Project Report
| Jan 3, 2026
Funding Shortages Result in Staff Reductions
By Jacob | Project Leader
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Funding cuts have affected many humanitarian organizations and ours has felt the result of this lack of funding. Friends were very generous for our end of the year campaign, but we still found it necessary to cut five of our staff at the clinic in the displacement camp. Despite this our staff continue to see hundreds of patients each week. Last year they saw over 5,000 malaria cases, thousands of children were vaccinated and over 400 births occurred. One mother returned bringing her year old son. He had been born very prematurely last year in the camp. She wanted to thank the staff for their good care in saving her son's life.
This is how hope is being restored to the families in the displacement camp. It is because of donors like you that this quality of care is able to be provided. Thank you for being a blessing to these families who depend on their American friends to keep the clinic open.
Wishing you a wonderful start to a new year.
Kind regards,
Jacob
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Sep 9, 2025
The School in the Displacement Camp
By Jacob Atem | Project Leader
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Dear friends,
In 2022 we built a school in the displacement camp. Many of the children had not been to school for years due to the floods destroying their schools and the Covid pandemic halted schools from opening. When we started we had 50 students and 3 teachers. Today we have 235 students and 6 teachers. The photo shows one of the classrooms that the parents and teachers built. During the rainy season, which lasts for several months, the rain and winds will destroy it. We are trying to find the funds to build more permanent classrooms. At one time Mangalla had 13 primary schools. Ours is the only one still open. There are thousands of children in the camp who want to go to school, but we do not have the ability to do this.
We are thankful for your support in helping us provide a clinic for the medical needs of the families. We do not charge for these services. We have hundreds each week that visit the clinic. Your support is making a difference in the lives of these people who are dealing with so many challenges.
Sincerely and with joy,
Jacob
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May 26, 2025
Cholera Outbreak in South Sudan
By Jacob Atem | Project Leader
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Dear friends,
South Sudan has faced many challenges since it became the world's youngest country in 2011. For the last five years, flooding has displaced thousands of people. Since the waters have not receded, more people are leaving the small islands of dry land that they have been living on and moving to displacement camps. The Sudan crises has seen about a million flee to South Sudan for safety and putting a strain on their already limited resources.
The flooding and lack of clean water and proper sanitation has resulted in a cholera outbreak. As of April 2025, there have been 115,513 cases and 2,400 deaths in Africa from cholera. South Sudan has seen the highest number of casualties from cholera of all the African countries with 48,726 cases and 919 deaths. Our medical staff in the Mangalla IDP camp have been providing training in how to prevent cholera and giving vaccines. Because of the cuts in aid to humanitarian organizations, many areas in South Sudan are without clinics. This is only making the situation worse.
We are thankful for our friends’ support in helping us with this new crisis. Please keep the medical staff and families in South Sudan in your thoughts and prayers.
Best always,
Dr. Jacob Atem
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