Relief goods air-freighted in conjunction with the UNHCR
HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minster of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has approved an emergency aid flight to support UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, who are assisting the victims of the devastating floods which have impacted various regions of Sudan and South Sudan.
The aid flight, an Emirates Sky Cargo B777F, carrying approximately 100 metric tons of core relief items, stored at UNHCR’s Global Stockpile in Dubai hosted by the International Humanitarian City (IHC), left Dubai International Airport yesterday afternoon and arrived in Khartoum after four hours.
An estimated 125,000 refugees, internally displaced people and locals have been affected by the flooding which severely damaged and destroyed homes, infrastructure and left many people without shelter, in East Sudan, White Nile and Darfur, in addition to the capital Khartoum and Omdurman.
“This response from the UNHCR in partnership with the IHC is a prime example of the driving purpose behind HH Sheikh Mohammed’s vision for the International Humanitarian City,” commented Mohammed Ibrahim Al Shaibani, Chairman of the Supreme Committee for the Supervision of the IHC.
“In the aftermath of the heavy seasonal rains and the floods, tens of thousands of people in desperate need of shelter, including refugees and internally displaced Sudanese people,” said Nadia Jbour, UNHCR Head of Office in the UAE.
