NEW YORK, 10 November 2011 - The State of Kuwait has
contributed 250 thousand US dollars to UNICEF in Somalia for humanitarian
response to the continuing food crisis. The support was announced by His
Excellency Mr. Mansour Ayyad Al-Otaibi, Permanent Representative of Kuwait to
the United Nations.
Somalia sits at the centre of a region suffering from a
deadly combination of the worst drought in six decades, soaring food prices and
now escalating conflict in southern Somalia. Thousands have already died and more
than 13 million people still need humanitarian assistance across the region.
UNICEF and its partners over the past several months have
saved the lives of thousands of children in the Horn of Africa, Some 110,000
severely malnourished children were treated at UNICEF-supported centres across
the Horn. So far, UNICEF has vaccinated 1.2 million children against measles,
including 1 million in South and Central Somalia. More than 2.6 million people
were provided with access to safe water across the Horn and over 1.5 million
were reached with hygiene awareness and supplies.
Since the beginning of July, UNICEF has transported more
than 24,000 metric tons of life-saving supplies to Somalia, with 140 chartered
flights, on 106 vessels and 90 trucks – ready to use therapeutic foods for
350,000 children and supplementary food for 350,000 families.
UNICEF is one of just a few organizations still operating in
South and Central Somalia, working with more than 120 partners to reach
hundreds of thousands of children and their families. Between July and the end
of October, a total of 85,300 families, or 512,000 people, received blanket
supplementary feeding in southern Somalia. Another 236,000 people including
47,000 children received prepared meals in Somalia between July and October.
However, despite increased humanitarian operations and som
No comments:
Post a Comment