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Over 90,000 South Sudan Refugees in Ethiopia

By mid-April the number of South Sudanese fleeing to Ethiopia had surpassed 95,000. The majority are women and children.

At Lietchor camp, in the western region of Gambella, LWF continues to provide essential services including water, sanitation and health, but the growing influx of refugees and slow financial support for the crisis poses major challenges.

“With up to 1,000 new arrivals per day, the relocation [to different settlements] and camp absorption capacities are severely overstretched,” says Sophie Gebreyes, representative of the LWF Department for World Service program in Ethiopia.

 

17 April 2014

A South Sudanese family inside their temporary shelter upon arrival at Lietchor refugee camp in Gambella, western Ethiopia. The majority of refugees arriving here are women and children. Photo: LWF/Heidi Lehto

Over 90 percent of the South Sudanese fleeing to Gambella consist of women and children. Photo: Christof Krackhardt/ACT/Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe

Assistance by LWF and its partners includes water, sanitation and health. Photo: Christof Krackhardt/ACT/Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe

Refugees at a water distribution point in Lietchor camp, western Ethiopia. Photo: Christof Krackhardt/ACT/Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe

Preparing sorghum for a family meal at Lietchor refugee camp in Gambella, western Ethiopia. Photo: Christof Krackhardt/ACT/Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe

South Sudan Crisis Response

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