KHARTOUM, 3 February 2016 (UNHCR) - The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) welcomed the allocation of US$ 7 million by the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to help address some of the most pressing needs of South Sudanese refugees in Sudan.
An estimated 198,600 South Sudanese have sought refuge in Sudan following the eruption of conflict in South Sudan in December 2013. The majority reside in White Nile and Khartoum States.
“The timing of the CERF funds is critical. This is the first significant contribution received this year. It will help address the increasing humanitarian needs of South Sudanese refugees fleeing conflict and violence at home, and finding safety in Sudan,” said Mohammed Adar, UNHCR Representative in Sudan.
The funds will be used to ease overcrowding in existing refugee sites and support protection, health, nutrition, water and sanitation, as well as emergency education.
Overcrowding has been a challenge in the seven sites where refugees have been living in White Nile State, increasing the risks to their health and well-being. CERF’s funds will support the opening of two additional sites and help address overcrowding.
The CERF funding being made available will support programmes that are implemented in White Nile State by UNHCR and other UN agencies, including the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations World Food Programme, the United Nations Population Fund and the World Health Organization.
For more information, please ccontact Mohamed Elnaiem, UNHCR Sudan, Mobile +249 912308842, Elnaiem@unhcr.org(link sends e-mail)
About UNHCR:
UNHCR has been present in Sudan since 1968 and currently provides support to the Government of Sudan’s efforts to protect and assist 379,000 refugees and asylum-seekers, as well as internally displaced nationals in Khartoum, the East, South and West Kordofan, White Nile and Darfur.
UNHCR’s 2016 funding requirement as part of the South Sudan Situation Regional Refugee Response Plan is US$ 141,163,416. The Response Plan, elaborated through a consultative process coordinated by UNHCR with the involvement of some 44 UN agencies and NGO partners, provides the framework for interagency interventions for the assistance and protection of the South Sudanese refugees in the region.
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Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Country: South Sudan, Sudan