Elizabeth Joseph, 47, has endured immense suffering for years. The displaced mother of seven lives in a camp due to the clashes in South Sudan, but she struggles to provide for herself and her children, as food, water and other essential supplies are scarce. 

“People are tired here,” she said. “No assistance is being delivered and humanitarian aid stopped almost a year ago. Medicine and health services are not available. Amid this situation, we don’t know what to do. Children don’t get enough food; they might steal or beg to survive.”

Elizabeth is just one of 2,300 people struggling to survive in the Bor internal displacement camp site in Jonglei State. For 10 years she has tried to care for her children in increasingly dire conditions with dwindling resources. 

The camp opened in 2013, but according to OCHA Humanitarian Affairs Officer Richard Luguma, the situation is now dire. 

“Humanitarian partners, together with the Government, are now looking into an option to relocate the people in this camp to a permanent place,” he said.