Lessons Learned from South Sudan Protection of Civilian Sites 2013–2016

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20 - Lessons Learned from South Sudan Protection of Civilian Sites - Beginning of the Crisis Going to the clinic to get it checked is pointless She will have to go out to collect firewood the next day and there is no time for it to heal. Security teams search firewood for firearms. Women must leave the site daily to gather firewood to use for cooking. © IOM 2015 Photos: Brendan Bannon
21 Luua and Eliza Malakal PoC Site 30–40 years old, Nuer Luaa’s husband was killed in an attack on Malakal near the beginning of the conflict. After the attack, her family fled to the church in Malakal town and stayed there for a month, hoping the situation would improve. When a new attack was imminent, church leaders told the people that they should move to the UNMISS base as they could not guarantee their safety. Most of the people, including Luaa, went to the base, but she had to leave her disabled sister Eliza behind. When fighters for SPLA-IO took over Malakal in March 2014, they came to the church and demanded money for those staying there to be escorted to the UNMISS base. People paid the money, but after they came out of the church they were killed. Fewer than 30 people, mostly old and disabled, were left alive, including Eliza. One healthy man was left alive to take care of them. After three days, UNMISS peacekeepers came to the church and took them to the PoC site. The sisters now live in the PoC site with eight children to take care of betweem them. In addition to the relief support they receive, their primary income comes from selling firewood and local brooms for 2 SSP each. The day before the interview, Luaa spent six hours collecting firewood and cut open her foot. She says going to the clinic to get it checked is pointless since she will have to go out to collect firewood the next day and there is no time for it to heal. To reduce the risk of rape or abduction, the women travel in groups of 20 or more as they fear being found in small groups. If they travel to Malakal town, they are at the most risk, even if they are in a group. They fear that if a couple soldiers find them they will be forced to lie down and one of them will be taken away to be raped. She has heard stories of this from other women in the camp, as well as friends she knows. Luaa and Eliza hope to return to Malakal town after there is peace as that is where Luaa’s children were born and so where her home is. They would like to continue to do work like they did before the conflict when they sold sand that they had cleared and dried as part of an NGO income-generating project.
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