Families like Nyaguen’s live through this every day. Your support can help provide shelter, warmth, and food. Nyaguen and other families living in the camp face the worst imaginable circumstances and are reliant on lifesaving humanitarian relief to survive. Especially in the peak of the flooding season, when they can’t get in or out of the camp and sleep with their beds raised over the water. A 45-minute drive away, we meet another community who were forced to flee by floods, and with UNHCR’s support, has adapted their lives from cattle herding to fishing. Gai, a young fisherman from the community, comes to talk to us. “It wasn’t easy to start fishing, because I never knew how to do it. But l was in a situation where I wasn’t earning anything, so I was happy when I found fishing.” On our last day in South Sudan, we join a small UNHCR team delivering six new canoes, paddles and nets to Gai’s community. There is palpable excitement in the air as the canoes are taken down from the roof of the vehicle. Here, a simple canoe can make a big difference to the lives of many. It’s a lifeline, an income, and nutrition for several families. Each canoe is shared by a group of 5 fishermen. |