Highlights
WFP distributes nearly 19,000 mt of food assistance, reaching more than 1.5 million in the month of November. From January to November 2015, WFP has assisted 1.4 million people with 102,000 mt of emergency food and nutrition assistance under its Emergency Operation and 1.4 million with 75,100 mt through various activities under its Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation. A total of 2.8 million people have been reached across the country with over 177,000 mt of food commodities between January and November 2015.
Distributions ongoing in Dablual. For the first time since July 2015 and after rigorous access negotiations, a WFP mobile team was able to reach the Mayendit county (Unity state) location. Today, 18 December, seven airdrop rotations were successfully completed. An estimated 36,000 are expected to be reached in this critical response to a difficult-to-reach population.
In numbers
1.66 million IDPs (OCHA estimates)
646,000 displaced outside South Sudan (UNHCR estimates)
185,000 seeking shelter with the UN (UNMISS estimates)
2.4 million projected to remain in emergency or crisis level food insecurity from October to December 2015 (IPC, September 2015)
WFP Response
Food and Nutrition Assistance
WFP and Cooperating Partners’ IRRM teams completed missions in Old Fangak (Jonglei), Wathjak and Athidway (Upper Nile) this week.
Teams are currently deployed in Nyambor, Pultruk, Katdalok, Kurneyoun (Jonglei), Mankien, Dablual (Unity), Pagak, Maiwuit and Gai reang (Upper Nile).
Upcoming planned missions will cover Wai, Ayueldit, Duk Poktap, Jiech, Chuil, Pading (Jonglei), Buaw, Koch, Mir Mir, Thaker, Rubkuay, Nyal, Ganyiel (Unity), Gum, Kiechkuon, Mading and Riang (Upper Nile).
In November, WFP reached just under 895,800 people, mostly outside of UNMISS POC sites in the Greater Upper Nile region, with approximately 13,300 mt of food under its EMOP. Through its PRRO, which includes unconditional assistance to refugees and those in the Abyei contested area as well as recovery activities (such as Food for Assets and Food for Education), WFP distributed 5,300 mt to about 632,900 people.
Logistics
As a result of insecurity in the Greater Equatoria states and poor road conditions, the main supply route to western and north-western parts of the country has been cut off. The resupply of fuel, particularly Jet A1 and other goods, has been hampered, causing a negative impact on WFP’s air operations out of Wau. With the limited stocks of Jet-A1 available there for both WFP Logistics food deliveries and UNHAS’s passenger flights, the IL-76 has had to temporarily suspend deliveries out of Wau so as not to disrupt humanitarian staff movement.
WFP is planning to relocate the Wau-based IL-76 to Entebbe, Uganda. Necessary clearances are in progress for the relocation of the asset.
The public holidays in Ethiopia, which necessitated the relocation of the IL-76 based in Gambella to Entebbe, have ended. The aircraft is being returned to Gambella and is expected to recommence airdrops on 18 December.
The convoy that departed Juba on 12 December with UNMISS Force Protection arrived Mundri, without major incident. The next convoy is planned for 22 December to north-western locations (pending reopening of the main supply route), Rumbek, Wau and Aweil.
Since 01 January 2015, WFP has dispatched 203,530 mt of food commodities including prepositioning, of which a total of 54,982 mt has been airlifted or airdropped from within South Sudan and from Ethiopia and Uganda.