Reference :
V-P-SS-E-00423
Date :
25/03/2013
Caption :
Blue Nile region. An old man walks in a refugee camp while children are playing.
Confidentiality level :
public
Publication restrictions :
publication without restrictions
Description :
Since the crisis erupted in South Sudan on 15 December 2013 until the end of April 2014, the ICRC, with its main partner the South Sudan Red Cross, has:
*provided food for nearly 213,000 people in Lakes, Unity, Upper Nile, Warrap, Jonglei, Northern and Western Bahr el Ghazal,
Western Equatoria states and Juba;
*performed over 1,500 surgeries in eight local health facilities, and provided medical materials to 24 first-aid and other health-care
facilities;
*Provided clean water for nearly 96,000 people in displaced and other conflict-affected communities as well as in health and
detention facilities in various parts of the country;
*provided tents, cooking utensils and tarpaulins as emergency shelter for nearly 183,000 displaced people around the country;
*visited over 1,800 people held in various places of detention;
*arranged for more than 5,000 phone calls to be made from various camps to enable displaced people to contact family members;
*registered 43 children who had been separated from their families;
*delivered training or sessions on IHL to over 630 members of the armed forces, armed groups and other weapon bearers.
Original material :
digital
Resolution :
4256x2832
Orientation :
landscape
Colour/B&W :
colour
