ICRS Providing Aid To 70, 000 Displace Persons in Wau The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in South Sudan, Jurg Eglin has said that the committee from Monday has been able to reach 70,000 people with aid assistance in Wau. 02 July 2016 [image: ICRC Providing Aid To 70, 000 Displace Persons in Wau]
By James Deng Dim/Wau and Santino Manut/Tonj *WAU,02 July 2016 [Gurtong] *- In an interview with Gurtong on Friday, Jurg Eglin said they have been responding to the needs of the affected in Wau. “I came to see my team here and the operation that we have been conducting over the last week to response to the crisis that is involved in and around Wau following the violence that took place last week. So we have offices in South Sudan to respond to the humanitarian needs, said Jurg Eglin. “What happened last week, there was violence, were attacks, there was looting and killing, people had fled their homes and more than 10,000 people had fled their homes from the town to the western part, people are really in dispair under the trees looking for support,” he added. “We assisted in the course of these days about 70, 000 people, I would like to add here that these are our working figures, I cannot give an all figure of people affected by this crisis, so we have been assisting with food, with some shelters, with medicines, we have also looked into the issue of the children who lost contact with their families that got lost in the trouble and will also work on water provision for these people,” he said. An estimated 5,000 displaced persons are now sheltering within the ICRC compound in Wau town according to Jurg Eglin. Meanwhile, aauthorities of Gogrial State have formed a committee to handle humanitarian needs for the over 500 internally displaced people from neighboring Wau. Acting Governor of Gogrial State, Maj. Santino Akot Abiem, said the three men Committee will liaise with humanitarian organizations providing humanitarian assistance to the IDPS. “The government has set up this committee to register all IDPs who came from Wau to Gogrial state seeking for safety in the aftermath of Wau violence so that foods and non-foods items are arrange for these vulnerable populations. Wau is the mother of former Bahr El-Ghazal states and we are one people and we too felt the pains of and sufferings,” Abiem Said. The acting Governor has called on people of Gogrial State to welcome the Wau IDPS and live peacefully. “I want to tell every one of you, these people are your brothers and sisters, welcome them, live with them and make sure any attempt of threats or mental violence toward them is unacceptable and will never be tolerated, peace is one of this government’s priorities”, said Akot. He also directed all security organs to provide maximum security the IDPs. . Posted in: Home <http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/1/Home.aspx> - See more at: http://gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ID/19580/Default.aspx#sthash.qzfd5kKw.dpuf -- To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/d/forum/southsudankob View this message at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/southsudankob/topic-id/message-id For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14orpw%3DcwnvYwYJZqbtiTMt8tULPT5D%2B1wzJYep6_eBGYEg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
