NOTE from Sudan Watch Editor: I have combined this news report with three posts from Emmanuel Jal's Facebook page where he highlights an urgent need to transport South Sudanese returnees home safely. Most are stranded in places around the border where they can't afford to travel any further. Many have family they can stay with. Others will need shelter.
The news report says the UN urgently needs $26.4m to transport South Sudanese returnees by river, road or air. Emmanuel's posts last May, June, July show people helping some returnees to get home safely by bus or boat.
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Report at China View - english.news.cn/
Source: Xinhua; Editor: huaxia
Dated Thursday 27 July 2023, 03:53:15 - here is a full copy:
South Sudanese humanitarians seek funding to transport people fleeing Sudan fighting: UN
UNITED NATIONS, July 26 (Xinhua) -- The humanitarian community in South Sudan is seeking urgent funding to transport people fleeing fighting in Sudan, mostly South Sudanese returnees, a UN spokesman said on Wednesday.
"Many of those fleeing are vulnerable with no financial resources to continue their journey inside the country," said Stephane Dujarric, chief spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
The spokesman said that humanitarians have been helping people reach their final destinations by river, road or air but are running out of funds. Without new funding, humanitarian agencies will be forced to halt transportation in two weeks' time.
"With no onward transportation available, more people will become stranded in and around the border towns where humanitarian services are already overstretched," Dujarric said.
"We need 26.4 million U.S. dollars to continue providing this service until the end of the year," he added.
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http://www.chinaview.cn/africa/20230727/57b208f1f44440c0bd9bb73dc964c074/c.html
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From Emmanuel Jal Facebook page
Posted 26 May 2023 - here is a full copy:
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Thank you @angelicafuentes63 for hiring a bus to take 43 individuals to safety from Kosti in Sudan to Unity state Bentiu in South Sudan. If you want to be part of this cause you can check out our partner @chooselove who is currently hiring too buses with partnership with @guaafrica
WATCH video of Emmanuel:
Thank you @angelicafuentes63 for hiring a bus to take 43 individuals to safety from Kosti in Sudan to Unity state Bentiu in South Sudan. If you…
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https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=261580383056246
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From Emmanuel Jal Facebook page
Emmanuel Jal is in Sudan
Posted 27 June 2023 - here is a full copy:
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We continue to send buses from Sudan to safety in South Sudan through my charity @guaafrica and our partnership with @chooselove
Thanks to all those who have stood with us and raised funds.
The roads are very dangerous and we are prioritising the safety of women and children and those with no funds so they can escape the horrors still playing out In Khartoum. It’s upsetting to see how the main stream media has forgotten so quickly about the situation there but we continue to put a spotlight and help those who need it.
#wewantpeace #sudan #khartoum #southsudan #mylifeisart
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From Emmanuel Jal Facebook page
Posted 14 July 2023 at 10:07 - here is a full copy:
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@maryannthompsonfrenk thank you for playing a part in getting two buses secured to people to safety this week from Sudan to South Sudanese We are grateful to angels that you rallied to make it possible here are there names.
Shout out to
Felix Meneses
Chase Robertson
Alan Keith
Joshua Raymond Frenk
The Memnosyne Institute
Marcus X Russell
Mary Ann Thompson-Frenk
John Philp Thompson
These photos here are from our previous buses hired by @guaafrica with partnership with @chooselove
This week we will have people travel by boats and buses.
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