Jalal Shah

Humanitarian with a passion for technology and sustainable change.
Emergency first responder for 15+ years, served in 🇸🇸🇸🇾🇾🇪🇮🇶🇸🇩🇦🇫🇸🇴 & +++.

[Jalal Shah @JalalWFP]

Time and again, I wonder what would it take to make this world a truly peaceful place? A place where we use our resources and technology for human good and not for destruction.

[Jalal Shah @JalalWFP]

Three years passed in the blink of an eye, and time has come for me to leave the Ukraine operation.

Unfortunately, the war continues with no sign of immediate peace in sight - exacerbating human sufferings and taking innocent lives.

[Jalal Shah @JalalWFP]

Today, we visited the newly accessible areas in Kherson Oblast.

The devastation caused by the war is heart-breaking.

@WFP has been distributing food in these areas immediately after they become accessible.

[Jalal Shah @JalalWFP]

Cassava harvest in Gogrial West County, #SouthSudan

Cassava is one of the most drought-tolerant crops.

Last year, WFP and JAM introduced Cassava in Gogrial West as a new crop to:

✅Adapt to dry spells & droughts

✅Diversify crops to reduce risks associated with crop failure

[Jalal Shah @JalalWFP]

To keep our fleet moving, it needs regular maintenance.

From maintenance & diagnostics to major repairs, our @WFP workshop team do it all. The demand for their services dramatically increase during rainy season due to increased wear and tear.

#SSOT

[Jalal Shah @JalalWFP]

As the rains intensify and road conditions deteriorate, our logistics fleet is working round the clock moving food to remote locations that are no longer accessible through commercial transporters.

#SSOT , @WFP_SouthSudan

[Jalal Shah @JalalWFP]

To ascertain program quality,our monitoring staff regularly travel to far-off challenging locations

This often involve walking for hours and living in tents

Here our staff survey a recently cleared land that will be cultivated under FFA program and interview a beneficiary
#SSOT

[Jalal Shah @JalalWFP]

UNHAS flight touchdown at #Kuajok airstrip.

These flights are a lifeline for our operations.

These flights:
✅Ferry humanitarians
✅Transport essential cargo
✅Conduct MEDVACs

Thank you @WFP_UNHAS

#IflywithUNHAS, #SSOT

[Jalal Shah @JalalWFP]

How @WFP's SCOPE system has transformed our ration cards and introduced many other improvements.

Below picture tells the story.

#SSOT

[Adeyinka Badejo @YinkaWFP]

#Canada’s support is vital in helping South Sudanese communities adapt to #climatechange, build #resilience, improve food security.

Since 2020, women farmers in Tonj South, Warrap State 🇸🇸, harvest rice 🌾 grown in flood plains with inputs and training from @WFP @HarjitSajjan

[Jalal Shah @JalalWFP]

Ayom, a widow and mother of 6, arrived in Twic fleeing violence in #Abyei

She is one of over 30,000 IDPs receiving cash assistance from WFP, thanks to @UNCERF funding

Using cash during emergencies empower beneficiaries by giving them flexibility to prioritize their needs

#SSOT

[Jalal Shah @JalalWFP]

🌳Trees are our weapon to combat #ClimateChange🌳

Last year, WFP & Partners in #Warrap, #SouthSudan produced over 500,000 seedlings.

The target this year is over 1 million.

#EarthDay

[Jalal Shah @JalalWFP]

Last month, @WFP switched from in-kind assistance to cash transfer in #Kuajok town. This shift

✅ Empowers over 14,000 people to choose & buy what they want to address their needs

✅ Strengthens the local economy and supports market development

#SSOT

[Jalal Shah @JalalWFP]

In #SouthSudan, our assistance inevitably affects conflict dynamics

WFP,ADRA,FAO,TOCH & WVI held extensive community consultations in Greater #Tonj to understand conflict drivers

Next on, we are adapting our programs to positively impact conflict drivers and contribute to peace

[WFP South Sudan @WFP_SouthSudan]

After recent displacements in #SouthSudan WFP is supporting IDPs in Twic and Abyei

WFP distributed food to 8000 people in Twic and 5000 people in Abyei

⚠️WFP’s resources are stretched and without more funding WFP can't reach the most vulnerable with enough food & nutrition

[Jalal Shah @JalalWFP]

It’s 44°C in #Kuajok today but the SCOPE registration continue at full speed.

The team’s hard work will enable migrating over 28,000 people in #Warrap to CBT.

Bravo to SCOPE team for their commitment and determination.
#SSOT

[Jalal Shah @JalalWFP]

To adapt to #climatechange, WFP & partners are introducing climate-resilient crops in #SouthSudan.

This year, under FFA program in #Warrap, rice was planted in flood-prone swampy areas and sweet potatoes in drought-prone areas with positive results.

Further expansion in 2022.

[Jalal Shah @JalalWFP]

This week, Kuajok field office hosted a visit by 🇪🇺@eu_echo to #Warrap.

We visited school meals, nutrition clinic and met beneficiaries in #Tonj North, where WFP scaled-up assistance this year in response to IPC5.

Thank you @eu_echo for continued support to @WFP_Southsudan.

[Jalal Shah @JalalWFP]

Violence against women & girls is not a women issue but everyone's issue.

Partners in Kuajok came together to raise awareness against GBV.

Thanks to State Minister of Gender, Child and Social Welfare, @WVSouthSudan, @unmissmedia, Women and Youth Union for supporting the event.

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Outside @WFP_SouthSudan guest house in Kuajok, school children studying to prepare for exams. Our guest house is one of very few places with light at night and they sit outside to study. Bravo to the kids for their amazing passion!!!!