Dubai sends aid worth Dh1.6M to South Sudan
dubai — FollowInG tHE rECEnt wAvE oF vIolEnCE In SoutH SuDAn wHICH sAw sEvErAl pEoplE flEEInG to UGAnDA, tHE IntErnAtIonAl HumAnItArIAn CIty (IHC) In DuBAI HAs rEsponDED to tHE EmErGEnCy sItuAtIon By FunDInG An AID sHIpmEnt oF CorE rElIEF ItEms wortH ovEr DH1.6 mIllIon.
THE rElIEF CArGo, sEnt From DuBAI’s Al MAktoum IntErnAtIonAl AIrport, InCluDED 10,000 kItCHEn sEts, 4,000 solAr lAntErns AnD 500 plAstIC sHEEts — All BounD For UGAnDA.
ToBy HArwArD, UnItED NAtIons HIGH CommIssIonEr For REFuGEEs (UNHCR) HEAD oF offiCE In tHE UAE, lAuDED tHE HumAnItArIAn ContrIButIon, sAyInG: “WE ArE vEry GrAtEFul For tHIs GEnErous AnD tImEly DonAtIon AImED At AllEvIAtInG tHE suffErInG oF tHousAnDs oF SoutH SuDAnEsE rEFuGEEs.”
StrEssInG tHE ImportAnCE oF tHE sHIpmEnt, HArwArD sAID: “As tHE sECurIty sItuAtIon HAs DEtErIorAtED In SoutH SuDAn, CollECtIvE Efforts ArE urGEntly rEquIrED to AssIst tHE UGAnDAn AutHorItIEs AnD rEsponD to tHE ACutE nEEDs oF lArGE numBErs oF SoutH SuDAnEsE flEEInG tHEIr Country. THIs sHIpmEnt Is An ImportAnt ComponEnt oF tHE nEEDED IntErnAtIonAl rEsponsE.”
IHC FunCtIons unDEr tHE CHAIr oF PrInCEss HAyA BInt Al HussEIn, wIFE oF HIs HIGHnEss SHEIkH MoHAmmED BIn RAsHID Al MAktoum, VICEPrEsIDEnt AnD PrImE MInIstEr oF tHE UAE AnD RulEr oF DuBAI.
In 2016, tHE GovErnmEnt oF DuBAI provIDED support to tHousAnDs oF SoutH SuDAnEsE rEFuGEEs In UGAnDA tHrouGH An AIr sHIpmEnt oF morE tHAn 100 tonnEs oF EmErGEnCy rElIEF ItEms. THE sHIpmEnt HElpED provIDE A sAFE AnD DIGnIfiED EnvIronmEnt For rEFuGEEs.
THE DIsplACEmEnt sItuAtIon In UGAnDA HAs soArED DurInG tHE pAst montHs DuE to tHE EsCAlAtIon oF vIolEnt AttACks In SoutH SuDAn. SomE 192,000 rEFuGEEs HAvE ArrIvED In 2017 so FAr, wItH An AvErAGE oF 2,000 rEFuGEEs flEEInG InsECurIty, vIolEnCE AnD FAmInE EvEry DAy, BrInGInG tHE totAl numBEr oF SoutH SuDAnEsE sEEkInG rEFuGE In UGAnDA to morE tHAn 832,000.
OvEr 62 pEr CEnt oF tHE nEw ArrIvAls ArE CHIlDrEn. In All, morE tHAn 1.7 mIllIon rEFuGEEs HAvE so FAr flED SoutH SuDAn DuE to tHE ContInuInG ConflICt. — Wam
2,000 refugees flee South Sudan on an average every day