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Famine in South Sudan: communities at the breaking point
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from Oxfam Published on 07 Apr 2017 ? View Original
In South Sudan, the violent and brutal war has put millions at risk. Women, men and children that fled their homes in search of safety are now finding a new threat - hunger. With harvests still months away, the famine already declared in parts of the country will spread across the rest of the country, unless we act now.
When the rains begin in April or May, conditions will become even more difficult for the people in need and for the humanitarian groups trying to reach them. Flooding makes roads and airstrips impassable and can cause a rise in cholera and other water-borne diseases.
Nearly 5 million people - 40 percent of the population - are facing extreme hunger. "We are seeing communities now at the breaking point. In the swamps between the famine-affected areas and where Oxfam is working, we know that there are thousands of people going desperately hungry,? says Dorothy Sang, Oxfam's Humanitarian Campaign Manager in South Sudan...
Famine in South Sudan: communities at the breaking point
Report
from Oxfam Published on 07 Apr 2017 ? View Original
In South Sudan, the violent and brutal war has put millions at risk. Women, men and children that fled their homes in search of safety are now finding a new threat - hunger. With harvests still months away, the famine already declared in parts of the country will spread across the rest of the country, unless we act now.
When the rains begin in April or May, conditions will become even more difficult for the people in need and for the humanitarian groups trying to reach them. Flooding makes roads and airstrips impassable and can cause a rise in cholera and other water-borne diseases.
Nearly 5 million people - 40 percent of the population - are facing extreme hunger. "We are seeing communities now at the breaking point. In the swamps between the famine-affected areas and where Oxfam is working, we know that there are thousands of people going desperately hungry,? says Dorothy Sang, Oxfam's Humanitarian Campaign Manager in South Sudan...