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Nile River in Flood

Global charity Save the Children is supported by Africa Legal and the African Legal Awards. Our Chief Executive Scott Cowan is also on Save the Children’s Africa Advisory Board. Using our platform we would like Africa’s legal community to know about the impact the flooding of the Nile is having on the children of Sudan.

Sep 17, 2020
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This update is from Save the Children.

Seven weeks of torrential rain and flooding are wreaking havoc in Sudan, affecting around 250,000 children and killing nearly 100 people. With rain forecast to continue, children are in urgent need of food, clean water, healthcare, and shelter to prevent a public health crisis unfolding.

The relentless rains have caused the Nile's water-levels to dangerously surge to more than 17 metres – the highest recorded in more than a century. Sudan's capital Khartoum, North Darfur, Sennar, and West Kordofan states are among the hardest hit, with widespread damage reported in 17 of the country's 18 

states, prompting the government to declare a State of Emergency. 

Flooding presents a myriad of risks for children who risk being separated from their families in the chaos of sudden displacement, exposing them to abuse and exploitation, and being deprived of their basic needs like shelter, food and clean water. 

Families are at heightened risk of Covid-19 as clean water becomes scarce, latrines flood, and sanitation systems break-down. It is estimated that 100,000 people may lose access to clean drinking water as dams become overwhelmed and water sources are contaminated. Water-borne diseases will also be rife in flood affected areas – but families will struggle to receive healthcare if they fall ill, as almost 2,700 health facilities have been damaged or destroyed. 

“When our house first collapsed, we lived with our neighbours before tents arrived. My life is really hard here - we struggle to get food, water or even sleep, and there is no clean drinking water. We need our houses to be rebuilt. I am telling everyone living next to the river to leave and start moving their furniture out of their houses, so they do not suffer like us,” says Alas*, 15, from Khartoum. 

“The water came from the Nile - one wall of the house fell, and it almost broke my brother's leg. We tried to build barriers, but the water kept coming., I used to play with my friends before the floods - but now all we do is build barriers all day and it is hard to play in the water, I wish the water would go back,” says 11-year-old Abubaida, from Khartoum” 

Just as children should be returning to the classroom following Covid-19 lockdown and summer holidays, dozens of schools have been destroyed and others are being used as shelters for families who have been forced from their homes. 

"Families in Sudan were already struggling to survive the worst hunger crisis in more than a decade – and now they are facing rising floodwaters. They have seen their homes and belongings wash away, leaving people in desperate need of food and shelter. Now, the threat of Covid-19 and other diseases stalk flood-affected communities, jeopardising all efforts to contain the outbreak and protect families," says Arshad Malik, Sudan's Country Director for Save the Children. 

“Rain is set to continue until October at least, making a desperate situation even worse. We're extremely worried that the flooding will compound the ongoing hunger crisis, as crops are destroyed, and livestock perish. Without urgent support, families will struggle to recover in the long-term,” he added.

 


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