{Helicopters have delivered life-saving supplies to thousands of people uprooted by fighting in South Sudan to help them survive the lean season, aid agencies said on Tuesday ahead of a pledging conference for the conflict-hit country.}<\/p>\n
Recent violence in the greater Upper Nile region has forced some 150,000 people to flee to hard-to-reach areas, with many abandoning their land before they could plant crops, according to U.N. agencies and aid groups.<\/p>\n
Survival kits have been delivered to some 30,000 people in Unity State in the north. They include mosquito nets, fishing supplies, water purification tablets and nutritional biscuits for children.<\/p>\n
The number of South Sudanese going hungry – some 4.6 million people including nearly a million children under five – has almost doubled since the start of the year.<\/p>\n
“Hundreds of thousands of children are malnourished, at risk of disease and death, yet they are the future doctors, lawyers, civil servants and community leaders of South Sudan,” said Ronald-Paul Veilleux, International Rescue Committee country director.<\/p>\n
“Not getting aid to them in time further undermines the development potential of this nation,” he said in a statement ahead of the Geneva pledging conference in which international agencies are appealing for $1.63 billion.<\/p>\n
More than 2 million people have been uprooted since fighting erupted 18 months ago between forces loyal to President Salva Kiir and rebels allied with his former deputy, Riek Machar.<\/p>\n
Heavy fighting in Unity and Upper Nile states has forced aid agencies to suspend activities and in some cases relocate staff, leaving tens of thousands of people vulnerable.<\/p>\n
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