Malakal, 18 September, 2022 / 9:26 pm (ACI Africa).
The department of Integral Human Development of South Sudan’s Catholic Diocese of Malakal (Caritas Malakal) is reaching out to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) fleeing from violence in Unity State with non-food items.
On September 7, fighting broke out near Adidiang, where thousands of displaced people had taken refuge, APnews reported. Meanwhile, fighting in and around the Upper Nile State town of Tonga has reportedly displaced thousands of people since mid-August.
In a September 15 interview with ACI Africa, the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) Program officer with Caritas Malakal, Zakaria Wahn, said that personnel of the department of Integral Human Development of the South Sudanese Diocese have “assisted the IDPs with shelter NFIs, which included plastic kits, blankets, mosquito nets, solar touch, and ropes for tying down the shelter,”
Mr. Wahn added, “As Diocese of Malakal, we have no partners on the ground working with us but we have our donors supporting us from Juba.”
“When this incident happened, most of the people ran away and left everything like food items, clothes, and other basic items in that location,” he further said, and explained, “Most of them have no sandals, clothes, and they only have the clothes they are wearing and no food with them.”