Woman displaced by drought in South Sudan
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Nidier Atak cooks wild leaves in Rumading, a village in South Sudan's Lol State where more than 5,000 people, displaced by drought and conflict, remain in limbo. Atak and her five children left their home in Wanalel in January 2017 after successive crop failures left them with no other options. They set out walking for Sudan, seeking better conditions, but stopped at Rumading when they met others who had been violently turned back at the border. So they remain camped out under trees, eating wild leaves as the rainy season approaches. Her husband had left home looking for work months earlier, and she doesn't know where he is.
In early April, Norwegian Church Aid, a member of the ACT Alliance, began drilling a well in the informal settlement and distributed sorghum, beans and cooking oil to the most vulnerable families. It is carrying out the emergency assistance in coordination with government officials and the local Catholic parish.
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- Paul Jeffrey
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South Sudan South Sudanese Africa African Lol displacement Bahr el Ghazal Aweil internally displaced IDPs refugees migration forced migration drought famine emergency humanitarian crisis hunger war conflict climate change Norwegian Church Aid NCA ACT Alliance woman cooking food leaves wild leaves stir fire pot women climate refugees hunger food food security food insecurity
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- Hunger in Lol

