular food items such as maize, cereals and vegetable oil, QRCS said in a press statement.The food supplies were procured from neighbouring countries and stored at WFP's warehouses, in co-ordination with the local authorities.The first batch of aid was airdropped by United Nations aircraft to the worst-hit, inaccessible areas, where a team of WFP is stationed to collect and distribute them among the beneficiaries. The distribution will be supervised by QRCS and KRCS representatives.More than 100,000 people are facing widespread famine in several parts of South Sudan, and 270,000 children already have severe malnutrition. According to international reports, 5mn people are in dire need of help, basically food and livelihood.