Internal Displaced Persons from Rii-randu are getting assistance in Yambio
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August 13, 2016 (KAMPALA) – Over nine thousands Internally Displaced
Persons (IDPs) who fled their homes in Rii-rangu, Yambio County in
fear of their lives from the fighting between the armed group and SPLA
last June, are now getting humanitarian assistance which includes food
and non-food items from World Food Program (WFP) in Yambio.
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South Sudanese SPLA soldiers are pictured in Pageri in Eastern
Equatoria state on August 20, 2015 (Photo AFP/Samir Bol)
Speaking to Sudan tribune, the State Director of Relief and
Rehabilitation Commission (RRC) Joseph Salvatore said, the IDPs and
farmers of Rii-rangu area are getting humanitarian assistance after
deserting their homes following the violence in June this year. The
CFP provides food and RRC Office together with other non-governmental
organizations are engaged in the distribution.
“We are distributing humanitarian assistance to over nine thousands
IDPs who fled their homes in Rii-rangu to Yambio in fear of their
lives,” he said.
Salvatore stated that the distribution had been delayed because the
NGOs have to do verification first to know the exact number of the
displaced before the distribution of food and non-food. Also,the
instability in the area prevented them from visiting some areas where
the IDPs are residing.
He refuted the allegation that the acting governor that time who was
the Minister of Local Government and Law Enforcement pressured and
addressed them an ultimatum of seven days to distribute the items to
the needy or else the government may give an order to distribute it.
He added that aid groups don’t work under pressure from anyone because
they have to mobilize the resources and again do assessments to allow
them do their work efficiently.
Salvatore further underlined that the WFP is transporting the
humanitarian items now to Yambio only by air because all roads
connecting the Western Equatoria are closed and that insecurity and
armed looting on roads also prevent that.
A farmer in the area, Mr. TartizioWandu, told Sudan Tribune that all
what he planted in his farm in Rii-rangu had been looted during the
conflict, and he could not go to the area to harvest or collect
anything from the garden.
“All what I planted in Rii-rangu has been looted and destroyed by
unknown people and it was not safe to go there and collect some of it.
I am afraid my family this year will face hunger as they have nothing
to eat.”
An IDP, Samson Mangu, says, he is happy to receive food after many
months enduring hunger with his family as they fled their homes
without food or cloths. He urged the government and armed groups to
stop fighting as they could go back to their homes and live in peace.
“I am calling upon the government and armed groups to stop war, we need peace.”
Rii-rangu is one of the areas affected by the fighting between the
government forces and SPLA-IO elements.
(ST)
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