HIGHLIGHTS
30,200 Textbooks delivered for refugee education in Upper Nile and Central Equatoria
24,200 IDPs received non -food items from UNHCR in Unity, Upper Nile and Lakes
11,000 Mosquito nets distributed to refugees in Yida to reduce malaria incidence
3,400 Refugees and locals received seeds and tools in Western Equatoria
Unity State: A flash update released by the Protection Cluster on 23 October highlighted the killing of 80 civilians in Leer County between 4 and 22 October
Upper Nile: UNHCR completed the construction of Bunj Primary Health Care Centre’s maternity ward to improve access to quality basic emergency obstetric and neonatal care services for the host community.
Central Equatoria: UNHCR and the Commission for Refugee Affairs launched an operation to verify, register and issue ID cards to some 6,000 asylum seekers from Sudan’s South Kordofan and Blue Nile states living in Juba.
Western Equatoria: An inter -agency team visited Mundri West to look into the needs of some 35,000 displaced people and found that they are in urgent need of shelters, non -food items and health care. Many families have been separated as they rushed to flee for their lives.