Emergency meeting planned between NGOs and Darfur displaced

The Association of Displaced Persons and Refugees of Darfur plans to hold an emergency meeting with humanitarian organisations working in the region next week to discuss the deteriorating conditions in the camps for the displaced, according to the spokesman for the association, Hussein Abu Sharati. Multiple reports reaching Radio Dabanga from camps for the displaced throughout Darfur show that some challenges are endemic: a shortage of food, shelter, clean drinking water, security and medical care. “The emergency meeting will discuss the tragic situation in the camps,” said Abu Sharati. Concerns about poor security and “lawlessness” in and around the camps have prompted many humanitarian NGOs to stop or scale-down their operations in the area, such as World Vision International, that suffered the death of two of its workers and the pillaging of its compound in Nyala, during the recent violence in the city. Radio Dabanga receives a daily chorus of complaints about armed groups intimidating, raiding, beating and robbing the displaced. Abu Sharati called on the United Nations and other organisations to expedite the provision of aid for the displaced of Darfur. File photo by Olivier Chassot/Unamid Related: Short rations, rising Ramadan prices plague Darfur displaced (12 July 2013) World Vision, NGOs ‘assessing security’ before resuming South Darfur ops (12 July 2013)