WFP South Sudan Situation Report #96, 26 September 2015

Highlights

• Restarting of humanitarian assistance to Koch and Buaw (Unity state) this week. After more than six months without food assistance, WFP was able to deploy an Integrated Rapid Response team to Koch county, specifically Koch town and Buaw, this week. More than 20,000 people are expected to be served this round. On Friday, 25 September, WFP, joined with UNICEF, IOM, representatives from donor governments (Germany, European Union, Norway, United Kingdom and United States) and members of the press travelled to Koch and Buaw for a high-level day mission. Objectives of the visit are to advocate for safe humanitarian space and free movement of civilians seeking humanitarian assistance.
• New Emergency Operation approved. WFP’s new Emergency Operation (EMOP 200859) was approved this week. Like the previous EMOP, the operation will focus mostly on the three conflict-affected states with a duration of one year (October 2015 to September 2016). In addition to general food distributions and nutrition activities for young children and mothers, WFP also plans to implement emergency school feeding and institutional feeding to TB/HIV/Leprosy/Kalazar patients and their caretakers under the operation, where feasible.