Widows and Orphans Charitable Organization and War Child Holland provide nonfood items to the newly displaced civilians at Malakal PoCs in Upper Nile State.
The aids target some one hundred and thirty most vulnerable children who are either unaccompanied, separated from their parents or living with an elderly caregivers. The items distributed include clothes, sandals, washing soap, hand bags, body lotions among other assorted items.
Thousands of civilians have recently been routed out of their homes due to fighting between armed factions in South Sudan’s Upper Nile State and has displaced at least twenty seven thousand people in Malakal Protection of Civilian Site, PoCs.
Children gather to receive nonfood items at the distribution sites- Photo by Denis Ogoy
United Nations Mission in South Sudan has reported violence among some displaced people of different groups at Malakal PoCs triggered by the ongoing fighting in Tunga and neighboring Panyikang County in Upper Nile State.
The new displacement has put a toll on women and children who are in need of the most urgent humanitarian assistance.
The insecurity has created new humanitarian challenges as aids agencies need to intensify relief operations to meet the dire humanitarian needs of the displaced civilians currently taking shelter at the UN established protection of civilian sites in Malakal Upper Nile State.
Report by Okuna Joe Albert
Malakal, Upper Nile State, South Sudan