Posted on 12 June, 2012

Water has already run out in one of the temporary gathering places for around 30,000 newly arrived refugees in South Sudan. The new refugees are sleeping under trees, with no shelter, and virtually no food. Read this first-hand account from our team...

Water has already run out in one of the temporary gathering places for around 30,000 newly arrived refugees in South Sudan. The new refugees are sleeping under trees, with no shelter, and virtually no food. Read this first-hand account from our team leader in South Sudan.

Someone I truly respect once told me that one of the greatest risks in working in humanitarian aid is that you become a cynic. I think that I am not cynical, but I do think that I am at a loss today. Sleep does not come easily, as I struggle with the challenge in front of us. I struggle with knowing that on the field we can not solve the problem of malnutrition. We can save some children’s lives today, but I seriously worry about tomorrow. I even fear for it.
Trish, an MSF nurse working on malnutrition projects in Chad, writes with tenderness about the tragic death of a child named Hawa.
The population of the Kivu provinces in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo is fighting to survive, not only against the bullets flying in the latest peak of this long-running conflict but also against the vacuum of infrastructure and health...

The population of the Kivu provinces in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo is fighting to survive, not only against the bullets flying in the latest peak of this long-running conflict but also against the vacuum of infrastructure and health resources. Thousands of families have sought safe shelter in the lakeside towns of Minova and Kalungu in South Kivu.

Photo: © Emily Lynch/MSF