On July 16, torrential rains destroyed hundreds of families’ homes in Kalma, one of the largest interntally displaced person camps in the five Darfur states. UNOCHA and the International Committee of the Red Cross have taken an inventory with the 511 families who lost their homes in Center 1B, as well as with the 250...
Category: Darfur IDP camp
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...