UNHCR accelerates aid delivery
Tuesday, 19 June 2012 09:04 Muna Tesfai South Sudan >>> . The United Nations High Commission for Refugees – UNHCR has launched a new air bridge to Upper Nile State – linking Juba with Paloich airport in Melut County. The route will be used to accelerate delivery of aid supplies to increasing numbers of refugees in the Upper Nile area. UNHCR senior supply officer in Juba, Farah Omer says the refugee agency has so far delivered more than 3,000 plastic sheets, 3,000 blankets, 4,000 jerrycans and materials for drilling boreholes, since the airlift operation started over the weekend. Omer says there will be 28 flights from Juba delivering non-food items and added that UNHCR plans to launch a second bridge from Nairobi to Paloich. UNHCR is currently hosting more than 100,000 refugees in Upper Nile, which is above the 75,000 that had been planned for. Many of them are fleeing fighting between Sudanese forces and rebels of the SPLM-North in Blue Nile State. In a related development Doctors without Borders (MSF) said that 10 thousands refugees fleeing fighting in Sudan are facing a full-blown humanitarian crisis. In a circular sent out on Tuesday, MSF said that the refugees access to water is extremely limited, malnutrition rates are at emergency levels, coupled with overcrowding in camps. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob?hl=en-US.
