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The World Food Program said today, Monday, that more than 4 million Sudanese refugees have fled to neighboring countries in search of food, shelter and safety, since the outbreak of the internal war in April 2023, warning against facing the risk of slipping towards more hunger and malnutrition.
Warnings came World Food Program In a context in which life -saving food aid is witnessing a significant decrease due to financing crises.
The program recorded, in a statement, that Sudanese refugee families often arrive in shock and malnutrition, and they only have a little besides the clothes they wear.
The same source affirmed the need to provide emergency aid to refugees fleeing to 7 countries adjacent to Sudan, in which the global program is active, which is the Central African Republic And Egypt and Ethiopia, in addition to Libya ههههيوموون see And southern Sudan.
The program indicated that he expanded his field of support to include the host societies that welcomed the Sudanese refugees and was generous with them, despite their suffering from food insecurity.
The UN program warned that if there are no new resources, the aid it provides to the Sudanese refugees is in Central Africa Republic And Egypt Ethiopia And Libya “may stop in the coming months.”
Reducing meals
He stated that Uganda lives in many vulnerable refugees at less than 500 calories a day, which represents less than a quarter of daily food needs, while new waves of expatriates drive refugee support systems to the brink of collapse.
As for Chad, which hosts about a quarter of the total refugees fleeing from Sudan, the program confirmed that food rations will be reduced in the coming months, unless additional contributions are obtained soon.
“We are facing a fully -dimensional regional crisis that is exacerbated in countries that are already suffering from high levels of food insecurity and conflicts,” said Sean Hughes.
He added that millions of people fleeing from Sudan are fully dependent on the support of the program, but without additional financing the program will be forced to make more cuts “, which will leave the most vulnerable families, especially children, in the face of an increased risk of hunger and malnutrition.”
The global program considered that children represent the most vulnerable categories Food security The extended “, as global acute malnutrition rates among refugee children in reception centers in Uganda and South Sudan exceeded the emergency threshold, and many of them suffer from malnutrition even before they arrive to receive aid.
The program estimates its needs from financing to more than 200 million dollars to continue the emergency response to Sudanese refugees in neighboring countries during the next six months, and it also needs an additional $ 575 million to carry out its life -saving operations inside Sudan.