The MV Future ID vessel with 14,600 tonnes of flour milled from Ukrainian wheat arrived in Sudan. This is the second shipment of humanitarian aid to Sudan by the World Food Programme (WFP) under President Zelenskyy’s Grain from Ukraine initiative.

The first shipment was delivered to the port of Khartoum (Sudan) on 22 February 2024. The MV Ocean Dream brought 7,665 tonnes of flour made from Ukrainian wheat.

The donors of the two shipments were Germany, which provided USD 15 million, as well as Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Ireland, the Netherlands, the Republic of Korea, Slovenia and Spain, which financed the second shipment of flour in the amount of USD 23.8 million.

The flour made from Ukrainian wheat will be distributed by WFP as part of food packages for 2 million people in Sudan affected by the war.

Background

Almost 18 million people in Sudan are currently facing extreme food shortages. According to the UN, about 5 million of them are in emergency levels of acute food insecurity (IPC4).

The harvest of staple crops (sorghum, millet and wheat) is 41% below the average over the past 5 years.

The food aid provided through the Grain from Ukraine initiative is therefore crucial to saving lives and preventing the situation from getting even worse.