The BBC recently reported on the return of refugees and internally displaced people to the village of Mathiang Dit not far from Wunlang. Returnees have put tremendous strain on villages in southern Sudan because the limited resources are simply not sufficient even for the communities before the influx of returnees. We have seen that in Wunlang where the 3 water pumps are very inadequate for the population. Construction on the Wunlang Clinic has been stopped several times because of a lack of water. With water, of course, people and animals take priority over construction needs, but every day the clinic construction is delayed extends the project another day in the timeline of delivering critical health care to the people of Wunlang.



In spite of these hardships, however, the pictures we received this week show great progress. The team of local builders and laborers are working hard to complete the walls and install the roof before the seasonal rains present water challenges of the other extreme.