South Sudan Red Cross to provide aid to Jonglei flood victims

November 29, 2013 (BOR) - The Jonglei state office of the South Sudan Red Cross said on Friday that the plan to conduct a survey to discover the number of vulnerable people affected by the recent floods in Bor.

A child walking through the floods in Bor, Jonglei state, South Sudan (ST)

The move comes weeks after large populations in the state capital were displaced by White Nile River breaking its banks, leading to widespread flooding of residential areas.

According to the Jonglei director of the South Sudan Red Cross, David Gai, the survey is due to begin on Tuesday and will also look at the plight of people living in Malek, an isolated village populated by leprosy sufferers.

"After the survey that will end on Wednesday next week, we will distribute some items to the people, we are targeting 1,000 households, that is 4,000 individuals in this exercise", said Gai.

Displaced people from flood-affected places in Bor will benefit from the exercise by receiving non-food items.

Many people are living next to roads but little assistance has reached them since they were displaced in October.

Peacekeepers from United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), especially the South Korean engineering unit have helped to protect the main roads in Bor from being washed away by floods.

Residents in Bor described the second flood that hit earlier last month as the heaviest this year.

About three months back, floods hit Bor, displacing more than 5,000 households according to the state government.

(ST)