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Republic  of  South  Sudan  

Juba  

Date:  August  8th,  2017  

SUBJECT:  HUNGER  IN  MVOLO,  YERI,  BAHR  EL  GIRINDI  COUNTIES  AND  DARI,  LESSI,  GULU  AND  MBARA  PAYAMS  IN  AMADI  STATE-­‐  SOUTH  SUDAN.  

Introduction:  

Due   to   2016   drought   local   food   production   in   Mvolo,   Yeri   and   Bahr   El   girindi  Counties  and  Dari,  Lessi,  Gulu  and  Mbara  Payams  were  very  lower  compared  with  the  food  productions  in  the  previous  years.    

On   the   other   hand   the   persistent   insecurity   caused   by   the   on-­‐going   conflict   in  South   Sudan   prevented   people   in  Mvolo,   Yeri   and   Bahr   El   girindi   Counties   and  Dari,  Lessi,  Gulu  and  Mbara  Payams  from  cultivating  their  agricultural  farms.  The  impacts  of  the  mentioned  natural  and  man-­‐made  disasters  culminated  to  Hunger  Crisis  in  Mvolo,  Yeri,  Bahr  El  Girindi  Counties  including  Dari,  Lessi,  Gulu  and  Mbara  Payams  as  reported  by  The  Honorable  Governor  of  Amadi  State  over  EYE  Radio  on  July   12th   2017   at   8:00   Am   in   the   morning   that   54   people   were   dead   and   232  people  arrived  from  Yeri  County  in  Mundri  West  County  escaping  hunger  crisis  in  Mvolo,   Yeri   and   Bahr   El   girindi   Counties   including   Dari,   Lessi,   Gulu   and  Mbara  Payams.    

The   declaration   of   hunger   by   Honorable   Governor   was   also   confirmed   by   the  Bishop  of  Yeri/Mvolo  Diocese  Rt.  Rev  John  Abraham.  On  Saturday  July  15th  2017  few   persons   from   Amadi   State   held   emergency   meeting   in   Juba   in   which   the  decision  was  made  to  make  urgent  life-­‐saving  contributions  to  save  lives  of  those  hunger  affected  people  arrived   in  Mundri  West  County   from  Yeri  County   in  dire  needs  of  food.  On  the  way  from  Yeri  a  women  with  four  children  arrived  in  Gulu  and   on   their   way   from   Gulu   to   Mundri   the   four   children   collapse   on   the   way  unable  to  walk.  That  woman  hide  the  four  children  under  the  shadow  of  big  tree  and  she  ran  to  Mundri  begging  her  close  relatives  in  Mundri  to  help  her  with  few  quantities   of   flour   to   go   back   only   to   make   a   porridge   to   help   the   four   weak  children  regain  energy  to  continue  their   journey  to  Mundri.  This  scenario  forced  few  persons  from  Amadi  State  to  contribute  an  amount  of  SSP  30,000  in  cash  to  

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enable  those   in  Mundri  to    purchase  flour  to  make  porridge  to  keep  them  alive;  while  government,  UN  Agencies,  International  and  National  NGOs  intervention  is  underway  that  will  arrive  later.    

SUMMARY:  

1. In  accordance  with  last  5th  Sudan  Population  and  Housing  census  of  2008  -­‐  published  on  November  19th   2010   the  population  of   entire   former  Mvolo  County  was  48,134  people.  

2. Now   on   the   date   of   this   letter   the   numbers   of   hunger   affected   people  arrived  in  Mundri  from  Yeri  alone  is  505  people.  

3. Now  on   the  date  of   this   letter   the  death   toll   from  hunger  has   risen   to  62  people  dead.  

4. 40%   of   the   remaining   populations   (47,567   people)   are   paralyzed   in   their  houses  and  60%  are  expected  inactive  in  the  mentioned  Counties/Payams.  

The   death   rate   and   displacement   are   increasing;   as   such   there   are   urgent   dire  needs   to   deliver   urgent   humanitarian   relief   food   to   save   lives   of   thousands   of  people   in  Mvolo,  Yeri  and  Bahr  El  girindi  counties   including  Dari,  Lessi,  Gulu  and  Mbara  Payams,  paralyzed  in  their  houses  on  death  rows  of  hunger.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hunger  crisis  in  Yeri  County  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Photo  of  the  child  affected  by  the  hunger  in  Yeri  

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Photo  of  mother  and  her  children  paralized  to  walk.  

 

 

Mrs.  Hellen  Turukia  Joseph  

Chairperson  

High   Level   Community   Committee   for   Hunger   in   Mvolo,   Yeri,   Bahr   El   girindi  Counties  and  Dari,   Lessi,  Gulu  and  Mbara  Payams   in  Amadi  State-­‐   Juba-­‐  South  Sudan.  

Telephone:  +2119  55  411  0401  

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For  more  information:    

1. Rt.  Rev.  Bishop  John  Abraham  –  Telephone:  +211954676977  2. Medical  Assistant-­‐  Kenneth  Dovuku:  +211  9  55735580