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It is a seasonal displacement, The area was seriously hit and mostly affected by the flooding water from overflowing River Sobat and Gilo river, This has been worsened by the heavy rainfall between July and september 2021. Maker Payam remains vulnerable. The water levels had receded by the time of the assessment, but the flood impact remained serious. The displaced communities have been facing several humanitarian disasters from 2013 to 2021, These include civil war and communal clashes within and from nieghbuoring counties. After the signing of the peace agreement in 2018, those social problems reduced. In July 2021 the community faced another natural disaster (flooding) with many people forced out of their homes.
New influx of Returned from neighbor countries notably Ethiopia, Sudan, Kenya and Uganda is another burden to inhabitants of Nasir county in Upper Nile State where the resources are limited, These have also combined with other displaced persons (IDPS} within country. with majority of IDPs settling with their relatives in different Payam centre, that seem less affected. Overcrowding in small tukuls is a major challenge to the local community and may cause widerspread of differents types of diseases and other protection risks. Nasir County in Upper Nile State is worst hit by South Sudan crisis which broke out in Dec, 2013. Most of its populations are living as IDPs in the settlements along Sobat and Gilo river areas currently affected by flooding. Nasir is one of the thirteenth counties of Upper Nile State with an estimated population of 207,887 based on South Sudan National Bureau for Statistics’ updated figures of 2008 population census. On the July /29/ 2021 many villages along Gilo and Sobat Rivers were flooded due to outburst of the rivers coupled with heavy rain falls. Returnees and IDPS figures by Payam it is estimated an average of 20% of the affected population are IDPS and Returnees. The most affected villages which were visited during the IRNA were Makak, Maker, Dhuording, Nasir town, Dingkar, Kierwan, and Jikmir, some of these villages completely submerged under water and some are partly submerged. In response to the flooding emergency, the Humanitarian partners in collaboration with local authorities coordinated by County RRC conducted the Initial Rapid Needs assessment in the most affected Areas mentioned above on 22/09/2021 The agencies involved in the exercise were: ADA, ADRA, RI, UNKEA, NILE HOPE, AADO, VSF, WVI, CAO and FH met with people living in areas affected by the flood, most affected people get sheltered in Schools, Churches, Market, UNMISS compound and other higher grounds that they called ‘home’!