Egypt has sent donated 14 metric tons of medicines to South Sudan to support last year’s flood victims, an Egyptian official said.
The shipment, sent out on 1 March, has been received by the South Sudanese relief and rehabilitation agency.
Sherif Rabi, the deputy head of the Egyptian delegation to South Sudan, told reporters on Sunday that the shipment was the second batch of assistance for people affected by floods in South Sudan.
For his part, Manasseh Lomule Waya, the head of the Relief and Rehabilitation Commission, said the items would be distributed through the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
“This donation is in response to the call of President Salva Kiir after the heavy floods in our country. The quantity that we have received is about 14 metric tons,” he said.
Lomule said that his country appreciates Egypt’s efforts in all sectors in his country, especially the health sector.
Close to 1 million people in many parts of South Sudan were directly affected by flooding that destroyed 73,000 metric tons of potential harvests and wiped out tens of thousands of cattle and goats on which people depend for survival.
Last year, the government of South Sudan declared a state of emergency in late October in Bahr el Ghazal, Greater Upper Nile and Greater Equatoria because of the floods, calling for international assistance to be stepped up.