Eye infections and ringworm are a common sight among children. The rivers are running dry and clean water is scarce. Many of the most acute cases of hunger and malnutrition are among those people forced to abandon their homes because of the on-going civil war. Having lost their food, livestock and other means of supporting themselves, they now depend on aid. But the relief work is hampered by the logistics of working in such an under-developed region.
Supplies often have to be flown in because the rains make many roads impassable.