Sudan: More than 350,000 people received humanitarian assistance in previously inaccessible areas of South Darfur
Other areas of Jebel Marra in Central and South Darfur States are already
receiving food, emergency shelter, non-food supplies, health, nutrition, WASH and education services
KHARTOUM, Sudan, July 9, 2020/ -- United
Nations agencies and humanitarian partners have provided life-assistance to about 350,000 people in previously inaccessible parts of the Jebel
Marra area, in South Darfur, over the past nine months, overcoming
important challenges, including the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition,
humanitarians reached different communities for the first time in 10
years, during a need’s assessment carried out at the end of June in the
area. According to the preliminary findings of the studies, hundreds of
thousands of people across several communities in the region have little or no access to safe water, hygiene and sanitation products, and also
lack health, nutrition, education and protection services.
The last mission, led by OCHA, could assess the situation in South Jebel Marra locality, on the boundary between Government-controlled and Sudan Liberation Army – Abdel Wahid (SLA/AW)-controlled areas. According to
the community leaders, there are about 127,000 people in Gorlanbang
Village alone, including 11,800 internally displaced persons (IDPs) from surrounding villages and 9,400 returnees. The IDP community reported
that they have not been able to travel to their home villages since 2017 due to security concerns. Fears of sexual gender-based violence also
prevents women from going to their farms or collecting firewood.
In North and West Jebel Marra localities, IOM and other humanitarian
partners are completing the registration of people in need and providing emergency humanitarian needs assistance. Other areas of Jebel Marra in
Central and South Darfur States are already receiving food, emergency
shelter, non-food supplies, health, nutrition, WASH and education
services.
The recent missions and assistance provided have been possible following important progress made since the last quarter of 2019 to facilitate
humanitarian access to inaccessible communities in Darfur, with support
from the Government, non-state actors and the African Union – United
Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID).
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