Highlights
In 2016, WFP Sudan plans to assist 4.6 million affected people, of which 3.9 million reside in Darfur. Thus far, WFP has reached 2.5 million people or 54 percent of the people in need - distributing 97,000 mt of food across Sudan.
In July, WFP Sudan assisted 1.9 million people with general food assistance and 76,790 children under five and pregnant and nursing women with nutrition assistance.
The governments of South Sudan and Sudan signed an agreement in July 2016 allowing for the continued movement of humanitarian assistance through Sudan to South Sudan.
Operational Updates
Since conflict erupted in South Sudan in December 2013, 244,780 South Sudanese have been displaced into Sudan according to UNHCR. In response, WFP has reached 227,500 South Sudanese refugees in Sudan with a total of 40,300 mt of emergency food assistance.
In July 2016, Sudan and South Sudan extended the Memorandum of Understanding authorizing the movement of humanitarian assistance from Sudan to South Sudan for an additional six month period (July – December 2016). Since the opening of the corridor in July 2014, WFP Sudan has successfully transported 48,350 mt to South Sudan - with 22,500 mt delivered in 2016 alone.
Emergency needs increased in Sudan due to the impact of El Niño affecting 3.5 million people of which 550,000 are in need of seasonal food assistance. So far, WFP assisted 459,400 people in North, South and East Darfur states, with 4,000 mt of emergency food assistance.
WFP expects to implement the IDP profiling exercise in all camps in Darfur by October 2016, with a community review of possible exclusion errors by the end of the year. WFP’s ability to adhere to the timeline of the exercise remains subject to a number of external factors, most notably community acceptance of the exercise but ongoing community outreach efforts are promising.
The exercise will allow WFP to concentrate its resources on the most vulnerable households, while promoting, through targeted livelihood and asset programming, more long-term food security for the marginally less vulnerable IDPs.