Press release: Over 70,000 people displaces by heavy flooding in Fangak County
Emergency—For Immediate Release: Urgent call for humanitarian aids in regard to over 70,000 people displaced by the floods in Fangak County
September 20, 2016 (SSB) — An estimate preliminary number of over 70,000 people is affected and displaced by the current devastating floods in Fangak County. This came as a result of on and off or the recurrent heavy rainfalls which started since mid April 2016 in the County. Those heavy frequent rainfalls/rains accumulated water, later mixed with rivers water (Nile & Zeraf Rivers) is now caused overlapping of the people residential areas by the floods.
Literally, at the time of releasing this statement, thousands of floods affected and displaced people are in a dire need—very urgent need of Humanitarian Assistance/Intervention. The most and badly affected Payams/locations in Fangak County include Mareang, Toch, Old Fangak, Pulpam, Pagiur, Pulita and Barboi with massive displacements and an estimated descend number of about 19,000, 18,000, 15,000, 13,000, 8,000, and 5,000 respectively, almost the whole county is affected.
The numbers of people affected are displaced to both higher grounds nearby the flooded villages as well as to other far distant locations but within the county. So, currently the situation of the floods affected and displaced people in Fangak County of Jonglei State is so terrible and very needy.
Therefore, we call upon all Humanitarian Agencies including UN Agencies; International Organizations, theirs Partners and National Organizations to swiftly intervene as soon as possible, in order to arrest this humanitarian catastrophe.
The displaced people’s priority needs are NFIs (mosquito nets, plastic sheets for sheltering, buckets, saucepans/cooking items, fishing twins/gears…etc), Food aids and health facilities/medicines.
This is an urgent call for all UN agencies, International and National Organizations to come swiftly assess and bring in the above mentioned emergency none food/food items.
Regards
Thomas Jenay, Leader
Fangak [South] County Youth, Old Fangak
On behalf of the floods affected people [IDPs]
Contact: thomasjenay591@gmail.com
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