REPORT
AND URGENT APPEAL FOR HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE FROM:
RELIEF
AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION - SOUTH SUDAN (RDC)
WESTERN
UPPER NILE INFORMATION DESK
P.O.
BOX 67413, NAIROBI, KENYA
Mr.
Pal Pouk Machar, Executive Director
TEL:
011-254-2-572-463
and
ORGANIZATION FOR RELIEF AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (ORCD)
C/O: P. O. BOX 1056, NAIROBI, KENYA
Mr. Koang Tut Doh, ORCD Managing Director
EMAIL : ktut2001@yahoo.com
The Western Upper Nile
Information Desk (RDC) wishes to take this opportunity to appeal to the
international community, donor agencies, OLS (Operation Lifeline Sudan) and the
concerned people of the world to rescue the lives of these innocent people who
are being annihilated by all parties to the conflict in Western Upper Nile
region.
You are urged to contact
South Sudanese Friends International, Inc. (SSFI) who will work with the
Organization for Relief and Community Development (ORCD) office in Nairobi,
Kenya to join hands in rescuing the lives of people in Western Upper Nile
region. ORCD operates in these areas where people are displaced and has
attached to this report an emergency appeal for $85,000 to supply
life-sustaining, non-food needs. Your financial support is anticipated and
highly appreciated in advance. God Bless you.
Thank
you,
Pal
Pouk Machar, Executive Director,RDC
MORE THAN 150 VILLAGES BURNT DOWN IN RUBKONA COUNTY/ PROVINCE IN WESTERN UPPER NILE REGION
1.0.
RUBKONA COUNTY HAS MERCILESSLY BEEN BURNT DOWN TO ASHES IN WESTERN UPPER
NILE REGION:
Rubkona County according to SPLM/A administrative structures or province according to SPDF and the government of Sudan (GoS) structures, is comprised of the Leek Nuer clan and Jikany Nuer clan of the Western Upper Nile with a varying population of about 200,000 persons for the Leek clan and 120,000 persons for the Jikany clan.
The
people of Rubkona province/county have
suffered very much more than any other county or province in Western Upper Nile
region due to fact that the county has always been the epicenter of factional fighting in this region.
Rubkona county is the center of Unity State local governments and as well as the Head Quarters (HQ’s) of all the foreign oil companies which are engaging in oil exploration and transportation of crude oil to northern Sudan for export and refineries in El Obied and port Sudan for local consumption.
Rubkona
province is the mid-point of all factional forces, militias and the government
of Sudan armed forces. It is as well as the battlefield for all the conflicting
parties including the foreign oil companies who are refueling and lighting fire
on the existing long running conflict in the Sudan, whereas targeting the civil
people of Western Upper Nile at the expense of oil production.
2.0.
WHO ARE THE PREPETRATORS TO THE DESTRUCTION OF RUBKONA COUNTY:
There
are different forces who are involved in the destruction of this
county/province and these include the following:-
· The government of Sudan armed forces
(GoS) and its destructive air power.
· Militia forces such as the GoS sponsored
militias of General Paulino Matiep.
· GoS popular defense forces (PDF), these
are the Arab Bagara of Messyria
tribesmen of Western Sudan who are mostly encouraged by the GoS to resettle in
those areas of Western Upper Nile region..
· SPDF forces under command of Commander
Peter Par Jiek and Commander James liah Diu.
· SPLA forces under command of Commander
Peter Gatdeat yakah of SPLA Western
Upper Nile region.
3.0. SEVERELY AFFECTED CLANS IN SUCH VICIOUS
CONFLICT:
It
is evidence that the whole of Western Upper Nile region has been destroyed and
repeatedly burnt to ashes by the conflicting parties in Western Upper Nile area
and most recently were Nyal and the whole of Nhialdiu district. However, Leek,
Jikany, Bul and Dinka Panaruour (Pariang) of Ruweng County “mainly constitute the front line clans who
lives in the center of the Oil fields” and as a result, they usually became the
victims of oil exploration, oil exploitation, building of bridges and cross
roads construction which internally displaced the civil population into the
wild bushes of Western Upper Nile region.
These
clans also live in the center of factional battle fields, meaning that, it is
where all factional forces usually meet and conduct their operation against
themselves and therefore, the civil population is caught up in the middle of
fighting and later on became the victims of such senseless killings between the
factions by killing, maiming and displacing thousands of civilians of Western
Upper Nile.
