The UN and South Sudan sign an agreement to deal with floods
South Sudan and the United Nations Office for Projects (UNOPS) yesterday Friday signed an agreement to buy essential equipment to deal with floods for the counties affected by floods in South Sudan as the number of people affected by the floods increased to 893,000.
South Sudan and the United Nations Office for Projects (UNOPS) yesterday Friday signed an agreement to buy essential equipment to deal with floods for the counties affected by floods in South Sudan as the number of people affected by the floods increased to 893,000.
The contract worth 299,000 dollars has been signed by the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation of South Sudan and the United Nations office and is expected to increase flood control equipment for Bor and Fangak counties of Jonglei and Pibor states.
Peter Malual Dhieu Akat, the secretary general of the ministry has confirmed the information and said after signing the agreement in Juba, the capital of South Sudan that: "We ask UNOPS to speed up measures to deal with the floods that have already destroyed the fields and deal with this current situation which it affects our people and adds to the hardships many of our people face."
The agreement, which will continue until February 2025, is part of the Regional Project to Combat Climate Disasters funded by the World Bank for countries in eastern and southern Africa. UNOPS will oversee the procurement and distribution of flood relief equipment in collaboration with the ministry and the local governments of South Sudan.
The agreement has come after the exercise of delivering humanitarian aid to South Sudan has become difficult due to the floods and the increasing rain, where according to the United Nations, the rain has displaced 241,000 people in 16 counties of the country.
