The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), launched today an emergency cash assistance programme to support vulnerable people fleeing the conflict in Sudan. WFP's pre-established cash delivery platform will also be made available to sister UN agencies to enable them to quickly extend their assistance to vulnerable people arriving in Egypt from Sudan. WFP and partner agencies have conducted a rapid assessment to identify the most vulnerable arrivals needing assistance. Assistance provided to identified
people will allow them to access basic food and other essential needs. The food agency is already supporting over 100,000 refugees in Egypt through its existing cash delivery platform.
"They are drained by the journey that they and their families had to take to reach safety and are extremely food insecure. At this time of great uncertainty, cash assistance helps secure their most basic needs," said WFP Representative and Country Director in Egypt Praveen Agrawal."WFP will avail its cash delivery platform to sister UN Agencies like the UN's children fund and other development partners enabling them to quickly reach vulnerable families in need of support.
WFP is coordinating with the Government of Egypt and the Egyptian Red Crescent the provision of assistance and has so far dispatched food assistance enough for nearly 90,000 people.
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