TIKA and AFAD distribute food aid to vulnerable families in South Sudan

Published October 09,2024

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Türkiye’s catastrophe administration authority in coordination with state assist company TIKA donated aid meals Tuesday to 500 South Sudanese households in Juba who not too long ago fled the battle in neighboring Sudan.

“We have coordinated with the relevant Turkish authorities, including the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority, to provide food to Chollo returnees in Juba. Today, we supported 500 families living in this area,” stated Erdem Mutaf, the Turkish ambassador, throughout the donation ceremony held in Juba.

Mutaf stated that sooner or later they may proceed their humanitarian assist to different communities throughout the nation.

“Up till now, we have mobilized our resources to help communities in Central, Eastern, and Western Equatoria, and in Jonglei, Greater Bahra-el-Ghazal, Unity, and Upper Nile at different occasions. This support is a symbol of the Turkish nation’s sympathy and love to South Sudanese,” he stated.

Livestock and Fisheries Minister Onyoti Adigo Nyikec appreciated the Turkish folks and their authorities for the assist to the folks of Chollo Kingdom.

“They are really vulnerable people, they came from Sudan and they were really suffering, but with the help of Türkiye I think these people will be able to have something to eat. It will not be far, as he mentioned, the relationship between the Kingdom of Chollo and Türkiye goes back to 1680’s,” Adigo stated.

Bernaba Isaac Aban Twinyal, the chief of the folks of Chollo Kingdom in better Gudele suburb of Juba, welcomed the assist and appealed for extra. He stated that the individuals who got here from Sudan didn’t have something to eat since they arrived in Juba.

Aban famous that the returnees lack land to domesticate their very own meals. “Our people coming from the Sudan are very vulnerable; they need food and other non-food items, as you know, we are in a difficult economy in South Sudan, and these people are not engaged in any agriculture activity since there is no place for them to cultivate here,” he stated.