Juba,
Egypt has donated
medical supplies to support South Sudanese affected by last year’s
floods, South Sudan’s Relief and Rehabilitation Commission has said.
“This
medical donation from the Arab Republic of Egypt has come at a right
time because a lot of people are having the after flood impacts, many
diseases have affected them and that why this assistance is at the right
time. We are also receiving people who are returning from the
neighbouring countries as a results of peace which has been achieved in
South Sudan,” Commission chairperson Manase Lomole told the media after
receiving the donation at Juba International Airport.
“This
quantity that has been received is 14.2 metric tonnes and we have also
been assured that more support will be offered by the Egyptian
government to the people of South Sudan to alleviate suffering.”
Last
year, civil society activists appealed to President Salva Kiir to visit
flood affected states to witness the degree of damage. Mr Kiir thereafter declared a state of emergency in sixteen areas of Upper Nile, seven in Bahr-el-Ghazal and four in Equatoria region.
Weeks
after the floods, the Norwegian government allocated about $3 million
US dollars to support displaced South Sudanese. The money was channelled
through humanitarian organisations operating in the country.
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