{"id":78562,"date":"2021-12-03T22:30:16","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T20:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/central-africa\/dr-congo\/un-allocates-13m-from-cerf-for-response-to-flooding-in-south-sudan\/"},"modified":"2021-12-03T22:30:17","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T20:30:17","slug":"un-allocates-13m-from-cerf-for-response-to-flooding-in-south-sudan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/central-africa\/dr-congo\/un-allocates-13m-from-cerf-for-response-to-flooding-in-south-sudan\/","title":{"rendered":"UN allocates $13M from CERF for response to flooding in South Sudan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/db580da7ae9c663.jpeg\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><br \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/download\/db580da7ae9c663\" rel=\"noopener\">Download logo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC) Martin Griffiths has allocated $13 million from the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cerf.un.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\">UN Central Emergency Response Fund<\/a>\u00a0(CERF) for an urgent response to large-scale flooding in South Sudan.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Some 809,000 people have been affected by\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/reliefweb.int\/sites\/reliefweb.int\/files\/resources\/south_sudan_2021_floods_the_cost_of_inaction.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">massive flooding<\/a>\u00a0in many parts of the country, compounded by an escalation of violence in areas such as Tambura. Humanitarian agencies have scaled up their response to meet the affected people\u2019s needs. This is the third year in a row that large parts of South Sudan have been flooded.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The CERF allocation contributes to the response to one of the worst and most prolonged floods. UN agencies and their partners will provide humanitarian assistance and protection to people impacted by the floods who have limited or no access to basic services and supplies.<\/p>\n<p><i>Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/un-allocates-13m-from-cerf-for-response-to-flooding-in-south-sudan?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>South Africa Today Africa \u2013 Central Africa <a title=\"Democratic Republic of Congo\" href=\"http:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/category\/central-africa\/dr-congo\/\">Democratic Republic of Congo<\/a> News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download logo Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC) Martin Griffiths has allocated $13 million from the\u00a0UN Central Emergency Response Fund\u00a0(CERF) for an urgent response to large-scale flooding in South Sudan. Some 809,000 people have been affected by\u00a0massive flooding\u00a0in many parts of the country, compounded by an escalation of violence in areas such as Tambura. 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