The Nyala Water corporation reports that overuse of pumps at fifteen of the city’s eighteen wells broke down from overuse. The shortage has been going on for more than three weeks now. And Dabanga reports water not running in residences in El Fasher, as well as in some districts in southern Khartoum. Prices for barrels...
Category: Darfur drinking water
Flooding a danger as the rainy season begins: three camps report storms have collapsed shelters and latrines
Dabanga reports today that Garsila, Deleig and Bindisi camp residents have also seen their food stores rot because of the lack of shelter. Article may be found here: https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/rains-damage-homes-spoil-food-in-central-darfur-camps The rainy season in Sudan runs from about May to October, with the heaviest rains running from about June to September. Storms wiping out shelters, latrines...
Fuel for water networks finally arrives at South Darfur camps
Remember our earlier blog in which we cited 11.25 L as being what a person would need each day to get enough to drink, wash and cook with? Well, now the people in Al Salam Camp near Nyala in South Darfur can each get 11.7 L thanks to fuel for their water pumps finally arriving...