4.0. DESCRIPTION OF HOW RUBKONA COUNTY WAS BURNT
DOWN TO ASHES:
Rubkona
county was subsequently or concurrently burnt down to ashes in February, March,
April and May. It began with the burning of Nyal parish (OLS HQs) by forces of
Commander Peter Gatdeat of SPLA Western Upper Nile. Whereas, combined forces of
SPDF under command of Cdr. Peter Par Jiek, Cdr. James Liah Diu and Cdr. David
Gatluak Domai of Koch and combined forces of Gos sponsored militias of General
Paulino Matiep and the Gos PDF and its arm forces with heavy air cover
collectively joint together and burnt to ashes Rubkona county under the pretext
that it was SPLA Peter Gatdeat area of control. However, the question is why
burning the whole county while leaving its inhabitant under trees without shelter
and food?
5.0. DESCRIPTION
OF LOST PROPERTIES:
According
to the eyewitness report from the field has described the situation as
unbelievable, aggrieved, terrible and inhuman because what has happened had
never happened and never been done before in the Nuer history.
It
was confirmed that women and girls were raped, women and children abducted and
civilian were intentionally killed and some were taken as war booties by their
attackers.
Dwellings,
grass houses or huts/tukuls/luaks has been burnt to ashes and left the civil
population displaced under trees on open air and reduced them to nothing,
cattle, goats, sheep and personal belonging such as clothes, mosquito nets,
blanket, fishing equipment were completely looted or burnt in houses and destroyed
by the attackers.
Grains
(maize and sorghum plus other consumable crops) were intentionally burnt to
nothing. Bore holes were scavenged or dug out from the bore holes, pipes cut to
pieces and destroyed in Nhialdiu and left the town without clean drinking
water. No nothing were left to this population of Rubkona county.
6.0. NAMES OF BURNT
VILLAGES IN LEEK NUER CLAN:
As
described above that more than 150 villages were burnt to ashes in Rubkona
County for which many of these villages were burnt and destroyed mostly in Leek
Clan and here are listed below as follows:
1. Nhialdiu district HQs 2. Gezera 3. Kureut 4.
Nyieng Gadeat 5. Padai 6. Dhorkan 7. Nyadogael 8. Barmalual 9. Nyawal 10.
Kalsielli 11. Reayaa Deng 12. Bong juot
13. Koap 14. Wang-guar 15.Dhor-noor 16. Wang-jai 17. Maan-ngoul 18. Reau 19. Bielcheer 20. Nyiroamnah 21. Jokgak 22.
Nyakoang 23. Kot-chachai 24. Kuey 25. Biel-Dadoor 26. Bilbar 27.
Keach-nyabellaw 28. Maan-walbar 29. Nguop Thoan 30. Guolkei 31. Toch-luak 32.
Toarkil 33. Tharjieath 34. Waah 35. Kuershalli 36. Chotjook 37. Pibor 38.
Chaalual 39. Wang-lok 40. Noungak 41. Choam barow 42. Kurjoklieth 43.Thok-yiershalleh 44. Wangtay 45. Wichot 46. Keachnor 47.Rienydar 48. guolguol
49. shezah 50. Dopguei 51. Wangtuah 52.Thiet 53. Nguoza 54. Wangriaal 55.
Guey-mayiel 55.Goang-goangnah 56. Wang Paz 57. Moah-hok 58. Wumliet 59.
Toch-roor 60. Kothteat 61. Chieza 62.
Rial-nyang 63. Thok yier nyin ngay 64.Kuochni 65. Boitong 66. Keach-cieng-madjak
67. Latkelep 68. Wathjak 69. Nyiechdeang
70. Kot-cieng dout 71. Wang-luali 72. Tharkaan 73. Tewl lang 74. Koung 75. Nyagoung 76. Kuerwar 77. Rierri 78. Liee
79. Tharcieng 80. Nordeang 81. Wang
romni 82. Tharngoab 83. Thar yier tal 84. Bainydar 85. Thie 86. Thok yier
Thichni 87. Kuei nyong 88. Itang 89.Weah 90. Wangjuod 91. Padaidig 92. Paloub
93. Kodnoor 94. Thar luoal 95. Kaljak 96. Bodang 97. Nyayean 98. Gol loom 99.
Gaah 100. Barrar 101. Dhorbour 102.
