Kathmandu, September 22
The French government has provided Euro 200,000 to UNICEF Nepal as a part of relief support to victims of recent floods in southern Nepal.
The UN agency will use the assistance to cope with acute malnutrition in 18 flood-affected districts including Jhapa, Morang, Sunsari, Saptari, Siraha, Udayapur, Dhanusha, Mahottari, Sarlahi, Rautahat, Bara, Parsa, Nawalparasi, Rupandehi, Kapilvastu, Dang, Banke and Bardiya, says a joint statement by the French Embassy in Kathmandu and UNICEF Nepal Office.
Ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) will be used for treatment of children who are severely malnourished in those districts, informs the statement.
“According to the Rapid Nutrition Assessment conducted by the nutrition cluster following the floods in August 2017, the severity of acute malnutrition among children in these districts is “critical” or “severe” as per the WHO guidelines on child malnutrition under emergencies,” the statement reads, “The project, implemented through the Ministry of Health from September 2017 until February 2018, will meet the immediate nutritional needs of 3,000 of such children affected by flood emergency in southern Nepal.”
