An estimated 13,700 returnees in Labado village in Sudan’s East Darfur State need aid and maintenance of two primary schools, according to findings by a joint mission.
UNICEF, the State Ministry of Health, and the Water and Sanitation Department visited Labado on 17-21 January to assess needs in the village.
According to the mission findings, the returnees are still using the UNAMID water yards, which are located about five kilometres from the village.
People also get water from two private water yards but they have to pay five Sudanese pounds per barrel.
According a weekly bulletin by OCHA, nearly 13,700 people returned to Labado village between September and November 2015.
They had fled the village and taken refuge near the UNAMID team site two and a half kilometres away in April 2013 following fighting between government forces and an armed movement in the area.