USAID Airlifts 67 Tons Of Supplies For Needy S. Sudanese USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance has airlifted 67 tons of life-saving relief supplies from Nairobi to Juba for distribution to South Sudanese who are in dire need of assistance weeks of violence. 06 February 2014 US Ambassador to South Sudan Susan D. Page on Tuesday traveled to Juba International Airport to inspect the first wave of supplies. [USAID Photo]
*Juba, 06 Feb 2014 [Gurtong] - *USAID transported heavy-duty plastic sheeting to assist 10,000 families with emergency shelter needs and enough hygiene kits to help 4,500 families and prevent the spread of disease. The supplies will be further distributed to towns and areas where they are needed most by USAID's partner World Vision International. Ambassador Susan D. Page traveled to the airport to inspect the first wave of supplies. "Our work here is people-centered; we are continuously dedicated to improving the humanitarian situation here in South Sudan," she stated. The provision of these emergency supplies comes weeks after the U.S. government announced an additional $50 million in humanitarian assistance to help provide safe drinking water, emergency health care, vaccinations, improved sanitation, and shelter to those displaced by the violence. The U.S.. government has provided nearly $320 million in humanitarian funding to South Sudan over the past two years. *RELATED PRESS RELEASE*<http://gurtong.net/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=syHbx61y-cs%3d&tabid=124> 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> , Press Releases<http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/120/Press-Releases.aspx> , Featured Stories<http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/137/Featured-Stories.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]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14opyrFb9UA5XzvDMweibc3GSbi4U%2BZFvkN8BUTp4fqN3yQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
