[RED DEMOCRATICA] Aid agencies struggle to assist South Sudan refugees

 

Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | Peacekeeping, Syria are challenges for Security Council in 2014 Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   January 2, 2014 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story Aid agencies struggle to assist South Sudan refugees Humanitarian aid agencies are trying to cope with the thousands of South Sudan refugees seeking safety from the ongoing conflict. A lack of clean water and sanitation raises the threat of cholera and is causing diarrhea and malaria at camps, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. 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