Water is not safe to drink in many of Sudan that was torn by war. But people have no choice

Two weeks ago, a human body was removed from a well in the refugee camp in Sudan, according to the doctors without borders. Two days later, people were drinking water again.

Silvan Benikud, the project coordinator at the World Aid Organization, says it is a sad clarification of the situation faced by the population of Sudan after nearly two and a half years of civil war.

The crowded camps, heavy rains, and the deficiency of the perfect cholera, which is a painful and deadly disease transmitted by water, have strengthened.

Benikud told As it happens Aarti host guest. “People have no choice but to get water (in) such horrific conditions.”

Hundreds of thousands flee from the besieged city

Sudan has been in war since April 2023, when fighting erupted in the Khartoum capital between the Sudanese army and the semi -military rapid support forces.

Since then, violence has extended to other parts of the country, killing more than 50,000 people, which led to the displacement of 12.5 million, and prompted many to the brink of famine, According to the United Nations.

These crossed crises are displayed in Tawila, a small town in the northern state of Darfur, where Penicaud works with doctors without borders to provide health care for hundreds of thousands of internally displaced persons.

Nearly 300,000 people came to Tolla since the beginning of the conflict, which increased the city’s population.

“I think most people cannot imagine what a half of a million people should have in the same place at an extreme level of weakness, and they mainly lack everything,” said Benikud.

He says that most people resort to women and children who fled from the besieged capital in the state, which is a hot point in the conflict.

“They fled the battles almost without anything in their pockets, only a few supplies, and some cooking materials (f), but that’s all.”

On Wednesday, the United Nations Security Council repeated its invitation to RSF to lift its blockade from the fusiness, while condemning the group’s plan to resume its attack in the city and establish a competitive government in the Sudan -controlled areas of Sudan.

The United Nations Foods Program calls for a lush to provide assistance to people who face hunger.

“As a mechanism for adaptation, it is said that some residents of the region survive animal feed and food waste,” said spokesman Stefan Dujarrik.

Canada has also joined 29 other countries in the RSF call to end the siege, and each side has an approval of a human stop and guarantee “the safe section of civilians to leave the active hostile areas on a voluntary basis, in the direction they choose.”

“This cannot continue,” says StatementIt was signed by Randeb Sarai, Foreign Minister of Canada for International Development.

Cholera vaccine campaign launches

Meanwhile, Sudanese health officials are launching a 10 -day vaccination campaign for cholera in Khartoum.

Resident in Montasser Al -Sayed said that he and his family recently returned to the house after being displaced due to the fighting. They were afraid of cholera in chaotic conditions, but they said that the vaccination campaign reassured it.

Razzaz Abdullah said: “As a mother, I felt comfortable.”

Several cholera vaccine campaigns have appeared throughout Sudan since then The outbreak of last year was announced. But it was almost proven to keep the disease under control as the war continues.

Bacterial infection is spread through contaminated food and drinking water, causing diarrhea and dehydration – and if left without treatment.

Doctors without limits 99,700 cases of cholera in Sudan More than 2470 relevant deaths since July 2024.

In the Darfur region alone, the relief group treated more than 2,300 patients in cholera and recorded 40 deaths last week in facilities run by the Ministry of Health.

Penicod says that people in the camps have no clean water to meet their needs.

He says the rainy season makes matters worse because floods pollute water supply and damage sewage systems.

Meanwhile, fighting, lack of financial donations and dangerous methods all make it difficult to obtain supplies for those who need them.

“The situation is very urgent, but also restrictions in terms of supply,” Penicod said. “It is very difficult for us and other humanitarian organizations to expand our operations and help such a large number of displaced people.”

It calls on international donors to ascend.

Doctors without borders estimate that he will need $ 100 million from the United States to age a sufficient response plan in Toyla alone. But in July, Benikud says, the organization collected only five percent of it.

He said: “We know that there is a lot of discussion with different donors to increase the level of response, but it is really necessary to expand the scope of operations here in Taulle.”