If you wish to make a donation on line, you will be connected to a secure server . Your credit credit card number will be encrypted and can only be decoded by us. These people, who lived within the 100 km radius around Bentiu, have fled violent fighting between rival factions, resulting in the looting and destruction of villages. After several days walking, and with the majority lacking any food to eat, they arrived in an alarming nutritional state. Bentiu and Rob Kona are already facing a situation of critical food shortage, which is becoming catastrophic with this influx of displaced people.
Immunization is almost non-existent.
The towns of Bentiu and Rob Kona are situated in an extremely unhealthy, marshy area. Displaced people are living in deplorable conditions, without shelter, sleeping on the ground under pouring rain as it is the height of the rainy season. The situation is aggravated by the presence of over 50,000 cattle as displaced families have taken their livestock with them for fear they will be stolen. With no pasture, cattle are producing only a small quantity of milk. Epidemic risks are very high.