00:00More than a million people in South Sudan are at risk of losing vital food aid, the World Food Programme
00:06warned on Tuesday.
00:08Conflict, displacement, climate shocks and the war in neighbouring Sudan are converging to push millions of people deeper into vulnerability.
00:16Cuts to international aid are creating a perfect storm.
00:217.8 million people today, more than half the country's population struggle to find food each day.
00:292.2 million children and 1.2 million pregnant and breastfeeding mothers require urgent nutrition support.
00:39Unless additional resources are secured, more than a million vulnerable people could lose access to life-saving food and nutrition
00:49assistance by October.
00:52So this is looming.
00:54The WFP says it's currently facing a shortfall of $86 million and a gap of more than $400 million over
01:03the next six months.
01:05The funding crisis comes at the height of the rainy season, when food becomes scarcer, prices rise and flooded roads
01:13make humanitarian access increasingly difficult.
01:17While South Sudan is a country that has faced many challenges in its short life as an independent nation, we
01:28are seeing something different now.
01:29We are about to drop off a financial cliff at a time when the needs are at the greatest level
01:37that they've been at for the past 13, 14 years.
01:40The WFP said food assistance remains essential to averting a humanitarian catastrophe.
01:48But the agency issued a call to action to South Sudan's government, urging it to mobilize its own funds and
01:56resources to support its citizens.
02:00The WFP said food assistance remains essential to help its citizens.
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