🚨#Breaking: 11 @WFP trucks just delivered 447mt of food aid to #ElObeid, supporting 19,000ppl for 2 months
This is the first crossline delivery from #WhiteNile to #NorthKordofan since October
Unimpeded access is critical for WFP to scale up assistance
Over half of the people living in Sudan don’t have access to food.
25 million people are acutely hungry and @WFP is scaling up support. Immediate global action is needed to prevent an all-out catastrophe.
🚨#Sudan is on the brink of a hunger crisis not seen in over 20 years.
📣We must act decisively and at scale to reach all those in desperate need.
"If we secure access and funding, we can prevent a devastating famine," urges Eddie Rowe, @WFP_Sudan country director.
🚨#Sudan's war has set off the world's largest hunger crisis.
WFP is rapidly scaling up to avert #famine, but time is running out as fighting intensifies in North Darfur's El Fasher, Khartoum and other conflict hotspots.
🔗 Get the latest: https://t.co/guNHO7QJ2X
𝗦𝘂𝗱𝗮𝗻🗨️"We urgently need a massive expansion of humanitarian access and funding so we can scale-up our relief operations, and halt Sudan’s slide into a humanitarian catastrophe that is threatening to destabilize the wider region.” - @WFPChief
Read➡️https://t.co/tOViqQQEII
🇸🇩 #Sudan is facing a hunger catastrophe on a scale not seen in over 20 years
We need to act now & deliver at scale to reach all those in need
"If we have access and funding, we will be able to avert an outright famine" says Eddie Rowe, WFP Sudan Director
#Breaking: Another @WFP aid convoy is crossing the border from #Chad into #Darfur
🚚🚚Now we are on the road to deliver life-saving food & nutrition assistance
Critical aid for over 165,000 conflict affected people in North & Central Darfur is on its way
📢Despite active fighting in #Sudan, WFP has reached over 3M people since January.
This includes 5 convoys (5,000 tons) from Chad to Darfur and ongoing distributions in South, Central & West Darfur, South Kordofan & Blue Nile.
Read more ➡️ https://t.co/hCWFj69070
#ThisJustIn: A 3rd @WFP convoy crossed the border from Tine (Chad) into #Sudan
Aid is on its way for ca. 160,000 ppl in Central, East & West Darfur including in hunger hotspots at risk of a catastrophe
Vital to get food to ppl before rains cut off access to remote areas ▶️👇
Amid soaring hunger in #Sudan, @WFP & @AfDB_Group teamed up to boost wheat production
Investments in agricultural productivity are critical to increase crop yields & food availability to reduce hunger in #Sudan 🇸🇩
Full news release👉https://t.co/Sux83uhiZ7
#ThisJustIn: 65,000+ ppl in Central Darfur are receiving urgent food & nutrition aid
More assistance is getting into #Darfur in the coming days, w/ another convoy ready to deliver supplies via Tine/Chad border
This is critical as the lean season starts & ppl run out of food
#DidYouKnow: 2.6 million+ ppl have received assistance from @WFP so far in 2024?
In May, we deployed 740 trucks cross-line and cross-border w/ nearly 27,000 tonnes of aid to over a million ppl in Darfurs, Kordofans, Gezira & beyond
With expanded access, we can reach even more!
"We really need to act now in #Sudan bc the window of opportunity is closing" @WFP Dep. Exec. Director @CarlSkau
The rainy season is coming & many roads across Darfur & Kordofan will become impassable
We urgently need unfettered access to respond quickly & save lives ▶️👇
#Sudan: "We need a paradigm shift... on the level of access, or we will see a catastrophe here in Sudan" - Carl Skau, @WFP’s Deputy Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer
Full audio ➡️https://t.co/IAzatjz1FO
🚨‼️The window to prevent famine in #Sudan is rapidly closing
⚠️ We urgently need to transport vital supplies to Darfur & Kordofan before the rains start
@WFP calls on all parties for unfettered access across conflict lines & borders
#News release: https://t.co/gd1UcmegHt
“WFP #Sudan staff, esp. national staff, have been both living this crisis & responding to it,” Dep. Exec. Director @CarlSkau
Huge appreciation to our staff who are working tirelessly to deliver urgent aid to ppl affected by the conflict
Thanks @CarlSkau for visiting #Sudan 🇸🇩
Today marks one year since the conflict in #Sudan erupted.
The ongoing war has led to unimaginable suffering and a severe humanitarian crisis.
Urgent global action is needed to alleviate the immense hardships faced by the people of Sudan.
#WithSudan#SudanOneYear
1️⃣ year into #Sudan's conflict, millions of people face a severe hunger crisis as food prices soar and livelihoods are destroyed.
🔴We must act NOW to prevent a catastrophe. Learn about @WFP's response and how you can help.
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One year into #Sudan's devastating conflict, the economic collapse is deepening a severe hunger crisis for millions. We are witnessing entire communities struggling to survive as they battle the catastrophic effects of this war.
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