Few employment prospects for displaced youth of Darfur

Young people at Kalma camp for displaced persons in Nyala, South Darfur, are suffering from a lack of employment opportunities, security and stability under the hard living conditions. A member of the camp’s youth administration explained to Radio Dabanga that there are about 30,000 youths affected by unemployment and poor economic and health conditions. All of these are aggravated by the security threats that exist every time they leave the camp. “There is a general shortage of employment opportunities to match the ambitions of the youth,” he explained, appealing via Radio Dabanga to the United Nations and all other organisations to care for the youth by helping to resolve their problems. “The first and foremost problems all of the displaced face are security, food, health, education and shelter,” he explained. Then, there are the seasonal problems. “The heavy rains that fell at Kalma camp on Monday led to a 150-mm deep accumulation of water at Square Five near Southeast Balabil”. Displaced persons from camp Kalma told Radio Dabanga that the conditions for the newly displaced are particularly harsh. They lack the most basic necessities of life without plastic sheeting, water, pots, medical treatment or food. These conditions carry health risks that, for example, cause diarrhoea to spread among the children.  File photo