South Sudan Aid Agencies Still Face Challenges Accessing The Needy The United Nations on Wednesday said that aid agencies still face a critical challenge in accessing the people affected by heavy floods, and are in need of humanitarian aid, adding that the situation has worsened in the last three months. 20 November 2013
*By Waakhe Simon Wudu* *JUBA, 20 November 2013 [Gurtong] - *Kyung-Wha Kang, the UN Assistant Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator told press after days of visit in the country that more needs to be done to minimize the situation. “It’s really hard for them [humanitarian aid agencies] to go to the field to see how much more is needed still,” Kyung told press today in Juba. “Comparing the situation here in South Sudan, the basic minimum pieces of ability to work is just not there in terms of infrastructure, lack of transportation and seasonal limitations and access,” Kyung said. He added that the circumstance of humanitarian doing their work is much more challenging compared to other countries. “All in all we need continued engagement here, we need continued political will of the government to give that space to do the work and their political will to also enhance their capacity to work with the international community,” said the UN Diplomat. Despite Kyung’s observation that the humanitarian situation in the country has improved, she called on government to do more and ensure peace prevails in the country, adding that the work of the aid agencies can be a pea-nut without peace stability in the country. South Sudan early this month declared the country a disaster stricken zone, calling for massive intervention from donors. The South Sudan government estimated at least over 200,000 people was affected by the flood. Last week, the UN Office for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in South Sudan together with partners launched an appeal of $1.1billion to address humanitarian situation in the country in the next three years. “I appeal to all donors and partners to stand together with the people and the government of South Sudan in this time of need,” Kyung said. Posted in: Home<http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/1/Home.aspx>, Humanitarian<http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/8/Humanitarian.aspx>, Foreign Aid/Assistance<http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/30/Foreign-AidAssistance.aspx> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14oogjDJ3j28NUbbCBqCfpmOYWAS7x7f%2BE37LTsE_5ueHug%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
