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STORY: SOUTH SUDAN / BOR FLOODS DISPLACED
TRT: 03:29
SOURCE: UNMISS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: DINKA / NATS
DATELINE: 12 OCTOBER 2024, BOR, SOUTH SUDAN
1. Wide shot, flood affected area
2. SOUNDBITE (Dinka) Achiek Gak, Resident of Bor:
“Up to now, nothing has been done. So, most of us are on the roadside, others with relatives and others are renting. A few of us that have absolutely nothing remain in floods. The government should first come to access the area, but they did not come to see us. All our houses are destroyed. Where are we going to reside?”
3. Various shots, people affected by floods
4. SOUNDBITE (Dinka) Khor Ateny Lueth, Resident of Bor:
“We sleep on the bed but now water levels are increasing, so I sleep in Royal High School with my five children and my mother, she is old as you see. I always pray for this disaster to stop but it is not, so you as our people and partners, I hope you will help us because the government has failed.”
5. Various shots, affected area
6. SOUNDBITE (Dinka) Maper kuot Akuei, Community Leader-Bor:
“This water is contaminated, it brings in malaria, pneumonia and other unseen diseases. There are no medicines in the hospital, only the clinic saves us but if you don’t have money, then you cannot get treated. So, in this case, many children lost their lives. Women miscarried, and other elderly died because of ignorance from the government.”
7. Wide shot, flood affected area
In Jonglei State, Bor town, about 375 households, have been rendered homeless by the latest flooding. The flash floods have affected four areas in the state capital.
Lots of families have been left without shelter, inadequate access to safe drinking water and other essentials.
In the last three years, there has been heavy rainfall in South Sudan which has caused excessive flooding in Jonglei and Upper Nile states. This is due to the nature of the landscape that does not allow an effective flow of water downstream.
Achiek Gak, Resident of Bor said, “up to now, nothing has been done. So, most of us are on the roadside, others with relatives and others are renting. A few of us that have absolutely nothing remain in floods. Government should first come to access the area, but they did not come to see us. All our houses are destroyed. Where are we going to reside?”
Residents of the flood-affected areas in Bor have been forced to move to higher grounds. Most of the population lives in temporary structures made of plastics bags, old clothing and craft mats.
Khor Ateny Lueth, Resident of Bor said, “we sleep on the bed but now water levels are increasing, so I sleep in Royal High School with my five children and my mother, she is old as you see. I always pray for this disaster to stop but it is not, so you as our people and partners, I hope you will help us because the government has failed.”
Cases of water borne diseases are already prevalent in the flood-affected areas mainly due to consumption of contaminated water and unsafe hygiene practices in the community. The few households that had constructed pit latrines also lost them as they are submerged.
Maper kuot Akuei, Community Leader of Bor said, “this water is contaminated, it brings in malaria, pneumonia and other unseen diseases. There are no medicines in the hospital, only the clinic saves us but if you don’t have money, then you cannot get treated. So, in this case, many children lost their lives. Women miscarried, and other elderly died because of ignorance from the government.”
