United Nations or UN and other Non-Governmental Organizations or NGOs in South Sudan have undertaken an emergency airlift operation to deliver survival kits, containing lifesaving supplies to Internally Displaced Persons or IDPs in hard-to-reach areas of Unity State.
In a joint press release by UN, International Organization for Migration or IOM, Food and Agricultural Organization or FAO, the assistance include mosquito nets, short-maturity vegetable seeds, fishing supplies, water containers, water purification tablets, oral rehydration salts, and nutritional biscuits for children and kitchen sets.
The supplies provide short-term and life-saving assistance to the most vulnerable families fleeing violence in locations that remain inaccessible.
The humanitarian community laments that the recent violence has affected an estimated 750 thousand people in Upper Nile and forced approximately 150 thousand to flee their homes.