ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – The United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) has delivered food aid to the Iraqi town of Shargat, which was liberated from Islamic State (ISIS) control this month, for the first time in two years.
“Families in Shargat are in a desperate need of humanitarian support after being cut off from the outside world for more than two years,” said Sally Haydock, WFP’s Country Director in Iraq.
“Thanks to a major contribution from USAID’s Food for Peace and Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance, WFP will be able to continue providing support for newly displaced families from the larger Mosul area,” she added.
Located 80 kilometers south of Mosul, the largest city under ISIS’s control, Shargat’s residents had very little food, water or medicine throughout the two years ISIS was present in the area.
The Iraqi Army managed to force the militants away this month, enabling displaced people from Shargat to return and for humanitarian agencies to assist them.
WFP said in a news release that it has provided lentils, rice, wheat flour and vegetable oil to at least 1,000 people and will continue to support people there throughout the course of the coming weeks.
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