UNOCHA has reported that the daily amount of water needed by one person for basic needs (drinking, washing, cooking) is about 11.25 liters, give or take 3.75 liters, depending on the person’s physiology and the climate in which they live (1). Even though most of the inhabited part of Darfur is semidesert (with the drier...
Category: Darfur without shelter
Displaced in Adila, Abu Karinka and North Jebel Mara localities among the worst in need: UNOCHA
34,000 displaced persons in North Jebel Mara Locality, Central Darfur State cannot be reached by aid groups due to insecurity and the restrictions of local authorities. And another 6,200 in East Darfur State’s Adila and Abu Karninka Localities need emergency shelter (plastic sheeting or if they are even more lucky a ready-made tent), household supplies...
Scores of displaced families living without shelter for weeks in Shaddad camp, North Darfur State
Jebel Marra is a mountainous area in the middle of the five state region of Darfur, and like the rest of region south of Wadi Howar, is populated with many villages. Government and militia attacks in this area (allegedly to attack rebel forces) have driven many families to camps such as Shaddad near the town...