WFP South Sudan
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@WFP's official twitter account in South Sudan #SSOT
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http://www1.wfp.org/countries/south-sudan 08-02-2017 21:39:21
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Funding shortages have forced WFP to prioritize assistance across #SouthSudan and families are only receiving half rations.
WFP provides fortified biscuits, food, cash & nutrition assistance to those crossing the border from Sudan but needs are rising and more funding is needed.
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Some of the schools receiving school meals from WFP in #SouthSudan also have vegetable gardens taken care by the students.
With these school gardens, children get agricultural knowledge & skills and learn about the importance of diverse & nutritious diets🥕🥒
60K+ people in #SouthSudan are without food after WFP was forced to pause life-saving airdrops as fuel runs low following imposition of taxes.
Humanitarians urgently need taxes on humanitarian supplies removed before operations come to a standstill.
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The Kong Koc consortium led by World Food Programme brings together political leaders & the community to promote peace in Greater Tonj.
88 youth recently graduated after completing training in tailoring, bakery, beauty/salon & masonry👏🏿
Thanks to South Sudan RSRTF for the support.
Yambio Farmers Agri-Business Cooperative, supported by World Food Programme, has supplied >25 metric tons of maize this year
The cooperative from Western Equatoria State has sold maize in the state and also to traders in Lakes, Western Bahr El Ghazal & Juba.
Read more from The Dawn📝👇🏿
Our #PhotoOfTheWeek is this boat departing from Bor with World Food Programme food
River is one of the main means of transport WFP uses to move food across #SouthSudan , allowing us to reach the most remote areas🛳️
Happy King's Day Embassy of the Netherlands in South Sudan 🇳🇱
Thank you for supporting World Food Programme to build infrastructure and long term climate resilience in #SouthSudan over the years.
Your support allows now people to access markets and basic services like hospitals and schools across the country🙏🏿
WFP's programmes benefit whole families in #SouthSudan
In Kuakoj, Akeen attends a school supported by World Food Programme with school meals and his step-mother is part of WFP's resilience programmes, working on a vegetable garden and building a multipurpose water in exchange of cash👏🏿
United Nations in 🇸🇸 calls for urgent release of trucks carrying fuel and other critical supplies after Government commits to rescinding tax demands.
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Preposition is key to ensure that enough food is in different areas of #SouthSudan ahead of the rainy season🌧️
Having the food ready allows World Food Programme to distribute it even when most of the roads are inaccessible and trucks cannot move.
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Our partners BMZ and KfW (German Embassy South Sudan) have been in Juba this week to see how their funding is helping WFP and UNICEF South Sudan support more than 550,000 children and parents through integrated nutrition, school-based, and livelihoods programmes 👏🏿
One year after the start of the war in Sudan more than 630k people have crossed the border into #SouthSudan
WFP is providing fortified biscuits, food, cash & nutrition assistance but despite this hunger & malnutrition have reached crisis levels⚠️
South Sudan is on the frontline of the climate crisis, vulnerable to both extreme flooding and drought.
WFP, the Ministry of Environment, and Ministry of Agric and Food Security - South Sudan are in Warrap and NBEG states to understand climate risks and ways to mitigate them to improve food security 👇🏿
Reading helps children learn and discover a whole new world📖🌍
With World Food Programme's school meals, children across #SouthSudan have the energy & health to learn and stay at school.
Happy #WorldBookDay !
Happy #EarthDay from South Sudan💚
#SouthSudan 's natural beauty is unmatchable but floods are also impacting hundreds of thousands of people.
World Food Programme's programmes support communities adapt to climate change and build long term resilience🌾
>7.1 million people are projected be food insecure this lean season in #SouthSudan according to The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification
South Sudanese returnees accounted for only 3% of the population at the time of the IPC but they make up 35% of those facing IPC5, the highest hunger level⚠️
📍Aweil, #SouthSudan
With support from EU in South Sudan 🇪🇺, World Food Programme is supporting rural communities and providing trainings to farmer cooperatives to strengthen livelihoods and build long term resilience👏🏿
Good airstrips are essential for UN Humanitarian Air Service to travel safely across #SouthSudan
In Renk, where UNHAS flies several times a week, WFP is rehabilitating, widening and working on routine maintenance to ensure humanitarian workers and cargo can land and take off safely & smoothly🛬
WFP continues to distribute food & cash as part of the lean season response in #SouthSudan
🔛Distributions are ongoing in Aweil East, Pibor, Abyei, Canal/Pigi, Koch, Leer, Mayendit & Twic🍲