IOM estimates 12,800 in Juba still displaced JUBA (15 Jul.) The International Organization for Migration estimates that nearly 13,000 people have still not returned to their homes in urban areas of Juba affected by violence.
“The number of displaced persons has decreased from initial figures as many families have begun returning to their homes, but an estimated 12,800 people remain displaced as fears of renewed violence persist,” IOM reported on its website today. The aid group says that it has given blankets, sleeping mats and mosquito nets to 1,200 families at the UN’s Tomping site, in a distribution operation carried out on Wednesday and Thursday with Medair, another aid group. “Humanitarian access to affected people has improved dramatically since Monday. But this can only be sustained if the ceasefire holds,” said John McCue, IOM’s Head of Operations in the country. In partnership with Nile Hope, IOM also distributed soap, buckets and water containers at the Tomping site. It also helped the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) to construct additional latrines. IOM has trucked 36,000 litres of safe drinking water to the site. An IOM medical team set up a temporary clinic at the UNMISS Tong Ping base on 13 July to conduct health consultations, provide mothers with maternal care and vaccinate children. IOM teams also delivered 350 kilograms of medicines and health supplies to the ADRA compound, where several thousand people were sheltering in the immediate days of the conflict. -- 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/CAJb14orKOCE5es7tajne%2B8MhCSWHfqDyyp5WD6qN0LGfLNp98A%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
