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Background
Over the past three months, prolonged drought conditions have severely affected communities across Lower and Middle Juba regions, resulting in a rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation. The drought has significantly reduced access to water, food, and livelihood opportunities, placing substantial pressure on household coping mechanisms and increasing vulnerability among affected populations.
As conditions continued to worsen, due to the deteriorating large-scale displacement was reported across both regions, with affected families moving in search of humanitarian assistance, and necessities. During the last days of December 2025, several displaced households have arrived in Afmadow district, further exacerbating existing humanitarian needs.
In response to this, the PSMN partners conducted a field visit to Camp Bilisa, Camp Bari, Camp Derisimah, Camp Buale in Afmadow district to assess the conditions of newly displaced households and identify their immediate humanitarian and protection needs upon following the recent displacement.
The assessment recorded a total of 476 newly displaced households who had arrived from Xagar surroundings, including Qalaawiley, Daif, Adey, and Xagar Geel due to hunger. The displaced population includes children, lactating mothers, elderly persons, disabled individuals and other vulnerable groups, many of whom are living in overcrowded and resource-constrained conditions.
Displacement was primarily driven by severe water shortages, loss of livelihoods, and the progressive deterioration of living conditions in the areas of origin due to the prolonged drought. These factors have significantly undermined community resilience and force households to migrate as a last resort to where humanitarian support is.