{"id":186965,"date":"2013-09-15T21:59:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-15T21:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/food-rations-reduced-in-west-darfur-camps\/"},"modified":"2013-09-15T21:59:00","modified_gmt":"2013-09-15T21:59:00","slug":"food-rations-reduced-in-west-darfur-camps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/food-rations-reduced-in-west-darfur-camps","title":{"rendered":"Food rations reduced in West Darfur camps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ten West Darfur camps for the displaced have complained of a shortage of food, lack of drinking water, and deterioration of the health situation.<\/p>\n<p>One of the sheikhs of the camps told Radio Dabanga that the UN World Food Programme (WFP) in September reduced the monthly food rations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this month the organisation distributed three sacks of corn instead of six sacks per 40 displaced persons,\u201d he said. \u201cThe ration of salt and lentils also has been reduced. Sugar and a \u2018power food mix\u2019 have not been distributed at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The sheikh added that the reduction of the food rations has created a lot of problems for the displaced and has worsened their health condition. The sheikh also reported about broken water pumps and wells that are not working in the camps.<\/p>\n<p>He appealed to organisations working in the humanitarian field for help in repairing them and to the WFP to reconsider the reduction of food rations.<\/p>\n<p>The sheikh pointed out that people are complaining about outbreaks of malaria, diarrhoea, allergic symptoms, fevers, especially among children and the elderly, while medicines and health services are lacking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of people are still living in the open as a result of heavy rain fall that destroyed their dwellings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He appealed to the authorities and humanitarian organisations to provide them with tents and plastic sheets.<\/p>\n<p><em>File photo: Food ration distribution to the displaced in Darfur (Albert Gonz\u00e1lez Farran\/UNAMID)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Related:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiodabanga.org\/node\/55566\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018Food shortages and suffering for 129,000 displaced in South Darfur\u2019: HAC<\/a> (5 September 2013)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiodabanga.org\/node\/50684\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sheikh, displaced concerned about food distribution in Darfur camps<\/a> (2 June 2013)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiodabanga.org\/node\/47153\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10 West Darfur camps without food rations for 2 months<\/a> (22 April 2103)<\/p>\n<p><!--break--><\/p>\n<div class=\"sws_supernormalaction\"><button on=\"tap:superwebshare-lightbox\" class=\"superwebshare_normal_button1 superwebshare-button-large superwebshare-button-square superwebshare_prompt superwebshare_button_svg\" style=\"color:#ffffff;background-color: #d52631;\" ><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"superwebshare-svg\"  fill=\"currentColor\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M789.86,323.67c91.79,0,164.25-72.46,164.25-164.25S881.64,0,789.86,0S625.6,72.46,625.6,164.25c0,4.83,0,14.49,0,24.15L306.76,371.98c-24.15-24.15-57.97-33.82-96.62-33.82c-91.79,0-164.25,72.46-164.25,164.25s72.46,164.25,164.25,164.25c38.65,0,72.46-14.49,96.62-33.82L625.6,821.26c0,9.66,0,14.49,0,19.32c0,86.96,72.46,159.42,159.42,159.42s159.42-72.46,159.42-159.42s-67.63-159.42-154.59-159.42c-33.82,0-67.63,9.66-96.62,33.82L374.4,526.57c0-9.66,0-19.32,0-24.15s0-14.49,0-24.15l318.84-188.41C717.39,314.01,751.21,323.67,789.86,323.67z\" \/><\/svg><span>Share article<\/span><\/button><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ten West Darfur camps for the displaced have complained of a shortage of food, lack of drinking water, and deterioration of the health situation. One of the sheikhs of the camps told Radio Dabanga that the UN World Food Programme (WFP) in September reduced the monthly food rations. \u201cIn this month the organisation distributed three sacks of corn instead of six sacks per 40 displaced persons,\u201d he said. \u201cThe ration of salt and lentils also has been reduced. Sugar and a \u2018power food mix\u2019 have not been distributed at all.\u201d The sheikh added that the reduction of the food rations has created a lot of problems for the displaced and has worsened their health condition. The sheikh also reported about broken water pumps and wells that are not working in the camps.He appealed to organisations working in the humanitarian field for help in repairing them and to the WFP to reconsider the reduction of food rations. The sheikh pointed out that people are complaining about outbreaks of malaria, diarrhoea, allergic symptoms, fevers, especially among children and the elderly, while medicines and health services are lacking.\u201cA lot of people are still living in the open as a result of heavy rain fall that destroyed their dwellings.\u201d He appealed to the authorities and humanitarian organisations to provide them with tents and plastic sheets. File photo: Food ration distribution to the displaced in Darfur (Albert Gonz\u00e1lez Farran\/UNAMID) Related: \u2018Food shortages and suffering for 129,000 displaced in South Darfur\u2019: HAC (5 September 2013) Sheikh, displaced concerned about food distribution in Darfur camps (2 June 2013) 10 West Darfur camps without food rations for 2 months (22 April 2103)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-186965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Food rations reduced in West Darfur camps - Dabanga Radio TV Online<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/food-rations-reduced-in-west-darfur-camps\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Food rations reduced in West Darfur camps - Dabanga Radio TV Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ten West Darfur camps for the displaced have complained of a shortage of food, lack of drinking water, and deterioration of the health situation. One of the sheikhs of the camps told Radio Dabanga that the UN World Food Programme (WFP) in September reduced the monthly food rations. \u201cIn this month the organisation distributed three sacks of corn instead of six sacks per 40 displaced persons,\u201d he said. \u201cThe ration of salt and lentils also has been reduced. Sugar and a \u2018power food mix\u2019 have not been distributed at all.\u201d The sheikh added that the reduction of the food rations has created a lot of problems for the displaced and has worsened their health condition. The sheikh also reported about broken water pumps and wells that are not working in the camps.He appealed to organisations working in the humanitarian field for help in repairing them and to the WFP to reconsider the reduction of food rations. The sheikh pointed out that people are complaining about outbreaks of malaria, diarrhoea, allergic symptoms, fevers, especially among children and the elderly, while medicines and health services are lacking.\u201cA lot of people are still living in the open as a result of heavy rain fall that destroyed their dwellings.\u201d He appealed to the authorities and humanitarian organisations to provide them with tents and plastic sheets. 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