Multinational - Emergency response (South Sudan) assistance to populations affected by floods

The project is an emergency assistance relief package of $200,000 to fund ongoing humanitarian and emergency relief efforts in areas recently hit by floods in South Sudan. Indeed, as at September 2020, the UN has estimated that more than $80 million is needed for the overall flood response, including $46 million for immediate assistance to 360,000 people until the end of the year. Vast areas of the country along the River Nile are now under water, affecting more than 600,000 people since July in Jonglei, Lakes, Unity, Upper Nile, and Central and Western Equatoria. Entire communities have fled to higher ground to escape the rising waters. The funding is part of a multinational emergency response to provide relief to flood victims in the countries where torrential rains have caused rivers to overflow their dykes and banks, disrupting trade routes, damaging crops, killing livestock and submerging houses. The package, from the Bank’s Special Relief Fund, will be used to purchase food items and water, and to cover the implementation costs to be incurred by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).