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Named person(s)
group
Date photo taken
01 March 2022
Partner organization
South Sudanese Development and Relief Agency (SSUDRA), a ministry of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan (ECSS)
City/Town
Rubkona
Province/State
Unity State
Country of origin
South Sudan
Region
Africa
Photo credit
MCC photo/Tadeo Santonino
Themes
Food
Description
Family members pick up their food allotment in Rubkona, Unity State, South Sudan, with assistance from volunteers with MCC partner South Sudanese Development and Relief Agency (SSUDRA).
SSUDRA, a ministry of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan, distributes food monthly based on the number of individuals in the household and following the standard ration sizes to enable families to access the adequate quantities they need to last a month. This sustains food consumption, reduces the family’s vulnerability to food shortages and averts starvation, malnutrition and wasting.
Personal/Project impact
This March 2022 distribution of sorghum, beans, salt, cooking oil and cash for milling expenses was funded through MCC's account at Canadian Foodgrains Bank.
The project is responding to diminished coping abilities and increased food needs among internally displaced people and refugee returnees. The support is essential in saving lives and improving the nutrition and quality of life of the most vulnerable individuals in the targeted households.
Project Summary
SSUDRA aims to safeguard the availability of, access to, and consumption of adequate, safe and nutritious food for displaced and food insecure households in Rubkona IDP camp, and Bentiu municipality. Monthly food assistance of sorghum, beans, salt and cooking oil is distributed to 800 of the most vulnerable and food insecure households over a period of 10 months (approximately 1,630 women/girls and 1,441 men/boys).