The health center that was flooded served more than 350 families, and Raja County Commissioner Hassan Jalaab Khadaam said the county does not have the money to repair it.
South Sudan Red Cross state chairman Leon Archangelo said no one died in the flooding a week ago on Tuesday, but warned that families without shelter faced an increased risk of disease, especially malaria, which is transmitted by mosquitoes that breed in stagnant water.
The Red Cross has provided temporary shelter to families made homeless by the flooding, but was limited in how far its help would stretch. "Frankly speaking, the donations we have are not enough, based on the reality on the ground," Archangelo said...
The White Nile near Jinja in South Sudan, shot by Ina96, Wikimedia Commons, under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license
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