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Fighting hunger after flooding in South Sudan

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Nyayul Ruei Bol stands with her grandsons Country Gatwech, 8, and Marow Bayak, 7, as they hold two of the family's goats on an isolated farm along the Akobo River near South Sudan's border with Ethiopia.

After months of near starvation, when all she had to feed her family was leaves of the Neem tree, Nyayul Ruei Bol says the family is starting to recover with help from the United Nations' World Food Program and DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance.

Unprecedented flooding left the family isolated and many of their animals died from starvation, Nyayul Ruei Bol said. The arrival of newly displaced families from other hard-hit areas only increased competition for already scarce resources. While the WFP provided some basic food supplies, DanChurchAid stepped in with cash grants, vegetable seeds, and pregnant goats--all provided through collaboration with Nile Hope, a South Sudanese organization.

Photo by Paul Jeffrey for the ACT Alliance.

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Nyayul Ruei Bol stands with her grandsons Country Gatwech, 8, and Marow Bayak, 7, as they hold two of the family's goats on an isolated farm along the Akobo River near South Sudan's border with Ethiopia. <br /> <br /> After months of near starvation, when all she had to feed her family was leaves of the Neem tree, Nyayul Ruei Bol says the family is starting to recover with help from the United Nations' World Food Program and DanChurchAid, a member of the ACT Alliance.<br /> <br /> Unprecedented flooding left the family isolated and many of their animals died from starvation, Nyayul Ruei Bol said. The arrival of newly displaced families from other hard-hit areas only increased competition for already scarce resources. While the WFP provided some basic food supplies, DanChurchAid stepped in with cash grants, vegetable seeds, and pregnant goats--all provided through collaboration with Nile Hope, a South Sudanese organization.<br /> <br /> Photo by Paul Jeffrey for the ACT Alliance.