everyday, when nyabel wal thinks of preparing food for her family of five, she has only one option: to harvest the wild grass that grows near her home, known locally as 'woor'. the plant grows virtually everywhere in south sudan, and it is believed to be the only weed holding the deteriorating lives of thousands of people
easy diet to follow south africa, in upper nile state from starvation. once nyabel has collected enough wild grass, she prepares it for cooking. nyabel's 12-year-old nephew says he is tired eating the same thing all the time. nyabel recently traveled for six days to look for food only to come back empty-handed.
the nutritional status for children like gonor pal has increased at an alarming rate insouth sudan as the conflict there continues. in response, unicef has deployed a rapidresponse team in remote areas such as this one. these teams bring desperately needed services like health screening and treatment as well as delivering life-savingsupplies such as ready to use therapeutic foods, micronutrient supplements and medicines. the situation is bad. it is a dire situation. we've talked to mothers. a lot of them are are skipping meals, cutting down on rations,
eating wild foods, so access to foodis the biggest problem. access to health also contributes to the nutrition situation, the sanitation situation. so it's a broad spectrum of access services that arecontributing to the nutrition situation in south sudan.. when the unicef rapid response team visited the neighborhood, it was confirmed that nyabel's daughterwas suffering from severe acute malnutrition. the child was treated with therapeuticfood in an effort to bring her back to good health. the dream of a safe and peaceful south sudan
is becoming a living nightmare forchildren. as the tireless efforts to deliver humanitarian assistance continue, hundreds of thousands of children in southsudan's three most conflict-affected states remain at imminent risk of death and disease. much-needed support from the international community is urgently needed and may spell the difference between life and death for thousands of children and their families hanging onto life in south sudan.
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