Emergencies |
The situation in South Sudan continues to decline catastrophically. We are providing life-giving assistance to internally displaced persons and communities.
The violence that erupted on 15 December 2013 in the capital Juba has escalated along ethnic lines in different parts of the country. Some 1.5 million have been displaced: 1.1 million internally and nearly 400,000 to neighboring countries. Over 90 percent of the displaced within South Sudan is in remote areas of the country. As the fighting interrupted the planting season, there is widespread food insecurity, rising child malnutrition and imminent risk of famine. Ethnic, sexual and gender-based violence remain a grave concern.
Our Response
LWF South Sudan is assisting IDPs and communities
We are active in Juba, Bor (Jonglei State), Maban (Upper Nile State), Ajoung Thok (Unity State), providing:
- education
- child protection and psychological support
- non-food items (NFI)
- shelter
- water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) materials
- cash transfers
Basic Survival for Displaced South Sudanese
The violence that erupted in South Sudan’s capital Juba in mid-December and spread to other parts of the country has displaced more than 800,000 people internally. Another 300,000 have fled into neighboring Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda—where the LWF is providing assistance—and into Sudan. In Bor, Twic East and Duk counties in Jonglei State, the LWF is assisting internally displaced South Sudanese with basic non-food items (NFIs) such as shelter materials, clothing, beddings, mosquito nets, cooking and serving utensils. They also receive kits for water, sanitation and health, and fishing hooks and twines. By mid-April, LWF with support from its ACT Alliance partners Norwegian Church Aid and Dan Church Aid, had distributed NFIs to around 30,000 IDPs, some of who have settled around swampy areas. Many of those seeking safety, including children, lactating mothers and the elderly, are sleeping in the open. While some people are cautiously going back home, fighting and insecurity continue in parts of the country. The rainy season due in May/June makes the situation more precarious.The UN estimates that 4.9 million people urgently need humanitarian assistance in South Sudan.
17 April 2014
In Bor, South Sudan’s Jonglei State, displaced women walk past burned houses. LWF and other ACT Alliance members were among the first humanitarian agencies to return to the town in January 2014. They continue providing emergency assistance to thousands of IDPs, some of who are cautiously returning home. Thousands have died in the fighting across the country, and several homes and businesses have been destroyed. Photo: Paul Jeffrey/ACT Alliance
Rebecca Adau Deng carries home a package with essential household items provided by the LWF and its partners. IDPs like Deng fled fighting in other areas to take refuge in abandoned and burned houses in Bor. Photo: Paul Jeffrey/ACT Alliance
A girl pumps water with her mother from a well that is among dozens in Bor town that have been rehabilitated by ACT Alliance member Norwegian Church Aid. Photo: Paul Jeffrey/ACT Alliance
A woman cooks a meal for her displaced family in Bor. The cooking pot was among essential household items distributed by the LWF. Photo: Paul Jeffrey/ACT Alliance
Eight-year-old Nyantiop Bul Angok carries water in Bor. The water container was included in a packet of essential household supplies her family received from the LWF and its ACT Alliance partners. Photo: Paul Jeffrey/ACT Alliance
Mou Leu Chol covers her two-year-old son with a tattered mosquito net. She came to Bor in March 2014 to escape continued fighting in nearby Duk County. Chol and her husband assembled their new home out of building material scraps. She has since replaced her old mosquito net with a new one received in an LWF–distributed NFI package. Photo: Paul Jeffrey/ACT Alliance
Displaced people return to Bor from Awerial, on the other side of the White Nile. Most of them are coming for just one or two days to inspect their homes, many of which were burned and looted, and to evaluate whether they want to commit to returning. Photo: Paul Jeffrey/ACT Alliance.
A man builds a temporary shelter after returning to Bor. Photo: Paul Jeffrey/ACT Alliance
