Aid Reaches People Beyond Bentiu Humanitarian Bulletin
Humanitarian Bulletin South Sudan Issue 8 | 14 June 2016 In this issue Aid beyond Bentiu P.1 Response in southern Unity P.2 HIGHLIGHTS Displaced in Yambio & Gangura P.2 • Nearly 4,500 internally displaced people departed Violence against aid workers P.3 the Bentiu Protection of Suspected hemorrhagic fever P.4 Civilians site in May. 4,000 children reunified P.4 • Over 310,000 people are Cholera prevention activities include hand-washing promotion. receiving humanitarian Photo: UNICEF. assistance and protection in southern Unity. Aid reaches people beyond Bentiu • Thousands remain displaced Thousands of people have received humanitarian assistance in Guit, Koch, Mayom and in Yambio and Gangura. Rubkona counties in recent months as partners based in Bentiu took advantage of the dry • Violent incidents against aid season to extend aid to parts of Unity previously inaccessible by road. workers increased in May. About 103,400 people have been reached with food rations distributed outside the Bentiu • Health partners Protection of Civilians (PoC) site - including in Bentiu Town, Ding Ding, Kuach, Nhialdiu, investigate an outbreak Nimni, Bil, Kadet and Jazeera – since February, while seeds and fishing kits have been of a haemorrhagic fever syndrome in Aweil. provided to about 7,400 households in Guit County and 10,000 in Koch County. Nutrition surveys have been conducted in Guit and Rubkona in May and support for acutely malnourished children and pregnant and lactating mothers is ongoing. FIGURES Emergency shelter materials and basic household items – a top priority in many locations where people’s homes have been damaged or destroyed – were provided to 13,350 No.
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