Newly displaced in South Darfur’s Kalma camp receive water; waiting for food

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has concluded the registration of 21,000 of the more than 23,000 recently displaced at the Kalma camp in South Darfur. Yet, the names of most of them still have to be submitted to the aid organisations working in the camp. Speaking to radio Dabanga, Dr Saleh Eisa Mohamed, the Secretary-General of Kalma camp, in Nyala locality, reported that of 21,000 newly displaced in the camp registered by the IOM, the names of 17,500 people have not reached the humanitarian organisations so far, which will provide them with food and non-food items. He urged the IOM to “submit the names of these newly displaced as soon as possible, and speed up the registration of those not recorded yet”. The Secretary-General said that both the International Rescue Committee and Oxfam-America have provided tankers with potable water to the recently displaced people, totalling more than 23,000. He requested the organisations working in the field of water and environmental sanitation to drill new wells and establish new pumps for a permanent provision of water. On 27 and 28 February, paramilitary Rapid Support Forces attacked more than 35 villages in the area southeast of Nyala, the capital of south Darfur, causing the displacement of tens of thousands of people. File photo: Newly displaced in North Darfur (Albert González Farran/Unamid) Related:Newly displaced protest pace of registration in South Darfur camp (19 March 2014)WFP rations reach 4,300 newly displaced in South Darfur (12 March 2014) Deputy Head of Unamid visits South Darfur camp; disease among newly displaced (11 March 2014) Continuing influx of newly displaced at South Darfur camps, almost no aid provided (10 March 2014) Thousands displaced in attack on more than 35 villages in South Darfur (28 February 2014)