Juach 103. Boaw cieng nyapieer 104. Wunbod 105. Biemthok 106. Paranggah 107.
Baryoak 108. Kailuoi 109. Nyabooli 110. Pakuor 111.Mankuai 112. Biel Nyang 113.
Bieny 114. Dhor Kan 115. Ngoub Liew 116. Touge Yielli 117. Panyiany 118. Dhor
bor 119. Kaigier 120. Bazjob 121. Guey Gatluak Chai 122. Boaw Chieng Wour 123.
Nyieng gou 124. Nyie 125. Nyakong 126. Moa hou 127. Chany 128. Nohon 129. Doiy
doiy 130. Biel Dadour 131. Kai 132. Napyiet 133. Tochluak 134. Chot thiang 135.
Luak 136. Touraley 137. Wich Thak in Thiang 138. Tour Kech 139. Toar Kil 140.
Wang Dhoulli 141. Chot Chara 142. Woang toah 143. Mathiang 144. Lodhna 145.
Goang goanghi 146. Golgolli 147. Kah Ker 148. Golnyang 149. Reir 150. Nyaluk.
151. Womlit 152. Wichok 153. Thou 154. Kotjok 155. Nyagarang 156. Keachnoor
157. Tochrier 158. Tochloka 159. Ladkelep.
7.0. LEEK INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS IN RUBKONA COUNTY:
Leek
population were internally displaced into four directions namely:
a). Internally displaced to Bul areas i.e., areas controlled by
Cdr. Peter Gatdeat of SPLA Western
Upper Nile.
b). Internally displaced to Jikany areas,
SPDF areas and particularly to Nimine relief center; and about 12,000 IDP’s
were reported from Nimnie.
c). Internally displaced to GoS of Bentiu town.
d). Internally displaced to old Leek,
these areas are partly control by militia group of Paulino Matiep, GoS and free
land which are not accessible to neither GoS nor militias and rebel forces (the
old Leek residential areas) which were left in early 80s when the current war
started.
Humanitarian
access can only be found through SPDF areas of Nimnie and SPLA areas of Bul
county such as Tam, Buoth and Wechok airstrips. It is difficult for Operation
Lifeline (OLS) southern sector to assess them through GoS side of Bentiu town
nor the militias side except by OLS northern sector. Meanwhile the newly re-established
areas of old Leek do not have airstrips.
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Applying Organization : Organization for Relief & Community Development (ORCD)
Project Title : Emergency Shelter and Non
- Food Items
Code
: S- SUD - 00 / ESNF001
Time Frame : As soon as possible
Applying
to : South Sudanese Friends International, Inc. (SSFI), USA
SSFI
Contact Person : Isabel Hogue, Treasurer
Legal Status : ORCD is a registered organization under Section 10 of
the Non-Governmental Organizations Coordination Act NO. 218/051/99137B/1589 in
Kenya. NGO Bureau. SSFI is a 501 (c) 3
charitable nonprofit corporation registered in the United States. ID No.
35-2065118.
Project Location : Nimnie,
Rubkona County (Western Upper Nile, Sudan)
Population Estimates :
12,000 Internally Displaced Person’s (IDP’s)
Funds Requested : US $
85,000
ORCD
Bank Account Information : Standard Chartered Bank, Kenya Limited.
West Lands Branch,Nairobi
C/O: Mrs. Tabitha
Matthew Mathiang
Account No.
01501-353749-00
ORCD
Contact Person : Mr. Koang Tut Doh,
ORCD Managing Director
P. O .Box 1056 Nairobi, Kenya
Tel:254-2-572563/
Mobile 0733-816677
E. Mail: ktut2001@yahoo.com
Date
of Submission: July, 2001.
1.0. Background
information and Justification
Western
Upper Nile region (WUN) has been racked and torn apart by a dreadful
devastating conflicts in this region which includes the most relentless civil
war in the country between South and North Sudan, furthermore being complicated
by internal conflicts among the rebel movements rivaling over control of Western Upper Nile.
From
September 1997 to date, Western Upper Nile has been and still remain in turmoil
and bloodshed within rank and file of the rebel forces i.e., the people of
Western Upper Nile alone on one hand and the government of Sudan (GOS) armed
forces with its heavy aerial bombardment, helicopter gun ships, ground
offensives together with its associated militias from WUN under the command of
renegade General Paulino Matilp Nhial on the other hand and the most disastrous
impact of the oil exploitation in Western Upper Nile region.
