Global humanitarian appeal includes close to 1 billion US dollars for Sudan
23 December, 2012
KHARTOUM, (sudanow.info.sd)—The United Nations has launched the 2013 global humanitarian appeal calling for 8.5 billion US dollars, including more than 900 million dollars for Sudan alone, according to Khartoum Office of the Coordinator of the Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in a press release it issued here last Monday.
The appeal was launched by UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Ms. Valerie Amos on Friday, the press release said.
Designed to help an estimated 51 million people who will need urgent humanitarian relief in 2013, the appeal was made on behalf of international humanitarian organizations operating in 16 crisis-affected countries around the world, OCHA said in its press release
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For Sudan the humanitarian agencies are requesting close to 1 billion US dollars, precisely 983 million dollars to fund 364 projects in 2013. These funds will be used by the humanitarian community to continue supporting the Government of Sudan in delivering urgently needed assistance to people in need, the press release said.
Sudan’s humanitarian needs remain high, with a total of 4.3 million people (12% of the Sudanese population) estimated to require some form of assistance in 2013, including many people who remain displaced or severely affected by ongoing conflict in Blue Nile and South Kordofan states. Meanwhile, the ongoing lifesaving operations in Darfur, which target 3.4 million people, account for close to two thirds of the funding requirement, according to OCHA.
One of the objectives for international humanitarian organizations in 2013 will be to help strengthen the capacity of national institutions and national organizations to better respond to future humanitarian crises in Sudan, it added.
The 2013 Sudan Humanitarian Work Plan will continue to support the transition from short term interventions to activities that reduce long term dependency on aid. “As the humanitarian response in Darfur enters its tenth year, the press release said.
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