<\/a>(250228) \u2014 JUBA, Feb. 28, 2025 (Xinhua) \u2014 Sudanese refugee prepares food for the upcoming Ramadan at the Gorom refugee settlement on the outskirts of Juba, South Sudan, Feb. 27, 2025. The Gorom refugee settlement currently hosts approximately 16,000 refugees, primarily from Sudan, with some from Ethiopia and Burundi. The number of Sudanese refugees in Gorom continues to rise. (Xinhua\/Wang Guansen)<\/p>\nAccording to the South Sudan Commission for Refugee Affairs (CRA), Gorom camp currently hosts about 16,000 refugees, primarily from Sudan. Due to funding shortfalls, authorities have shifted from providing food rations to offering cash aid.\u00a0Al Sadik Dousa Siliman noted the severe overcrowding in the camp. \u201cOne tent houses as many as 33 people, with a total of 1,004 refugees crammed into 11 tents. We have 77 people suffering from hypertension and diabetes, as well as elderly individuals struggling to cope. <\/p>\n
Ramadan is starting, but we do not have food and water.\u201d\u00a0Ajak Malual, CRA\u2019s registration assistant officer, expressed his frustration over the dire situation in Gorom camp. \u201cEvery day, we receive more arrivals. We had planned to close Gorom, but due to recent violent attacks on Sudanese nationals, we brought about 4,000 individuals from Juba who are now registered as urban refugees.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0\u201cWe are trying to do our best while waiting for more support from humanitarian agencies,\u201d said Malual.<\/p>\n
Carla Calvo, senior external relations officer at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), said only 13 percent of the required 298.7 million U.S. dollars for the 2025 humanitarian response has been secured.\u00a0\u201cIn the context of funding constraints and reduced food rations, UNHCR and partners have implemented strategies to support refugees in South Sudan, including Gorom. However, needs remain substantial, and resources are limited.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
In addition to overcrowding and limited medical services, underfunded education is another severe humanitarian challenge that people in Gorom are facing.\u00a0\u201cEducation is also severely underfunded, with only one functional primary school serving both refugee and host community children. There is no operational secondary school, limiting opportunities for youth,\u201d Calvo said.\u00a0As Ramadan unfolds, refugees enduring worsening conditions in Gorom are hoping for relief.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rukiya Abdelrahman, a 27-year-old mother of five, dreams of returning home once the security situation improves. \u201cWe plan to go back home when the situation allows. There is so much suffering in Gorom.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
JUBA, March 11 (Xinhua) \u2014 As Ramadan begins, Sudanese refugees in South Sudan\u2019s Gorom camp are grappling with severe shortages of food, water, and healthcare amid dwindling humanitarian aid. Ahmed Muburak Ahmed is among thousands of Sudanese seeking refuge in Gorom. The 30-year-old fled Khartoum, Sudan, with his pregnant wife in January, to escape the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111746\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
![<\/a>(250228) \u2014 JUBA, Feb. 28, 2025 (Xinhua) \u2014 Sudanese refugee prepares food for the upcoming Ramadan at the Gorom refugee settlement on the outskirts of Juba, South Sudan, Feb. 27, 2025. The Gorom refugee settlement currently hosts approximately 16,000 refugees, primarily from Sudan, with some from Ethiopia and Burundi. The number of Sudanese refugees in Gorom continues to rise. (Xinhua\/Wang Guansen)<\/p>\nAccording to the South Sudan Commission for Refugee Affairs (CRA), Gorom camp currently hosts about 16,000 refugees, primarily from Sudan. Due to funding shortfalls, authorities have shifted from providing food rations to offering cash aid.\u00a0Al Sadik Dousa Siliman noted the severe overcrowding in the camp. \u201cOne tent houses as many as 33 people, with a total of 1,004 refugees crammed into 11 tents. We have 77 people suffering from hypertension and diabetes, as well as elderly individuals struggling to cope. <\/p>\nRamadan is starting, but we do not have food and water.\u201d\u00a0Ajak Malual, CRA\u2019s registration assistant officer, expressed his frustration over the dire situation in Gorom camp. \u201cEvery day, we receive more arrivals. We had planned to close Gorom, but due to recent violent attacks on Sudanese nationals, we brought about 4,000 individuals from Juba who are now registered as urban refugees.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0\u201cWe are trying to do our best while waiting for more support from humanitarian agencies,\u201d said Malual.<\/p>\nCarla Calvo, senior external relations officer at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), said only 13 percent of the required 298.7 million U.S. dollars for the 2025 humanitarian response has been secured.\u00a0\u201cIn the context of funding constraints and reduced food rations, UNHCR and partners have implemented strategies to support refugees in South Sudan, including Gorom. However, needs remain substantial, and resources are limited.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\nIn addition to overcrowding and limited medical services, underfunded education is another severe humanitarian challenge that people in Gorom are facing.\u00a0\u201cEducation is also severely underfunded, with only one functional primary school serving both refugee and host community children. There is no operational secondary school, limiting opportunities for youth,\u201d Calvo said.\u00a0As Ramadan unfolds, refugees enduring worsening conditions in Gorom are hoping for relief.\u00a0<\/p>\nRukiya Abdelrahman, a 27-year-old mother of five, dreams of returning home once the security situation improves. \u201cWe plan to go back home when the situation allows. There is so much suffering in Gorom.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JUBA, March 11 (Xinhua) \u2014 As Ramadan begins, Sudanese refugees in South Sudan\u2019s Gorom camp are grappling with severe shortages of food, water, and healthcare amid dwindling humanitarian aid. Ahmed Muburak Ahmed is among thousands of Sudanese seeking refuge in Gorom. The 30-year-old fled Khartoum, Sudan, with his pregnant wife in January, to escape the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111746\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2025\/03\/S.SUDAN2_.jpg\"){kind=link}