"I-WFP, nozakwethu, sisebenza ngokuzikhandla ukuze sifinyelele izigidi zabantu base-Ethiopia abasengozini yendlala engxenyeni yokuqala yonyaka ukuze sisize ukugwema inhlekelele enkulu yobuntu,” kusho uChris Nikoi, uMqondisi Wezwe wesikhashana wale nhlangano e-Ethiopia.
“I-WFP ikhathazeke kakhulu ngokuwohloka kokuvikeleka kokudla enyakatho ye-Ethiopia, lapho abaningi sebebhekene nendlala enzima,” wagcizelela.
Isebenzisa izindlela zokulethwa eziqinile ekusebenzeni kwayo e-Ethiopia kusukela ngasekupheleni kuka-2023, i-ejensi isebenzela ukuqinisekisa ukuthi ukulethwa kwe usizo lokudla olubalulekile kubantu abalambe kakhulu abathintwe isomiso, izikhukhula nezingxabano.
I-ejensi yokudla imisebenzi yababaleki nayo ibalulekile, kusho isikhungo. Njengoba i ingxabano eSudan eyaqala ngo-Ephreli 2023 isaqhubeka nokuhamba kwababaleki, abanye ababaleki baseSudan abayizi-200,000 kulindeleke ukuthi bafike e-Ethiopia, nokubeka ubunzima osizweni lwababaleki lwe-WFP uma kungekho mali eyengeziwe etholwayo.
Indlala ekhulayo
I-WFP inakho kuze kube manje ngokwedijithali bhalisiwe cishe izigidi eziyisi-6.2 zabantu abasengozini kakhulu ezifundeni zase-Afar, Amhara, Tigray naseSomalia, kusho uMnuz Nikoi weWFP.
Ngasekupheleni kwesonto eledlule, i-ejensi kanye noHulumeni wase-Ethiopia bakhiphe a isicelo esihlanganyelwe ukuze uthole uxhaso oluphuthumayo ukuze sabela ekukhuleni kwendlala enyakatho.
Kuze kube manje, abantu abangaphezu kwezigidi eziyisithupha kakade bathola ukudla nemali ezindaweni ezithintekile, kodwa kusasele izikhala ezinkulu, I-OCHA uxwayise ngoLwesihlanu.
Selokhu iqale kabusha ukusatshalaliswa kokudla ekuqaleni kukaZibandlela, i-WFP isithumele abantu abayizigidi eziyi-1.2 kulezo zifunda, ngenhloso yokufinyelela abantu abayizigidi ezintathu emasontweni azayo, okucishe kube yizigidi ezimbili kubo eTigray.
Nokho, i Isikhungo sidinga amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-142 ngokuphuthumayo ukuze sibuyise ukudla okulinganiselwe ezweni ukuze iqhubeke nokufinyelela futhi ilethe usizo kubantu abasengozini kakhulu kuze kube nguJuni 2024 futhi iphendule isomiso ngezinga elikhulu.
"Uma i-WFP ingakutholi ukuxhaswa okwengeziwe, kuzodingeka siyeke ukwabela ababaleki ukudla ngo-April," kusho uMnu. Nikoi.
Izingane ezidla uphuthu kulandela ukuqaliswa kabusha kosizo lokudla kwababaleki ekamu lababaleki laseBokolmayo esifundeni saseSomalia e-Ethiopia.
Ukubambisana ukondla izigidi futhi kwakhiwe ukuqina
Ukuhlola kwakamuva kukaHulumeni wase-Ethiopia ngezidingo zokuphepha kokudla kuveze lokho Abantu abayizigidi eziyi-15.8 bazobhekana nendlala futhi badinga usizo lokudla ngo-2024, okuhlanganisa abantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezine abafudukisiwe ngaphakathi kanye nezigidi ezingu-7.2 abanamazinga aphezulu okuntuleka kokudla okunamandla futhi abadinga usizo oluphuthumayo.
Umgomo jikelele uwukuhlinzeka ngosizo lokudla kumaphesenti angama-40 ezigidini ezingu-7.2, uma izinsiza zikhona, kanti uhulumeni nabanye ozakwethu bazokweseka okunye, kusho i-WFP.
Isici esibalulekile sempendulo ye-ejensi ithi ukusuka ekusizeni abantu ukuya ezinhlelweni zokuqina.
Ukuze kufezwe lokho, i-WFP ihlose ukufinyelela abantu abayizigidi ezingu-1.4 ngo-2024 ngemisebenzi eqinisa izindlela zokuziphilisa nezinhlelo zokudla e-Ethiopia, okuhlanganisa izinhlelo zokuvuna amanzi, ukuchelela umhlaba kanye nokwenza ngcono ukutholakala kwezimakethe kanye nokuhlinzeka ngoqeqesho ngezindlela ezingcono kakhulu zezolimo kanye nangemva kokuvuna. ukulahlekelwa ubuchwepheshe.
Funda kabanzi mayelana nokuthi i-WFP isiza kanjani i-Ethiopia lapha.
