AMMAN — The government of
South Korea has
contributed $1.5 million in food assistance for Syrian refugees in Jordan and
Turkey, through
the United Nations World Food Program (WFP), a statement from
WFP said on Thursday.
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The contribution is part of a $3.8 million package WFP
received from Korea in December 2020 to provide assistance for Syrians inside
their country and in Jordan,
Lebanon and Turkey, the statement said.
“In Jordan, food security levels among Syrian refugees
living in communities have dropped by more than ten percentage points since
2019; in March 2021, close to a quarter of refugees were food insecure and 60
percent on the edge of food insecurity,” the statement read.
Of the contribution, $500,000 will support WFP in providing
monthly assistance to more than half a million vulnerable Syrian refugees and
refugees of other nationalities in Jordan.
This assistance is provided through cash-based transfers;
through blockchain in the three Syrian refugee camps, and as cash for refugees
living in communities across the country.
“These funds from the government of Korea could not have
been more timely as the COVID-19 pandemic and the consequent economic downturn
has pushed hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees in the region deeper into need
and desperation, unable to meet their own needs, forcing them to become more
dependent on WFP assistances,” said Gordon Craig, WFP’s deputy regional
director for the Middle East and North Africa.
“Life has become an even harder daily struggle for more than
5 million Syrian refugees, who have little or no financial resources.”
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