The Foundation Caritas Luxembourg, a non-governmental organization has distributed food items to conflict affected populations in Lowoi of Torit County, Eastern Equatoria State.
The beneficiaries are conflict affected people whose homes were burned and farms destroyed by cattle herders.
The distributed food items include; maize, beans, salt and oil.
Radio Emmanuel visited the Lowoi community and talked to some beneficiaries who received the food.
Torit County director for Relief and Rehabilitation Commission, Victor Lira Robert said, the distribution is an intervention of cattle destruction that left a section of the population in Lowoi vulnerable.
“This distribution is to the conflict victims, there were cattle owners who came here and hijack these people and burn the villages until they ran away, they stay in the bush for the number of days, others stayed in cave for long so when we come as the team members for assessment, we realised that the village is burn and the people are affected we the wrote the report to NGOs,” the County Director stated.
Report from Fondation Caritas Luxembourg indicated that one thousand community members benefited from the food distribution with another five hundred members benefiting from the seed distribution in Lowoi.