Displaced demand start of re-registration process

Nertety camp residents have demanded the World Food Programme (WFP) to commence the re-registration process and to urgently provide them with aid, Radio Dabanga learned on Tuesday October 30. Adam Hamid, head sheikh of Nertety camps, told Radio Dabanga that the food situation is very difficult, due to WFP’s seasonal stop in providing food rations for more than six months. He said the stop has caused an increased spread of malaria and other diseases among the displaced, in addition to numerous cases of malnutrition. The sheikh appealed to WFP to send a team to Nertety and start the process so the displaced can receive food rations. WFP has put the re-registration as a condition for receiving food rations, which some displaced persons initially refused. The sheikh added that the displaced are now convinced and ready to start the registration. Hamid expressed his concern about the suffering of elderly, children and women due to the delay in food distribution and asked WFP to provide emergency aid to the displaced before starting the process.