{"id":181874,"date":"2015-10-19T15:02:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-19T15:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/women-in-south-darfur-s-kalma-camp-struggle-to-cope\/"},"modified":"2015-10-19T15:02:00","modified_gmt":"2015-10-19T15:02:00","slug":"women-in-south-darfur-s-kalma-camp-struggle-to-cope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/women-in-south-darfur-s-kalma-camp-struggle-to-cope","title":{"rendered":"Women in South Darfur’s Kalma camp ‘struggle to cope’"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Sunday, more than 150 women living in Kalma camp for the displaced in South Darfur discussed their situation after the distribution of food rations stopped two months ago.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kalma camp resident Hawa Mohamed Seifelnaser told Radio Dabanga that the living conditions “rapidly deteriorated after the organisations left the camp. We find it hard to cope.<\/p>\n

“The main problem is that there are no work opportunities inside the camp,” she said. “And if we leave the camp, we may be beaten, raped, and robbed.”<\/p>\n

She demanded relief organisations working in South Darfur to urgently provide assistance.<\/p>\n

Many women, despite being subjected to assaults, do leave the camp in search for work, Amina Ismail told Radio Dabanga.<\/p>\n

She pointed out in this regard that the wages are very meagre. “We receive SDG50 ($8.20) for groundnut work that takes a whole week. Filling a 100kg sack with onions yields SDG1 ($0.16).”<\/p>\n

According to Saadia Mohamed Adam, the harsh living conditions in the camp, the lack of job opportunities, and low wages caused many displaced children to leave school.<\/p>\n

“Many women are suffering from malaria. We have hardly enough money to pay for medicines, let alone for basic school fees that currently amount to SDG20 ($3.30) per month,” she explained.<\/p>\n