Internal report shows UN food agency's troubles in war-torn Sudan
A confidential UN World Food Program document points to major problems in Sudan aid delivery. The report highlights issues with operation scale-up fraud monitoring and unrealistic goals in the hunger-stricken nation
An internal UN World Food Program report shows big problems in its Sudan work which started about one-and-half years ago. The five-page document (marked as secret) points to issues that make it hard to help hungry people in this east-african nation
The main trouble spots include slow aid delivery weak money-raising and anti-fraud work. Carl Skau‚ WFPs deputy chief admits they werent ready:
We took too long to get back on our feet and deliver in an effective and efficient way
The organization now has seven-hundred trucks on sudans roads but its having trouble meeting its goals; the plan to help 8.4 million people looks way too high. The report says theyll probably only reach half their target by oct-2024
Right now about 25 million sudanese people dont have enough food - thats every second person in the country. The WFP (which got nobel peace prize back in 2020) is dealing with lots of problems:
- High costs for food delivery
- Slow response to fraud reports
- Issues with partner organizations
- Problems with donor trust
The agency has made a new action-plan to fix things: changing their targets getting better with donors and looking into almost 200 pending fraud cases. Skau says theyve put their best people in charge now and changed how they work‚ but donors want real progress before giving more money