All
these forces collectively caused a massive displacement of the civil population
of WUN, enormous loss of life, huge disruption of livelihood, extensive
violation of human rights, burning, looting and destruction of crops and
dwellings, cattle/livestock taken as war booties by both sides to the conflict,
abduction of women and children into servitude and coercive conscription of
child soldier into rebel and government armies.
All
civil structures and institutions are completely destroyed. As a result of these continuous insecurity
and absence of peace in this region, all international NGOs which were
operating in these counties had to withdrew their personnel and essential
resources by the end of 1997 and early 1998.
MSF-H was in Duar in Jikany County, MDM and ADRA were in Mankien in Bul
County and Cosv was in Nhialdiu Leek County.
Consequently,
these counties are totally abandoned without basic or minimal humanitarian
assistance except on hit and run basis by UNICEF and WFP once a lull in
fighting is reported. ORCD is coming up to exert its efforts in trying to
alleviate the suffering of these innocent war affected people of WUN region by
delivering to them the basic relief items in areas of humanitarian high risk
and needs.
ORCD
shall also initiate developmental activities in order to:
· Create an enabling environment for
people-centered development
· Empowering the community for
self-reliance
· Promoting broad-based and equitable
growth
· Enhancing household food security
· Improving access to basic infrastructure
and social services
· Promoting job creation and sustainable
livelihoods
· Expanding social protection for
vulnerable groups of people in the society
· Achieving gender equality and the full
participation of women in development
· Preserving, maintaining and regenerating
the natural resource base and not depending from outside resources.
2.0. Project Objectives
·
To resettle
the internally displaced persons of Rubkona county.
·
Restore
hope of life on these communities.
·
To cover
the most vulnerable persons with clothes and provide cooking utensils and
fishing equipment.
·
To enable
them restore their coping mechanism.
3.0. Requested Items
by the local community
·
Plastic
sheeting / Tarpaulins
·
Blankets
·
Mosquito
nets / cloth
·
Cooking
pots/Utensil - plates (plastic)
·
Water
containers - basins
·
Fishing
hooks
·
Fishing
Twines
·
Used
clothes all gender, all ages (young and old).
·
Salt
·
Khangas or
sheets for ladies (to make dresses).
4.0. Monitoring
and Evaluation
·
The impact
of this project shall be assessed by comparison of its results and its initial
work plan as intended for the project itself.
·
Specific
routine and regular monitoring visits and follow-up meetings after completion
of planning shall be one of the
monitoring and evaluation methods.
·
Written
reports and record keeping.
·
Encouragement
of monitoring visits by facilitators and donors to project location.
·
Discuss the
progress and constraints of the project with the community leaders and the
local authorities.
·
Provision
of remedial measures on the failures/short-comings and difficulties to the
implementation of the project
·
These items
will be distributed in the intended locations in the present of ORCD leadership
and report back to the people who provided these resources.
5.0. Essential Elements of Risks and Potential Assumptions
5.1. Freight
Expenses for transporting materials to
location of program is extremely expensive.
First of all, there is the expense of shipping materials from the port
of Mombasa to Nairobi if supplies are coming from abroad. Added cost is transportation from Nairobi to
Lokichoggio by land, a distance of about 900 kilometers over very rough deeply
pot-holed roads with an armed escort, due to incidences of armed tribesmen
raiding and looting the vehicles.
5.2. Air transport
In order to reach these supplies and
material into Western Upper Nile (WUN) region they must travel by air since
there is no coherent road system from Kenya to this region. This kind of
transport is only by chartered aircraft and the total cost for this is very
high at approximately US $ 4,500 per one trip per a small plane of three tons,
from Lokichoggio Northern Kenya to Western Upper Nile.
5.3. Personnel
Transport
The cost of transporting personnel from
Nairobi to Lokichoggio - South Sudan (WUN) and vice versa is also costly and
all by air. Nairobi - Loki at about US $ 150.00 per one ticket and Loki-WUN at
about US $ 750 per ticket.
6.0. Financial Summary
Budget
Items
Cost in US DOLLARS
Non
Food Items 45,000
Transport
cost, Nairobi Loki by land
13,000
Transport
cost Loki - Nhialdiu by Air
27,000
Total funds requested
85,000
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