As flooding becomes a yearly disaster in South Sudan, thousands survive on the edge of a canal
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- (22 Dec 2024)
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Jonglei, South Sudan - 13 November 2024
1. Various aerials of flooded Sudd swamp on the western side of the Jonglei Canal
2. Aerial shot of flooded households
3. Various tracking shots of communities on riverbank of Jonglei Canal seen from speedboat
4. World Food Programme (WFP) Program Officer, Mathok Kong Char, on a speedboat on his way to a food distribution
5. People queueing up to receive food aid from WFP officials
6. Women picking up bags of food aid
7. Various of Nyabuot Reat Kuor, a mother of eight, carrying a sack of food on her head and dropping it down in her village
8. Wide of Kuor seated on sack she was carrying
9. SOUNDBITE (Nuer) Nyabuot Reat Kuor, mother:
"When we were in Gorwai, there was too much flooding. It destroyed our farm and displaced us for good. We don’t know what caused this flooding, but it destroyed our land and killed our livestock. When we were displaced from our home, we only had wild plants to eat."
10. Wide of people in village
11. Cooking pot on a fire
12. SOUNDBITE (Nuer) Nyabuot Reat Kuor, mother:
"We only survive thanks to the food assistance we receive. Once it’s finished, we go look for wild leaves and vegetables. We women go look for water lilies in the swamps and come back after two weeks."
13. WFP officials sorting food aid
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Mathok Kong Char, WFP Program Officer:
"It was the flood that displaced them to this area. So when they came here, it was really tough for them. Getting shelter, getting blankets, getting whatever (was tough) because all their properties got lost during the flooding in 2021."
15. Close of pilot in aircraft
16. Various of WFP food assistance on a plane
17. Aerial of floods
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Jonglei, South Sudan - 15 November 2024
18. Men cutting down tree to prepare ground for 'drop zone' to receive WFP food aid
19. SOUNDBITE (English) John Kimemia, WFP airdrop coordinator:
"We actually deliver food by airdrops, and before delivering we have to prepare the ground for a drop zone. In this case, the area didn’t have a clear drop zone, so we have to get the help of the community to clear the drop zone."
20. Kimemia and Char walking in mud near the area chosen for drop zone
21. SOUNDBITE (English) John Kimemia, WFP Airdrop Coordinator:
"There’s no access at this time by road or by boat from the canal, the water is so low that it can’t hold boats that carry a lot of food, and then the roads are not passable."
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Paguong village, South Sudan - 14 November 2024
22. Snake moving around near Paguong Primary Health Care Centre (PHCC)
23. Wide of people panicking as snake moves away
24. Various of Juong Dok Tut, clinical officer at PHCC
25. SOUNDBITE (English) Juong Dok Tut, clinical officer:
"During this time now, we have run out of many drugs here, especially drugs.
26. People waiting to be treated
27. SOUNDBITE (English) Juong Dok Tut, clinical officer:
"We have a lack of services, medical services. The delivery is low because there is no access, because there’s a lot of water."
28. People waiting to be treated
29. SOUNDBITE (Nuer) Mary Nyalieth Wicnuor, patient:
"Many people have been treated here because of the impact of the flooding. Where we used to live before the floods, the situation was good. People used to go to the clinic, the area was dry. Now people are suffering because of the flood water. We are living in shelters, if you don’t have a plastic sheet, it rains on you. The flooding has caused too much loss."
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Jonglei, South Sudan - 14 November 2024
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