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As part of a strategic partnership with WFP, UNDCF will provide a local currency loan to the food services company Nilus, that will catalyse more than 2X in additional impact-aligned capital from private investors.

With funding from USAID, WFP will support NDMO arrange transportation like ships to deliver critical relief like food, tents, health and sanitation items to the affected areas.

Highlights Restarting of humanitarian assistance to Koch and Buaw (Unity state) this week. After more than six months without food assistance, WFP was able to deploy an Integrated Rapid Response team to Koch county, specifically Koch town and Buaw, this week. More than 20,000 people are expected to be served this round.

Highlights Latest IPC results officially released. On 22 October, the Government of South Sudan released the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report, covering the period of September 2015, with projections for the next six months. In September, 3.9 million people were classified as severely food insecure.

Highlights WFP-led interagency assessment missions conclude in Mayendit, Guit, and Koch Counties (Unity) where pockets of the population are experiencing Catastrophe levels of food insecurity, according to the latest IPC. Insecurity and access constraints have prohibited access to these areas.

A year after Cyclone Idai devastated much of central Mozambique, the limited scope of humanitarian assistance for reconstruction and resilience against further climate shocks is stalling the progress of communities seeking to rebuild their lives and livelihoods. As the plane lands at Beira airport, a profusion of memories returns.

Just as demand for this service is reaching its peak, it could grind to a halt before the end of July unless substantial funding can be secured to keep WFP’s transport fleet moving.

The spectre of simultaneous famines in four countries poses an unprecedented challenge to the humanitarian community as well as a personal tragedy for hundreds of thousands of people, WFP has warned. Famine was declared in Leer and Mayendit counties in South Sudan on Monday 20 February, with three other countries also at severe risk: Somalia, Nigeria and Yemen. WFP needs at least US$ 1.2

If South Sudan were a child, she would have turned seven today. At that age, children would quite naturally be the apple of their parents' eyes and a delight to onlookers alike. Running, full of life and gleeful, warming even the hardest of hearts. But, therein ends the comparison. In the imagination. And reality sets in. South Sudan is like no other 7-year-old.

Climatic shocks (floods and droughts), conflict, economic downturn, displacement and disrupted livelihoods are driving the worsening trend in food security with 7.74 million people (62.7 percent of the population) across the country slated to face Crisis (IPC Phase 3) or worse levels of acute food insecurity during the lean season between April and July 2022, according to the latest Integrated Foo