A family has arrived from Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya, and DOHS is preparing a welcome package of clothing and books. We will be sending this out from our Louisville supply to the family, now resettled in Kansas. Our Facebook publicity campaign has gained us more Louisville-based FB followers (924 likes and counting). We plan...
Category: Darfur children
Malaria and possible cholera cases on the rise in Sudan; ongoing fighting in Jebel Marra; UN in Sudan remains badly underfunded
Among the major news stories in Sudan now are the widespread number cases of persons suffering watery diarrhea (1). The government denies cholera is to blame for them, but some, if not all, doctors operating outside the governent disagree (1, 2). Blue Nile and Sennar States are among the worst hit (they also saw some...
“We foresee a major environmental and health disaster…”: a summary of several Radio Dabanga articles from July 25 to August 8
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is part of the Famine Early Warning Systems Network; NOAA specializes in weather forecasts. In June FEWSNet posted on its Sudan page that the Nile River and its tributaries had already reached high levels (especially the Blue Nile), and that more rain predicted for Ethiopia and Eritrea’s highlands...