WFP warns of food shortage in north
Oct 14, 2005
KAMPALA, Friday, At least 1.45 million people displaced by conflict in northern Uganda could experience severe food shortage unless the UN World Food Programme (WFP) receives fresh donations to sustain its operations in the region beyond December, a WFP official said.
KAMPALA, Friday, At least 1.45 million people displaced by conflict in northern Uganda could experience severe food shortage unless the UN World Food Programme (WFP) receives fresh donations to sustain its operations in the region beyond December, a WFP official said.
“We spend US$8m per month to feed more than 1.45 million internally displaced people (IDPs) in northern Uganda,†Ken Davies, WFP country director in Uganda, told IRIN on Wednesday.
“We are running out of resources to continue with the operation beyond December. We appeal for help from the international community,†he pleaded.
WFP said in a separate statement said it needed $58m to buy food locally to feed almost the entire population of northern Uganda, who had been driven out of their homes by the Lord’s Resistance Army rebels.
“90% of the displaced in Uganda heavily depend on WFP food and nutritional assistance for their survival,†Daly Belgasmi, director of WFP’s Geneva liaison office, said in the statement upon his return from a visit to Uganda.
Davies said there were plans to reduce food supplies to areas of the northern Acholi sub-region, where it was anticipated that people had grown enough food following an improvement in security.
He said a recent lull in the LRA’s violent activities allowed people in IDP camps greater access to the surrounding fertile land during the planting season.
“We spend US$8m per month to feed more than 1.45 million internally displaced people (IDPs) in northern Uganda,†Ken Davies, WFP country director in Uganda, told IRIN on Wednesday.
“We are running out of resources to continue with the operation beyond December. We appeal for help from the international community,†he pleaded.
WFP said in a separate statement said it needed $58m to buy food locally to feed almost the entire population of northern Uganda, who had been driven out of their homes by the Lord’s Resistance Army rebels.
“90% of the displaced in Uganda heavily depend on WFP food and nutritional assistance for their survival,†Daly Belgasmi, director of WFP’s Geneva liaison office, said in the statement upon his return from a visit to Uganda.
Davies said there were plans to reduce food supplies to areas of the northern Acholi sub-region, where it was anticipated that people had grown enough food following an improvement in security.
He said a recent lull in the LRA’s violent activities allowed people in IDP camps greater access to the surrounding fertile land during the planting season.