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Situation overview
Extreme humanitarian needs continue to emerge in Gul-Ayod county – mainly attributed to the vastness of the area, multiple shocks as well as the presence of IDPs displaced by rampant suspected oil spillage that has occurred in the following areas of Moor, Poryom,Nyamathiang, Ding, Biem, Balak,Thonejok, Juaibor, Duach and Dinkar.
Severity maps and Intercluster needs analyses to indicate a combination of needs in the areas of WASH, Food Security, Nutrition, Protection, Health, and Education, Shelter and NFIs.
About 10,122 people are living in a chaotic situation that need urgent humanitarian intervention. The recent suspected oil spillage has caused a serious inhumane suffering claiming unconfirmed lives of livestock and people in the above-mentioned locations according to information from key informants. It is expected that the situation shall deteriorate if no aid given. Severe WASH needs are prevalent and safety concerns have emerged, coupled with food insecurity and high Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM) rates, violation of children and women rights which came as a result of rape, sexual harassment, violence against children and women, children abduction perpetrated by armed Murle youth in the bush against IDPs in Gul and its nearby villages. The recent join humanitarian assessment report notes a rise in GAM rates attributable to interrelated causes within the WASH, food security, and livelihoods sectors. The report indicates populations in displaced IDPs rely on unsafe surface water to meet both domestic and livelihood needs. Children and women bear the rigor of collecting water from far locations due to insufficient water points in the location, increasing protection risks. People travel great distances to access basic services, further exacerbating food and personal insecurity.
Girls and women are disproportionately impacted by the lack of basic services and infrastructure, including WASH facilities. Protection risks have increased for girls and women who have to stray into nearby bushes due to lack of gender-appropriate facilities, communal attitudes towards latrine usage, and stigma. The majority of the populations have resorted to nearby unsafe stagnant surface water, to meet their WASH needs. The entire population live under the trees since they have no shelters to cover their houses.
The insufficiency of water points is further exacerbated by increased concentration of IDPs in safe havens, breakdown due to over usage, and lack of static partners at the isolated corridors. Increased caseloads have further strained available sanitation and hygiene facilities. Unsafe sanitation and hygiene habits are common, with open defecation widely visible in areas where large groups of persons are concentrated. Insufficient WASH facilities have played a big role in the rise of water-related and diarrheal diseases, which have undermined efforts to reduce levels of malnutrition that are far beyond the WHO thresholds of GAM. This has had a contributory effect on food insecurity in these target areas. WASH services remain far below SPHERE standards, in Gul/Pieth. The indicators are far worse for displaced populations in the western part of the county and settled in Gul/Pieth.
If there is an emergency integrated WASH, GBV, and FSL services in the areas where the IDPs settled it can help reduce the likelihood of deaths; provide a platform for community settlement and provision of other lifesaving services.