Over 40 centres to benefit from China donations

By Moses Gum Degur

Over 40 centres will benefit from china donations to improve the living standard, Relief and Rehabilitation
Commission Chairperson has said.

The Chinese embassy in South Sudan on Thursday handed over sleeping materials and about 1500 tons
of rice as emergency food aid to the hunger-stricken country.

The donated items include 30, 000 bags of rice, 30, 000 blankets, 15, 000 mosquito nets and 3700
sheltering tents among others part of donation pledged by China in April to help war-torn South Sudan
nation fight severe food shortage.

Martha Nyamal, Chairperson of the Relief and Rehabilitation Commission (RRS) on receiving the third
consignment from China Embassy said the gift from people of china will really help the vulnerable
population in the country.

She said she believed the donated food items will benefit 40 centres of most vulnerable groups of people
including IDPs, Hospitals and orphanage centres to reduce the burden of over dependent across the
country.

We are really grateful to the peoples Republic of China for the gift of food. It will really help our people
who are suffering in camps. It will make them earn a living. This round this donated food items will directly
go to vulnerable groups mostly living in 40 identified areas, she said.

Nyamal acknowledged the support of China to the people of South Sudan during this critical period where
the country is witnessing economic challenges.

She pledged that the RRC would make efficient and effective distribution of the Rice in all centres to benefit
the most vulnerable people despite allege reports of selling items by some beneficiaries.

The Commission will continue to strictly monitor the distribution of food to make sure that it reaches the
target people in various centres across the country. But if we find anybody who sell the donated to the
market and found will be dealt with. This is not for market but it is for consumption, Nyamal cautioned.

She admitted that her office received reports of some beneficiaries selling the food to the market.

She called on the public to report to the nearby centres to register to get food ratio.

Chinese ambassador to South Sudan said this gift is paramount since it is intended to the people of South
Sudan.

He Xiangdong said South Sudanese people deserve to be supported because they are generous and have
that courage of rebuilding their nation.
This gift is intended to help vunerable people of south Sudan. It is a gift from our heart. We did this
because we understand the situation of South Sudan. We know how challenging the situation. We even
refer it to ours in China because we had experience similar situation some 60 years ago, Ambassador
Xiangdong complement.

He pledged that China will continue, in its gift to make available well-built hold up to South Sudan in
humanitarian aid, state building and social-economic development.

South Sudan has been embroiled in more than three years of conflict that has have taken a devastating toll
on the people.