U.S donates $88m in humanitarian assistance for Sudan
August 3, 2022 (KHARTOUM) – The United States, through its agency for international developent (USAID), is providing over $88 million in additional humanitarian assistance for the people of Sudan.
The people of Sudan continue to experience the devastating effects of violence, food insecurity and climatic shocks, including severe flooding.
To assist the people of Sudan as they experience these compound crises, further worsened by climate risks, the ongoing energy crisis and worsening internal displacement, funding was made available following the drawdown of the full balance of the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust.
This USAID assistance to Sudan is also an effort in coordination with the US Department of Agriculture, which provides an additional $670 million in food assistance to respond to historic levels of acute food insecurity worldwide.
With these funds, the U.S government will support the Unitd Nations World Food Program (WFP) to provide food assistance, including sorghum and yellow split peas, and United Nations Children Funds (UNICEF) to provide nutrition assistance to nearly 1.2 million crisis-affected people across Sudan.
To date, in Fiscal Year 2022, the U.S said it has provided more than $371 million in humanitarian assistance to Sudan, including more than $348 million from USAID.
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