Attachments
In Numbers
23,311 mt of food distributed
USD 5.01 million in cash-based transfers distributed
USD 356 million six months net funding requirements (July – December 2023)
2.6 million people assisted in June 2023
Operational Updates
Humanitarian situation
• The humanitarian situation in South Sudan remained dire, exacerbated by the crisis in Sudan. Insecurity, subnational violence, and the emerging regional and national macroeconomic challenges, compounded by the global economic downturn and the effects of climate change, have had an adverse impact on the food security of South Sudanese families.
• As of 30 June, 142,000 people had crossed into South Sudan due to the ongoing crisis in Sudan. Of these, 91 percent were South Sudanese returning to communities already grappling with the effects of insecurity, climate change, food insecurity, limited services, and infrastructure.
Economic updates
• The Sudan conflict continued to disrupt the flow of food commodities along the border, with the food basket cost remaining relatively high across monitored markets. Since the beginning of the crisis, food basket costs increased by 16 - 81 percent in areas bordering Sudan.
Support to crisis-affected people • WFP distributed 23,311 mt of food and USD 5.01 million as cashbased transfers to 2.62 million people, including to new arrivals from Sudan, refugees, and internally displaced persons (IDPs), and for lean-season response through general food assistance (GFA), nutrition assistance, school feeding, asset creation and livelihoods (ACL), and smallholder agriculture market access. This number represented 74 percent of the targeted people in the operation plan, with insecurity and poor road conditions, particularly in Jonglei and Unity States, affecting the delivery of food.
• As part of the Sudan response, WFP provided 9,626 new arrivals with high-energy biscuits, 62,546 with hot meals, 39,109 with dry rations, and 8,261 with cash-based transfers. Overall, 72,708 people had received hot meals, and dry rations, including specialized nutritious foods in June. Since the start of the crisis, WFP had distributed 1,016 mt of food and USD 86,151 to 134,642 new arrivals by 30 June.
Nutrition assistance
• As part of the Sudan response, WFP 2,851 admitted children and 1,470 pregnant and breastfeeding women in the treatment programme in June, a 70 percent increase from May. WFP also provided specialized nutritious food to 20,870 children and 7,439 pregnant and breastfeeding women to prevent malnutrition.
• WFP continued to participate in the development of the South Sudan nutrition policy review process as one of the partners of the Ministry of Health (MoH). MoH, WFP, UNICEF and Save the Children International under the leadership of the MoH facilitated the stakeholder analysis report validation workshop through discussion with stakeholders, including relevant line ministries, donors, UN agencies, international nongovernmental organizations (INGOs), national NGOs, civil society, and legislators.