N’Djamena, 25 Aug-(ANA)-The sum of one million US dollars has been donated by the United States government to assist United Nations-run aid flights operating in the country.
They will help take aid to over 430,000 vulnerable people in Chad.
The UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) plays a vital role in accessing remote locations and in cases where insecurity prevents travel by road.
Run by the World Food Programme (WFP), the service flies aid workers from the UN and non-governmental organisations (NGOs), as well as journalists and others, to some of the hardest-to-reach emergency operations around the world.
In Chad alone, some 5,000 aid workers per month use UNHAS to help 250,000 refugees from the war-torn Sudanese region of Darfur, as well as 180,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs).
World Food Programme’s Emilia Casella is quoted that despite the new funds; the service would shut down half of its operations by 15 September, and be grounded altogether by 30 September, without more resources. (ANA)
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